together with the most considerable passages, for 5 years following in that empire : to which is added, a letter to the Lord Colbert, touching the extent of Indostan, the circulation of the gold and silver of the world, to discharge it self there as also the riches, forces and justice of the same and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia Bernier, François 1620-1688 Oldenburg, Henry approximately 1615-1677 Cross, Thomas active 1632-1682 engraver. Pitt, Moses active 1654-1696 printer. Miller, Simon active 1653-1684 printer. Starkey, John active 17th century bookseller. Williams, John active 1671 printer. Marsden, William 1754-1836 former owner. Hewett, Thomas active 1719 former owner. Moody, L. active 18th century former owner. Great Britain Foreign Office. Library, former owner. text text enk London Printed and sold by Moses Pitt at the White Hart in Little Britain, Simon Miller at the Star in St. Pauls church-yard and John Starkey at the Miter near Temple-Bar 1671 monographic eng fre

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The history of the late revolution of the dominions of the Great Mogol -- Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of five years, or thereabout, in the empire of the Great Mogol -- A letter to the Lord Colbert, of the extent of Indostan, the circulation of gold and silver coming at length to be swallow'd up there as in an abyss, the riches, forces, justice and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia. by Monsr F. Bernier, physitian of the faculty of Montpelier ; English'd out of French. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; woodcut initial letters. Title page followed by seven pages of "An extrait of a letter written to Mr. H.O. from Monsr de Monceaux the younger, giving a character of the book here Englished and its author", which is followed by six pages of contents and an errata page. With a final advertisement leaf. Pagination: [16], 258, [2], 176, 102, [2] p. Page 208 is wrongly printed as 082. Translation by Henry Oldenburg of author's Histoire de la dernière révolution des états du Grand Mogol, 1670. Volume two, entitled "Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of five years, or thereabout, in the empire of the Great Mogol" has separate pagination and title page with following imprint: London : printed by S.G. for Moses Pitt at the white Hart in Little Britain, 1671. The third part entitled "A letter to the Lord Colbert, of the extent of Indostan, the circulation of gold and silver coming at length to be swallow'd up there as in an abyss, the riches, forces, justice and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia" has also separate pagination. Copy in FCO Historical collection is a variant copy without a Wing reference number. Imprint reads: London : printed and are to be sold by John Williams, book-seller in Plymouth, 1671. The map is signed: "Cross sculp:" Main Heritage Shelves General DS461.7 .B47 1671 Book Item-ID: i10203618 BIB-ID: 1021997 Text also available online from EEBO at: http://eebo.chadwyck.com/home. English translation of French original. Copy in Marsden Collection has armorial bookplate of William Marsden on front paste-down. UkLU-K Copy in FCO Historical Collection is from the historical library collection of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, transferred to King's on permanent loan in 2007. It has a ms. inscription on second free endpaper: "E Libris Thomae Hewett, Anno Domini 1719" and a ms. inscription in Indic script on the same page. There is another ms. inscription on title page in another hand: "L. Moody, Mrs Hill". UkLU-K a-ii--- Emperor of Hindustan Aurangzeb 1618-1707 Mogul Empire Early works to 1800 India History European settlements, 1500-1765 Early works to 1800 India History 1526-1765 Early works to 1800 India Description and travel Early works to 1800 India Court and courtiers Early works to 1800 India Social life and customs Early works to 1800 DS461.7 .B47 1671 http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_id=xri:eebo:image:51531 B2043 681137532 KIJ 980823 20120327020157.0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng