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ELPHINSTONE, Mountstuart.
An account of the kingdom of Caubul, and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; comprising a view of the Afghaun nation, and a history of the Dooraunee monarchy.
A superbly detailed regional study, compiled by the ambassador, and which continued to inform British policy on the north-western frontier until the 1840s, well-illustrated by a series of costume plates, which are closer to individuated portraits than the "types" usually encountered in such works. Elphinstone stands out as one of the most remarkable figures in the establishment of British hegemony in India in the early 19th century.
- Published
- London: Longman, 1815.
- References
- Abbey Travel II 504; Colas 960; Lipperheide 1483; Tooley 209. Bobins I 239
- Plates
- 13 + 2 maps
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: Longman, 1815.
- Ref
- 522
FIRST EDITION. 4to. xxvii 675pp. 2 maps (1 large folding) 13 hand-coloured aquatint costume plates and one uncoloured aquatint view; occasional light foxing and offsetting; modern half calf gilt by Aquarius with red morocco label to spine; raised bands in gilt to spine; gilt in rule to boards; marbled edges; an excellent copy. The Embassy was sent to Caubul out of fear that the French were going to expand the seat of the war to Asia following a French Embassy to Persia. The book contains a wealth of information, topographical ethnographic, and scientific. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontis. The Chaous Baushee in his dress of Office. 2. [Map] the Kingdom of Caubul, and some of the Neighbouring Countries...(folding) 3. [Map] Caubul... 4. Dooraunee Shepherds. 5. A Hindkee in the Winter dress of Peshawer. 6. An Eusofzye. 7. An Afghaun of Damaun. [Uncoloured plate: Tope of Maunikyaula.] 8. A Dooraunee Villager with his Arms. 9. A Dooraunee Gentleman. 10. A Taujik in the Summer dress of Caubul. 11. A Khawtee, Ghiljie in his Summer Dress. 12. A Khojeh of Uzbec Tartary. 13. A Man of the Tymunee Eimauk. 14. A Hazaurch. 15. The Umla Baushee in his Dress of Office.
