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Lot No. 8: Major-General Sir W. H. Sleeman, K.C.B

A Journey through the Kingdomof Oude in 1849-1850

  • Medium: Printed book
  • Year: 1858
  • Size: 4.8 x 7.2 inches
  • Place: London

Winning Bid : ₹ 12,840

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 8,000 -  10,000


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96-120

Ends at Nov 29, 2023 07:11 PM IST

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Major-General Sir W. H. Sleeman, K.C.B

A Journey through the Kingdomof Oude in 1849-1850

Size: 12.3 x 18.5 cm (4.8 x 7.2 inches)

Two Volume Set
Published by Richard Bentley. By direction of the Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie, Governor-General. With private correspondence relative to the annexation of Oude to British India, &co. By MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W. H. SLEEMAN, K.C.B. Resident at the Court of Lucknow. First and original edition.
Vol 1 pp. lxxx, 337 + a folding map of the Kingdom of Oude as frontispiece.
Vol 2 pp. vi, 424, 847 pages in total.
The infamous report by the same Sleeman who suppressed [and wrote about] Thuggee in his youth. This report persuaded Dalhousie to annex Oude which was one of the reasons for the outbreak of the Mutiny of 1857.
Old half-leather binding with marbled boards.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentlemen
Vol II upper cover detached, Vol 1 upper hinge tender and part of spine scraped.
Nickname Amount(Rs) Type Date & Time(IST)
1 anon0200 10700.00 Regular 29-11-2023 07:11:46 PM IST
2 anon0135 9700.00 Regular 29-11-2023 06:11:37 PM IST
3 anon0220 8800.00 Regular 29-11-2023 05:11:10 PM IST
4 anon0200 8000.00 Regular 29-11-2023 02:11:31 PM IST
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