Journal of a Route across India, through Egypt, to England

First Edition of George FitzClarence’s captivating description of his experiences on the battlefields in India together with  a narration of his journey from India back to England via Egypt.

12 plates including 8 hand-coloured aquatints, 7 maps and battle plans (one large and folding, 4 with explanatory letterpress leaf as called for, the battle plans with dispositions hand-coloured), without the half-title, errata and final leaf (blank but for printer on verso), light browning and foxing, folding map offset, ink stamps of the Odd Fellows’ Library Association, San Francisco on title, verso of some plates and in one or two margins, modern calf-backed boards, spine faded [Abbey Travel 519; Blackmer 597; Tooley 222], 4to, John Murray, 1819.

Fitzclarence, serving in India during the Mahratta campaign, carried peace treaty despatches by overland route from the western frontier of Bundelkund to Bombay, traversing through the desert, exploring pyramids with Salt and Belzoni, down the Nile river, to London via Alexandria and Malta. A beautiful account of contemporary battles in British India.

Title: Journal of a Route Across India, Through Egypt, to England in the Latter End of the Year 1817, and the Beginning of 1818.

Publisher: John Murray, London

Publication Date: 1818

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First