Stock ID #223135 A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the year MDCCXLV. To which is prefixed a dissertation on the establishments made by Mahomedan conquerors in Indostan. BRITISH INDIA, ROBERT ORME.
A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the year MDCCXLV. To which is prefixed a dissertation on the establishments made by Mahomedan conquerors in Indostan.
A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the year MDCCXLV. To which is prefixed a dissertation on the establishments made by Mahomedan conquerors in Indostan.
A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the year MDCCXLV. To which is prefixed a dissertation on the establishments made by Mahomedan conquerors in Indostan.
A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the year MDCCXLV. To which is prefixed a dissertation on the establishments made by Mahomedan conquerors in Indostan.
A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the year MDCCXLV. To which is prefixed a dissertation on the establishments made by Mahomedan conquerors in Indostan.

A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the year MDCCXLV. To which is prefixed a dissertation on the establishments made by Mahomedan conquerors in Indostan.

London. Printed for John Nourse. 1778-1880. Stock ID #223135

Third Edition,"revised by the author", of Volume I; first edition of Volume II (Part I only, lacking Part II). Two volumes, 23 maps, plans or views (of 36) most folding: [iv] + 436pp + xcvii (Index) + [iii] Errata, Errata in the Index, Directions for the Binder to Place the Maps; [ii] + 365pp, contemporary calf boards re-backed (boards scored and scuffed), 28.3 x 22 cms, several of the maps with small fold splits (no loss), some offsetting, the folding views of Calcutta and Bengal particularly fine, the large folding "General Map of Indostan" in the first volume heavily spotted affecting the facing leaf, several old paper repairs and inked corrections in an early hand, with the armorial bookplates of Joseph Cator, a prominent merchant and administrator with the East India Company and of Peter Cator (his son) founder of the Cator Prize, and of Bertie Peter Cator, and of Kelham Hall, a handsome example (lacking the second part of Volume II) in good condition.

Foundational work written by Robert Orme, an official and historiographer for the British East India Company (EIC), with a noteworthy family provenance. The text chronicles the geopolitical struggles and military conflicts that paved the way for British dominance over the Indian subcontinent.

The Cator family built a legacy of immense wealth, regional development, and colonial influence spanning three generations. Joseph Cator (1733–1818) laid the financial foundations as a wealthy "nabob" and high-ranking East India Company official in Calcutta. His 1780 marriage to Diana Bertie, daughter of Sir Albemarle Bertie, successfully elevated the family into the British aristocracy, allowing him to return to England and manage expanding Kent estates like Beckenham Place Park. His son, Peter Cator (1796–1873), leveraged this land inheritance during the mid-19th-century railway boom. Alongside his brother, Peter transformed these holdings into the upmarket Cator Estate across Blackheath and Beckenham, while also working as a lawyer and establishing educational scripture prizes in Madras. This colonial and legal influence continued with his descendant, Sir Ralph Bertie Peter Cator (1861–1945), who served the British Empire as a prominent colonial judge, holding key judicial appointments as the First Judge of British East Africa and later in the High Court of Constantinople.

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