JAMES, Captain Abraham.

Rare. No copy in the Travis collection (the best collection of illustrated works on India to come up in recent years, sold at Sotheby's in 2005).

Goddard was the leading military publisher of his day and had published various works on European armies. We believe this depiction of East India Company troops, both native and European, is his only non-European publication. The plates are lent further interest as the troops are depicted in the motions of the platoon exercises. Thus we see them marching, wheeling, managing the fire-lock, and even standing at ease. The text describes the actions depicted in the plates, thus making it a valuable work of reference. The author was an officer in the 67th Foot Regiment (later the Royal Hampshire).