GRANDPRÉ, Louis de (1761–1846). A Voyage in

GRANDPRÉ, Louis de (1761–1846). A Voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal…in the Years 1789 and 1790: Containing an Account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale…to which is added, a Voyage in the Red Sea. London: S. Hamilton for G. and J. Robinson, 1803. 2 volumes, 8vo. 6 engraved plates including 2 folding (marginal foxing and browning). Full modern leather, renewed endpapers. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, of Grandpré’s account of his extensive tour of the Indian Ocean region including a detailed analysis of the position of the French at Pondicherry, the main center of French influence in India. First published in Paris in 1801 under the title “Voyage dans l’Inde et au Bengale fait dans les années 1789 et 1790…”.