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IVES, Edward (d. 1786). A Voyage from England to India in the Year MDCCLIV. London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773.
Two parts in one, 4o (265 x 204 mm). 13 engraved plates and two folding maps. (Some occasional pale spotting.) Contemporary mottled calf, Holland House arms in gilt on lower cover (joints and extremities rubbed). Provenance: Holland House (bookplate, binding); Elise M. Henderson (inscription from the American Embassy in New Delhi on front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION. "Ives presence at many of the transactions which he describes and his personal intimacy with Watson give his historical narrative an unusual importance, and his account of the manners and customs of the countries he visited, are those of an enlightened and acute observer" (Cox I, p. 299).
Two parts in one, 4o (265 x 204 mm). 13 engraved plates and two folding maps. (Some occasional pale spotting.) Contemporary mottled calf, Holland House arms in gilt on lower cover (joints and extremities rubbed). Provenance: Holland House (bookplate, binding); Elise M. Henderson (inscription from the American Embassy in New Delhi on front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION. "Ives presence at many of the transactions which he describes and his personal intimacy with Watson give his historical narrative an unusual importance, and his account of the manners and customs of the countries he visited, are those of an enlightened and acute observer" (Cox I, p. 299).