[EAST-INDIA COMPANY].

An Appeal to England Against the New Indian Stamp Act;

Name: An Appeal to England Against the New Indian Stamp Act;
Brand: [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
SKU: 123488
Price: 170.00 USD
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with some observation on the condition of British subjects in Calcutta, under the government of the East India Company.

Stock Code 123488

London, James Ridgway, 1828.

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Pamphlet criticising the raising of a Stamp tax on the city of Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1828. The Company was on its last legs, and in an attempt to rectify their deficit turned to increasingly overbearing measures.

First edition; 8vo (21 x 13.5 cm); ownership inscription to half-title, disbound with remains to spine, last leaf a little soiled; xvi, 141, [3] pp.

Provenance

Provenance: Signet Library (inscription to half-title).

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