Lot No. 2: Orme, Robert

A History of the Military Transactions of The British Nation in Indostan

Medium: Printed book
Year: 1763
Size: 10.6 x 7.8 inches
Place: London

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Orme, Robert

A History of the Military Transactions of The British Nation in Indostan

Size: 27 x 20 cm (10.6 x 7.8 inches)

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Published by Printed for John Nourse Bookseller in Ordinary to his majesty.1763. 4to., Dedication to His Most Excellent Majesty George the Third. Contents: A Dissertation on the Establishments Made by Mahomedan Conquerors in Indostan - 29 pp, with folding copper-engraved map (A General Map of Indostan or The Great Mogul's Empire), A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan (The War of Coromandel Book I - V). pp 33 - 416. With 9 copper-engraved maps, mostly folding, guideence to the binder and errata bound in back. Total no. maps and plans: 10. Later canvas binding.
From The Year MDCCXLV. To Which Is Prefixed A Dissertation On The Establishments Made By Mahomedan Conquerors In Indostan.
A work of enormous detail based on Ormes years with the East India Company as writer, historiographer and member of the Council of Madras, and still essential today for the depth of its account of the Indian campaigns. The son of a British East India Company physician and surgeon, Orme himself entered the service of the Company in 1743 at the age of fifteen, five years later rising to the position of Factor. As a member of the Madras Council from 1755 to 1758 he played a vigorous part in crushing the French power in the Deccan, and was largely responsible for the appointment of Lord Clive to command the retaking of Calcutta against Suraj-ud-Dowlah. Retiring for health reasons, Orme returned to England in 1759 and began work on his history, the publication of the first volume of which earned him the position of historiographer to the Company. Macauley praises Orme in his essay on Clive as "inferior to no English historian in style and power of painting." Cox I 297.

Provenance : Collection of a Lady

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	Nickname	Amount(Rs)	Type	Date & Time(IST)
1	anon0114	39600.00	Regular	23-11-2023 12:11:22 PM IST

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Lot No. 2: Orme, Robert

A History of the Military Transactions of The British Nation in Indostan

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Orme, Robert

A History of the Military Transactions of The British Nation in Indostan

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