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The history of Hindostan; : from the earliest account of time, to the death of Akbar;

by: Firishtah, Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī, author; Dow, Alexander, -1779, translator; Taylor, Isaac, 1730-1807, engraver; T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, publisher; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) DLC

Publication date: 1768

Topics: India -- History -- 1000-1765 -- Early works to 1800

Publisher: London: : Printed for T. Becket, and P.A. De Hondt, in the Strand.

Collection: tischlibrary; blc; americana

Contributor: Tisch Library

Language: English

Volume: 1

Tisch Library Special Collections re-bound: 2 volumes as 1

Translated selections from the Persian work: Tārīkh-i Firishtah

Continued by an original work by Dow: The history of Hindostan, from the death of Akbar, to the complete settlement of the empire under Aurungzebe. London : Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1772 (ESTC T91569)

Collation: 4to: v.1. A⁴ a-i⁴ k², B-2Z⁴ 3A² [$2 (-k2, 3A2) signed]; 224 leaves, pages [8 unnumbered] [i] ii-xix [xx-xxi] xxii-lxix [lxx-lxxi] lxxii-lxxvi, 1-364 + frontispiece, plate facing page xxx, folded map -- v.2. [A]⁴(-A4) B-2P⁴ 2Q1[=A4], *A-*M⁴ [$2 signed]; 200 leaves, pages [6 unnumbered] 1-129 [130] 131-298, ²1-96 + frontispiece

Frontispieces, consisting of portraits of "Shan Allum, the present emperor of Hindostan" and "Mahommed Akbar, emperor of Hindostan, died A.D. 1604", engraved by Isaac Taylor. The plate "A specimen of the measure of the Bedas" and "A general map of Hindostan with the adjacent countries" are unsigned

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Associated-names: Dow, Alexander, -1779, translator; Taylor, Isaac, 1730-1807, engraver; T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, publisher; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)