BEST, Charles C. (fl. 1807)

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Los 145 | BEST, Charles C. (fl. 1807)
BEST, Charles C. (fl. 1807)

Briefe uber Ost-Indien, dans Vorgebirge der guten Hoffnung und die Insel St.Helene. Leipzig: Goschen, 1807.

The Travis copy of this first edition of this eye witness account of a German traveller through parts of India, including a description of Madras. The work also covers the East Indies, Cape of Good Hope and St Helena and is illustrated with landscapes and peoples of these locations. The author served with the Hanoverian troops based in India and in the British colonial administration for over seventeen years. The author also makes observations on the Hindu and Muslim religions, cults and customs, temples and mosques. Bobins V, 1641; Gay 3090; Lipperheide Ld 11; Mendelssohn (1957) I, p.121.



Quarto (230 x 157mm.) 27 engraved plates, of which 19 are coloured in a contemporary hand, 2 double-page, descriptive list of plates at end, contemporary half calf (some light soiling, one plate a little split along fold, without loss, rubbed); contained in a modern blue cloth box. Provenance: Robert and Maria Travis (booklabel; sale Sotheby’s 26 May 2005, lot 32) — Thorold’s Africana Books, Johannesburg (bookseller’s label).





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