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MUHAMMAD QASIM HINDU SHAH FIRISHTAH, Astarabadi (c.1572-after 1623/4). The History of Hindostan, translated by Alexander Dow. London: T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1770-1772. 3 volumes, 4° (258 x 201mm). Half title in volume III, engraved frontispieces by J. Taylor and 6 plates, one folding, by J. Taylor, Adam Smith, and J. Hulett, engraved folding map, retaining final blank I/2Y4 (some light spotting and browning, short tears on map, small flaw on II/2A3, ?lacking half titles in vols. I-II). Contemporary English speckled calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments with gilt morocco lettering-pieces (light scuffing, some splitting on joints, vol. I spine head chipped). Provenance: John Pownall (bookplates on upper pastedowns). Second, revised and enlarged edition. Brunet II, 829-830; ESTC T91572; Lowndes p. 666.
With the same author's History of Dekkan from the First Mahummedan Conquests: ... and the History of Bengal, from the Accession of Aliverdee Khan to the Year 1780 (Shrewsbury, 1794, 6 parts in 2 vols., FIRST EDITION). (5)
With the same author's History of Dekkan from the First Mahummedan Conquests: ... and the History of Bengal, from the Accession of Aliverdee Khan to the Year 1780 (Shrewsbury, 1794, 6 parts in 2 vols., FIRST EDITION). (5)
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