On the second Burmese war

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1 BAKER, Thomas Turner.
London, Harrison for Thomas Hatchard, 1852. 8vo. Original blindstamped cloth with gilt title on spine: "Rangoon", made by J. DEAN, at the Strand. Lithographed frontispiece in a beautiful colouring showing the Burmese deputation presenting the King of Ava's letter, one lithographed plate of a vessel which the Burmese gave th name "Yathunah-gee-mhou", meaning "Precious, Sleek, Excellent sailing ship" and two folding lithographed plates, one being a coastal view of the town of Rangoon and the other showing the attack of the Dunnoo Stockade, all platesd lithographed by Martin & Hood. VII, 78 pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Burma  Colonial History  Colour Platebooks  England  India  Militaria  Travel & Voyages 

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Original edition of an extensive description of India and regions east of the Ganges, present-day Myanmar, Arrakan, India and Sri Lanka

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2 SALMON, Thomas.
Amsterdam, Isaak Tirion, 1731. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red and green title-labels lettered in gold, blue marbled edges. Engraved allegorical and partly hand coloured frontispiece by J.C. Philips, large folding and partly hand coloured map of India, including the Malabar and Coromandel coasts, Burma and Sri Lanka, and 3 full-page (emperor of the Mogols, male and female Mogol costumes) and 7 folding engraved plates by J.C. Philips (dated 1730-31) of Pegu and Arrakan costumes, pearl fishermen at Toute Koryn, view of Kochin, Indian pagodas and fakirs, Indigo and cotton plants. (8), (3-680), (8) pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 18th Century  Burma  India  Natural History 

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