and a visit to Great Britain and Germany.
London, Wm. H. Allen & Co, 1846
Special red morocco presentation binding for the Governor-General of India. Superb presentation copy of Mohan Lal's rare Great Game book. Mohan Lal, the first Indian player of the Great Game, accompanied Alexander Burnes to Bokhara and Kabul, where the latter, ignoring Lal's warning, was hacked to death by an Afghan mob.
Hardinge succeeded his brother in law as Governor-General. He began construction of the Ganges canal and developed plans for an Indian railway system. Hardinge served in the First Sikh War and by the Treaty of Lahore (March 1846) sought to establish a friendly, if much-reduced, Sikh state. For his part in the war, Hardinge was awarded a viscountcy (May 1846).
First edition. 8vo, xxvii, [1], 528 pp., lithograph frontispice (lightly foxed), engraved folding map, specially bound in contemporary red morocco gilt extra for presentation, the upper cover embossed in gilt 'to the right honorable Lord Henry Hardinge Governor General of India with respects from the author', all edges gilt, a fine copy.
Hardinge succeeded his brother in law as Governor-General. He began construction of the Ganges canal and developed plans for an Indian railway system. Hardinge served in the First Sikh War and by the Treaty of Lahore (March 1846) sought to establish a friendly, if much-reduced, Sikh state. For his part in the war, Hardinge was awarded a viscountcy (May 1846).
First edition. 8vo, xxvii, [1], 528 pp., lithograph frontispice (lightly foxed), engraved folding map, specially bound in contemporary red morocco gilt extra for presentation, the upper cover embossed in gilt 'to the right honorable Lord Henry Hardinge Governor General of India with respects from the author', all edges gilt, a fine copy.
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