A Journey from Merut in India to London, through Arabia, Persia, Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Austria, Switzerland, and France, During The Years 1819 and 1820.

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vii, 272 pp., 12 pp., of Itinerary of Lieutenant Thomas Lumsden from Merut, in India to London, hand-coloured folding frontispiece engraved map, engraved plate, a little browned, contemporary full calf, slightly rubbed at corners & rebacked largely retaining back-strip, marbled endpaper and edges, bookplate of John Waldie verso front cover, occasional spotting mainly to margins, otherwise copy in general good condition. SCARCE WORK. Lieutenant Thomas Lumsden was a commander attached to the Bengal Horse Artillery. He wrote his entries in this work day by day, in the course of a journey from India to London. Lumsden started his journey on the 3rd of October 1819. with the company of Lieutenant A. Cameron of the Bengal Horse Artillery and Dr. Matthew Lumsden who had perfect knowledge of Arabic and Persian. Lumsden visited the town of Muscat, Bushire, then travelled through Persia, Armenia, Central Asia, Ukraine, Georgia, Caucasus, Russia, Poland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Paris and ended his journey in England. Not in Ghani. #23218. N° de ref. del artículo 011611

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