Crawfurd, John

HISTORY OF THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MANNERS, ARTS, LANGUAGES, RELIGIONS, INSTITUTIONS, AND COMMERCE OF ITS INHABITANTS [3 Vol., Complete] [Signed]

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. First Edition. Octavos, Three Volumes. In Good condition. In matching full olive leather bindings, with gilt borders to boards; gilt roll along edges and turn-ins; and paneled spine with gilt decoration and titling. Text block edges are marbled, with marbled endpapers. Scratches and scuffs to boards, with rubbing along all edges and cracking to joints and spines. Splitting to front joint/hinge of Vol. I and rear joint/hinge of Vol. III; Vol. I front board nearly detached. Text blocks show moderate wear along edges, with dust soiling to top edges. Very light age toning and foxing throughout, with offsetting on pages opposite plates. Ex-library, with multiple bookplates to front pastedown. Pencil notation on Vol. I front free endpapers. Signed "From the Author" in contemporary black ink on Vol. I half title page. Shelved in Room A.

CONTENTS: Vol. I (viii, 520 pages, plus frontispiece and 13 plates); Vol. II (vi, 563 pages, plus 17 plates); Vol. III (vi, 554 pages, plus 3 plates and a fold-out map).

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