A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF INDIA

WITH EXTRACTS FROM A JOURNAL KEPT IN THE PROVINCES, NEPAL, &C.

1855; Thomas Erskine Perry (Inscribed); 1st Edition; London, John Murray; Full Leather; 8/277 Pages; w4.3"xh6.6"; Very Rare!

ATTRIBUTES:

  • Beautiful full red morocco leather cover design with gold decorative borders, pretty gold centerpiece to front (India Symbol?), matching lovely gold binding, gold gilded cover/inner cover edges, gold gilded page edges, Inscribed verso first end page "From the Author March 1857", and a Great Travel/History Read!

SUMMARY:

  • Thomas Erskine Perry became a judge of the Supreme Court of Bombay in 1840, taking up office the following year and remaining in India for the next eleven years. The present work, written after his return to Britain, contains a first part devoted to an overview of Indian geography, society, natural history, and the like. The second part comprises Erskine s Journal of a Vacation Trip in India, through Rajputana, the North-West Provinces, and Nepal , the high-point of which is his visit to Katmandu.

  • Sir Thomas Erskine Perry (20 July 1806 – 22 April 1882) was a British Liberal politician and judge in India. After serving as chief justice of the supreme court in Bombay and as a Member of Parliament in Britain, he served as a member of the Council of India for 21 years.

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