Set of 4 Victorian gazetteers and handbooks on India

a) Walter Hamilton, The East India Gazetteer, containing descriptions of the empires, kingdoms, principalities, provinces, cities, towns, districts, fortresses, harbours, rivers, lakes, &c. of HINDOSTAN and the adjacent countries, India beyond the Ganges, and the eastern archipelago; together with the manners, customs, institutions, agriculture, commerce, manufactures, revenues, population, castes, religion, history, &c. of their various inhabitants, London: Printed for John Murray, 1815

pp. xv, 862; rebound in half cloth
Slight water-staining at the bottom corner receding progressively. Slight moth pp. 179-192
8.7 x 5.6 in (21.8 x 14 cm)

b) Edward Thornton, A Gazetteer of The Territories Under the Government of The East India Company, And of The Native States of The Continent of India, London: Wm H. Allen & Co., 1858

pp. 1015, folding map before title page; full-leather binding with ornate gilt-embossed spine with title. Upper cover detached, else fine and tight copy.
9 x 6 in (22.5 x 15 cm)

c) Jocquim Hayward Stocqueler, India: Its History, Climate, Productions; With A Full Account of The Origin, Progress, And Development of The Bengal Mutiny, And Suggestions as To the Future Government of India, London: George Routledge, 1857

pp. viii, 219 + Frontispiece with tissue guard and 6 plates + 23-page publisher’s catalogue at the end and 3-page catalogue at the beginning; original cloth binding with blind stamped design. Spine bears the title INDIA AND THE BENGAL MUTINY and there is an additional illustrated title-page facing the frontispiece which reads THE CONQUERERS OF BRITISH INDIA. A little spotting on cover, spine delicate but a sound, tight and clean copy otherwise
7 x 4.6 in (17.5 x 11.7 cm)
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d) Jocquim Hayward Stocqueler, The Oriental Interpreter and Treasury of East India Knowledge - A Companion to “The Handbook of British India”, London: C. Cox, Circa 1850

pp. iv, 334; original brown cloth hardback with the title on spine which reads DICTIONARY OF ORIENTAL TERMS, PHRASES & PLACES.
7.8 x 5.2 in (19.5 x 13 cm)

Oriental Interpreter part of the book [pp. 243] is set in double column and consists of a dictionary of all the Hobson-Jobsons relating to India - cities, customs, deities, manners, occupations, castes, professions, objects in daily use and much more and makes an interesting reading.

The remaining 91 pages consist of:
Longitudes And Latitudes of Places in India
Table of Distances
Hints To Persons Proceeding to India
Monetary System of India
The Bengal Seasons and Their Produce
Gardener’s Calendar
The Government of India
Military Services in India
The Medical Service of India
Ecclesiastical Establishment of India
The Choice of Routes to India
Precedence In the East Indies
Acts of Parliament Relating to India

(Set of four)

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