THE HISTORY OF HYDER SHAH ALIAS HYDER ALI KHANM BAHADUR OR NEW MEMOIRS CONCERNING THE EAST INDIES WITH HISTORICAL NOTES. by M.M.D.L.T. (Maistre de La Tour or Touche).: - 1848

London, printed for J. Johnson, 1784, reprinted and published by Sanders Cones and Co., Mission Row Calcutta, 1848.. TITLE CONTINUED: General of ten thousand men in the army of the Mogul Empire, and formerly Commander-in Chief the artillery of Hyder Ali, and of a body of European troops in the service of that Prince. English edition translated from the French. 1848, first published in 1784. Tall 8vo, approximately 240 x 160 mm, 9¾ x 6½ inches, 3 hand coloured portraits and 1 black and white engraving of the Throne of the late Tippoo Sultaun, pages: vi, 1-388, 4 extra pages 253-256 marked with an asterisk, no duplication of text and 4 extra leaves in the Appendix, unnumbered between pages 376 & 377, making a total of 400 pages, bound in full Victorian morocco, gilt lettering and decoration to spine and gilt decoration to covers, marbled endpapers, narrow gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Binding rubbed and rebacked using original spine, shelf wear to edges of covers, thin black stain to lower cover, top margin of title page repaired with the loss of one word "THE", pale stains and spotting to Hyder Shah colour plate and pale offset to facing text page, thin pale stain to outer edge of the colour plate of Tippoo Sultaun and final 2 leaves, minor foxing to endpapers front and rear and first few pages, pale browning to pages 136-137, all text legible and small brown stain to the inner margins of pages 268-269, not affecting text, otherwise a very good copy. See: Early Writings on India, edited by H. K. Kaul, page 273, No. 3183 listing a variant edition dated 1848, our edition with the colour plates isn't listed. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.