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A rare Calcutta imprint by James Taylor and including a valuable survey of the city and information on the important muslin trade.
A rare Calcutta imprint by James Taylor and including a valuable survey of the city and information on the important muslin trade.
A rare Calcutta imprint by James Taylor and including a valuable survey of the city and information on the important muslin trade.
A rare Calcutta imprint by James Taylor and including a valuable survey of the city and information on the important muslin trade.

rare Calcutta imprint


TAYLOR, James.

A sketch of the topography and statistics of Dacca.

Calcutta, G.H. Huttman, Military Orphan Press, 1840.

£2,750.00
£2,750.00

A sketch of the topography and statistics of Dacca.

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A valuable survey of the city of Calcutta, which was administered by the East India Company and served as a strategic link to the frontier of the north-eastern states of Tripura and Assam. It includes information on the important muslin trade.

The then Civil Surgeon, Taylor established Dhaka College as an English school.

First edition; 8vo, vi, 371pp., large folding map, folding table, neat restoration to blank margin of title, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, light wear to sides and edges, a very good copy of a scarce title.

Stock code 95713

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A rare Calcutta imprint by James Taylor and including a valuable survey of the city and information on the important muslin trade.

A sketch of the topography and statistics of Dacca.

£2,750.00
£2,750.00

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