AN HISTORICAL DISQUISITION Concerning the Knowledge Which the Ancients Had of India
London: For A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1791. First Edition. Hard Cover. Quarto. Item #2117
uncut; containing two very nice large folding Asian maps, half-title, 364pp., [11]pp.index, [1]pp. errata, bound in original paper covered boards, paper spine label printed in black; light foxing to end leaves; internally very bright; early owner's bookplate. Concerns the progress of trade with country prior to the discovery of the passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope, with an appendix containing observations on the civil policy, the laws and judical proceedings, the arts, the sciences and religious institutions of the indians. A very good copy.
Price: $450.00