FIRI TA (Moh?ammad Qasim ibn Hindu ah), DOW (Alexander). The - Lot 72

FIRI TA (Moh?ammad Qasim ibn Hindu ah), DOW (Alexander). The History of Hindostan ; translated from the Persian. To which are prefixed two dissertations ; the first concerning the Hindoos, and the second on the origin and nature of despotism in India. London, Walker; White and Cochrane, 1812. 3 vols. In-8, CLXIV-326 p., 3 plates + (2)-366 p., 4 plates + 427 p., index, contemporary half-brown calf with small corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets (tired working copy, upper cover of vol.1 detached, headbands worn, spine missing, corners corrugated and dull, leaves russeted; without faux-titres). New edition illustrated with 7 plates, including one depicting the Sanskrit alphabet. Collation of the 7 plates conforms to the digitized copy held by the University of Wisconsin - Madison (Hathi Trust Digital Library). Two handwritten bookplates. (Cox I, 298, for E.O.).