Journal of an Embassy from the Governor General of India to the Court of Ava. With an appendix, Containing a Description of Fossil Remains, by Professor Buckland and Mr. Clift.
London. Published for Henry Colburn. 2nd edition. 1834. Stock ID #152302 Foundational work by John Crawfurd (1783–1868), a Scottish physician, colonial administrator for the British East India Company, and prominent ethnologist. It chronicles his diplomatic assignment and observations in the Kingdom of Burma (Myanmar). When referring to this item please quote stockid 152302.
Two volumes. Volume I: Large folding map of Burma, 6 plates (4 folding), one vignette in the text, 541pp; Volume II: Folding plan of Ava, one full page plate, 4 vignettes in the text, viii + 319+ 163pp (Appendix); original blind stamped green cloth boards ( a trifle rubbed and bumped), 23 x 14.5 cms, both volumes neatly rebacked mounting the original spines, endpapers renewed, with the blind stamp "Manchester City Library 1854" to the frontispiece, title page and map in both volumes, the large folding map of Burma (Vol I) with extensive (neat) fold repairs, frontispiece in Vol II split along the lower hinge but holding, otherwise text clean and sound, a good set.
Abbey (Travel) 405 (second edition); Herbert 185.
Price: $1,450.00 AU