MILL, JAMES; WILSON, H. H.
MILL'S HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA
NINE VOLUME SETYear: 1840
Size: 21 x 15 cm (8.3 x 6 inches).
Published By: James Madden & Co.
Fourth Edition/ First Edition. 9 Vols. 8vo, Vol. 1, PP xliii+532, Vol. 22, pp 527. Vol. 3, pp viii+660, 1 map. Vol. 4, pp 582. Vol. 5, pp vii+640. Vol. 6, pp viii+683. Vol. 7, pp xv+608. Vol. 8, pp xv+611, Vol. 9, pp xvi+592+24.
The fourth edition in nine volumes is arguably the best, with the first six volumes being revised by Wilson, and three volumes added by him for the period 1805-1835.
Contemporary Half calf leather with beautiful hand marbled paper boards, spines with raised bands and lettering in gilt, elegant marble end papers. Good condition.
Mill (1773-1836) was a Scottish philosopher, historian and economist, the father of John Stuart Mill. This influential history of the British in India, was first published in three volumes in 1817, then expanded to six volumes in Mill's lifetime. It is a scholarly and reasonably dry history, focussing on movements, ideas, battles, culture and customs rather than the more visceral individual human condition, but it fulfilled a thirst for knowledge of things Eastern in the 19th Century, and sold well enough to give Mill both some financial security and a position with the East India Company.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Excellent Condition
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