POTTINGER, LIEUT. HENRY | Travels in Beloochistand and Sinde. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1816
Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
POTTINGER, LIEUT. HENRY
Travels in Beloochistand and Sinde. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1816
4to (10 3/4 x 8 1/4 ins.; 275 x 210 mm). Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece, 2 large folding engraved maps hand-colored in outline; maps offset, scattered faint spotting. Antique latticed calf, gilt.
First edition. One of the great nineteenth-century travel books, and a classic Great Game work. Accompanied by Captain Christie, Pottinger went on an official exploration of the country between India and Persia in 1810. Heavily disguised as natives and accompanied by a native horse-dealer, they travelled by sea to Sinde and overland to Khelat. When they reached the Afghanistan-Baluchistan border, Christie travelled north and Pottinger west. They met up in Isphahan, where Christie was killed in a Russian attack on the Persians in 1812. Pottinger meanwhile had returned to Bombay via Baghdad.
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Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
POTTINGER, LIEUT. HENRY
Travels in Beloochistand and Sinde. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1816
4to (10 3/4 x 8 1/4 ins.; 275 x 210 mm). Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece, 2 large folding engraved maps hand-colored in outline; maps offset, scattered faint spotting. Antique latticed calf, gilt.
First edition. One of the great nineteenth-century travel books, and a classic Great Game work. Accompanied by Captain Christie, Pottinger went on an official exploration of the country between India and Persia in 1810. Heavily disguised as natives and accompanied by a native horse-dealer, they travelled by sea to Sinde and overland to Khelat. When they reached the Afghanistan-Baluchistan border, Christie travelled north and Pottinger west. They met up in Isphahan, where Christie was killed in a Russian attack on the Persians in 1812. Pottinger meanwhile had returned to Bombay via Baghdad.
Condition Report:
Condition as described in catalogue entry.