{"product_id":"mathison-east-india-register-directory-1807-122272","title":"The East-India Register and Directory for 1807;","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eScarce early edition of the registry of the East India Company with the hand-coloured map.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA compendium of information relating to the East India Company in India and South Asia. Amongst the lists included are those relating to Company directors, retired officers, military seminary regulations, Indian postal regulations and civil servants. Of particular interest are the lists of European inhabitants which include details of their profession and place of habitation. Appended at the end is a section on suggested reading and publications that one might find necessary, particularly grammars and legal aids, as well as advice for education on Indian languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe EIC issued the first edition of the register and directory series in 1800 under the title, A New Oriental Register and East-India Directory, which changed to The East-India Register and Directory in 1803. The final edition appeared in 1858. All issues of the register, especially earlier editions, are scarce.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12mo (15.5 x 9 cm); hand-coloured engraved folding map as frontispiece, 3 folding tables, manuscript list of the new Board of Control to verso of half-title; publisher's original buff printed wrappers, frayed and toned with a little loss to spine, but in all a very well preserved untouched copy; xxxviii, 402 pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MATHISON, John, and MASON, Alexander Way.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56862514413943,"sku":"122272","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/122272.jpg?v=1781326528","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/mathison-east-india-register-directory-1807-122272","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}