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Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809,

descriptive of the character, manners, domestic habits and religious ceremonies of the Mahrattas. With ten coloured engravings, from drawings by a native artist.

Stock Code 113489

London, Murray, 1813

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With 10 hand-coloured aquatints. Broughton was Commander of the Resident's Escort at the Court of Scindia. His march commenced in Agra and took in the Siege of Doonee and ended at Ajmeer. The work includes a detailed description of a Mahratta camp, a wedding ceremony etc.

First edition; 4to, [xiv], 358 pp., 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some offsetting from plates, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, rebacked, corners worn. inner hinges strengthened, a very good copy.

Abbey (Travel), 433; Bobins 225; Tooley 114.
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Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809,

BROUGHTON, Thomas Duer.

Stock code: 113489

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