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Lot 5
RENNELL MAJOR. The Marches of the British Armies in the Pen...
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£650
RENNELL MAJOR. The Marches of the British Armies in the Peninsula of India during the Campaigns of 1790 & 1791. Fldg. eng. map & 3 fldg. eng. diags. Calf. 1792; also 2 vols. only of (Robert Orme), A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Hindostan from the Year MDCCXLV, vol. 1 complete with Books I to V & 10 fldg. & other eng. maps as called for, vol. 2 containing Books X to XIII & 9 fldg. & other eng. maps, quarto, mottled calf, 1763 & 1778. (3).
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Rennell - Slight wear to calf and slight splitting to top of spine. Some old repairs to back board. Slight splitting to inside front and back boards. Browned end papers, title and first few pages of text. Text generally good and clean. Slightly undulate paper Folding map good with v. small tear where bound in and slight off setting/v. light foxing. Folding plans of army lines good, v. slight browning, as images.
Ormes. Vol. 1 1763 - Rebacked with original boards.
Foxing/browning throughout. Maps/plates as called for. Small hole in Plan of Country near Trichinapoly. Binding sound.
Ormes Vol. 2 1778 - Later edition? Vol 2, 1st vol. plate list does not correspond with Vol. 1 present. Text generally cleaner than Vol.1 but still foxing and browning throughout.
Small tear Carnatic Map.
Small tear Madras.
Small tear Plan of Fort St. George.
Small tear Carangoly.
Small tear Permacoil.
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