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Lot No. 3: CAMBRIDGE ESQ, RICHARD OWEN.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN INDIA BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH, ON THE COAST OF COROMANDEL

  • Medium: Printed Books
  • Year: 1762
  • Size: 10.3 x 7.7 inches
  • Place: London

Winning Bid : ₹ 1,18,800

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 1,00,000 -  2,00,000


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1200-2400

Ends at Oct 17, 2024 07:02 PM IST

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CAMBRIDGE ESQ, RICHARD OWEN.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IN INDIA BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH, ON THE COAST OF COROMANDEL

FROM THE YEAR 1750 TO THE YEAR 1760. TOGETHER WITH A RELATION OF THE LATE REMARKABLE EVENTS ON THE MALABAR COAST, AND THE EXPEDITIONS TO GOLCONDA AND SURAT; WITH THE OPERATIONS OF THE FLEET. ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS, PLANS, &C. THE WHOLE COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL PAPERS.

Year: 1762

Size: 26 x 20 cm (10.3 x 7.7 inches}

Printed for T Jefferys. 1762. First Edition, Quarto. xxxiii+270+[2]+15+[1]+48+xix+[1] pages

18 Engraved Plates & 4 Maps (3 folding) and index.

Contemporary full tree calf leather binding.

A contribution to the chronicles of India only superseded by the more important work of Orme.

Richard Owen Cambridge was a British poet. His chief work is the Scribbled (1751), a mock epic poem, the hero of which is the Martinus Scriblerus of Alexander Pope, John Arbuthnot and Jonathan Swift. The poem is preceded by a dissertation on the mock heroic, in which he avows Cervantes as his master. The satire shows considerable learning, and was eagerly read by literary people; but it never became popular, and the allusions, always obscure, have little interest for the present-day reader.

He made a valuable contribution to history in his Account of the War in India on the Coast of Coromandel from the year 1750 to 1760 (1761).

He had intended to write a history of the rise and progress of British power in India, but this enterprise went no further than this one work.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Good Condition
Nickname Amount(Rs) Type Date & Time(IST)
1 anon0142 99000.00 Regular 17-10-2024 03:10:51 PM IST
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