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CAMBRIDGE, Richard Owen

Memoires du Colonel Lawrence, contenant l'histoire de la guerre dans l'Inde entre les Anglois & lesFrançois, sur la côte de Coromandel, depuis 1750, jusqu'en 1761 ...


Amsterdam et se trouve a Paris, ches Boudet (and others) 1766. First French edition. 2 volumes, 12mo., lxiii, 466; 388pp., lacks map, tear to margin p25 vol. i not affecting text, contemporary calf gilt, light wear to heads of spines, lightly rubbed.

Cambridge's last major work, mainly a compilation from other sources, of the outstanding military achievements of the East India Company officer, Stringer Lawrence.

Price: £ 130
US Dollar Price: $ 260
Stock Number: 62934