Nāṡir al-Dīn , -1837, Social life and customs, Kings and rulers, Court and courtiers, DS485.O9 K55 1855
by a member of the household of His late Majesty, Nussir-u-Deen, King of Oude. Written by William Knighton. Main Heritage Shelves General DS485.O9 K55... Show moreby a member of the household of His late Majesty, Nussir-u-Deen, King of Oude. Written by William Knighton. Main Heritage Shelves General DS485.O9 K55 1855 Book Item-ID: i1021849x BIB-ID: 1023485 Microfilm. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Imaging Services, 2005. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Show less
Aurangzeb , 1618-1707, History, History, Description and travel, Court and courtiers, Social life and customs, DS461.7 .B47 1671
The history of the late revolution of the dominions of the Great Mogol -- Particular events, or, The most considerable passages after the war of... Show moreThe 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 Show less
Court and courtiers, Description and travel, DR424.B69 B66 1650
First edition. Signatures: a⁴, A-M⁸, N⁴. Page 66 incorrectly numbered 6. Title in black and red. Marginal notes. "The work of Mr. Robert Withers".-... Show moreFirst edition. Signatures: a⁴, A-M⁸, N⁴. Page 66 incorrectly numbered 6. Title in black and red. Marginal notes. "The work of Mr. Robert Withers".--Dedication. Actually translated by Withers from an Italian manuscript by Ottaviano Bon.--cf. Cambridge history of English literature. New York [etc.] 1941. v. 1, p. 779. Dedication signed: John Greaves. Armorial book-plate of the Right Honble. Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex, Viscount Maldon, & Baron Capell of Hadham on verso of t.p. Main Heritage Compact General DR424.B69 E Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i1553019x BIB-ID: 1005652 Show less
