1882 The Founders of the Indian Empire. Clive, Warren Hastings, and Wellesley. Lord Clive.

Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

A very scarce first edition.

Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, with four plates of maps, three of which are folding. Collated, complete.

A lengthy biography of Robert Clive, the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency, and a significant figure in the foundation of the British East India Company rule in Bengal. Clive's actions on behalf of the Company have made him one of Britain's most controversial colonial figures.

Contemporary inscription to head of frontispiece recto.

With a lengthy index to the rear.

With four pages of advertisements to the rear.

The work of Colonel George Bruce Malleson, an English officer in India and the author of several works on British Indian colonial history.