Oriental Memoirs: A Narrative of Seventeen Years Residence in India

James Forbes, Oriental Memoirs: A Narrative of Seventeen Years Residence in India, London: Richard Bentley, 1834, 2 Volumes, Second Edition

Volume I: Frontispiece + pp. xix + pp. 550
Volume II: frontispiece + pp. viii + 552 [including pp. 26 Index at the end]
Original paper-covered boards with leather corners and new spine. Marbled edges. Covers worn but a nice set (each)
8.8 x 5.8 in (22 x 14.5 cm) (each)

Revised by The Countess of Montalembert daughter of James Forbes.

Remarkable and enlightening memoir by James Forbes. He was a writer and artist employed by the British East India Company at the age of 16. In 1765 he was sent to India and in the 17 years that he was in India he travelled to various towns in Gujarat, Poona, Bombay, Konkan and the Malabar Coast and compiled notes on every aspect of the country including botany, ethnology, and architecture during his long residence. The present lot was compiled after he retired in England.

This is the condensed 2-volume edition of the 4-volume set published in 1813.

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