JAMES, Captain Charles (fl. 1814)

Lot 146
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Lot 146 | JAMES, Captain Charles (fl. 1814)
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JAMES, Captain Charles (fl. 1814)

The military costume of India in an exemplification of the manual and platoon exercises of the native troops and the British army in general. London: T. Goddard, Military Library, 1814.

First edition of James’s important depiction of East India Company troops, both native and European. Goddard, a leading military publisher, published several books concerning European armies and warfare. The present book on India is probably his only non-European publication. The troops, both native and European, are depicted performing various actions, such as firing and changing bayonets. The author, Captain Abraham James, was an officer in the 67th Foot Regiment (later the Royal Hampshire Regiment). Bobins II, 492; Colas 1536; Ogilby Trust Index to British Military Costume Prints 1500-1914; Lipperheide Qh 11.



Folio (355 x 265mm). Engraved title and 35 plates, all coloured by a contemprary hand (light spotting, occasional staining and offsetting). Contemporary red straight-grained half morocco, over marbled paper covered boards, red morocco gilt label on upper cover decorated with unidentified crest in gilt, spine in 6 compartments (joints sometime expertly repaired). Provenance: Thomas Charles Venables (armorial bookplate).





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