FORBES (JAMES)
Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abridged from a Series of Familiar Letters written during Seventeen Years Residence in India; including Observations on Parts of Africa and South America, and a Narrative of Occurences in Four India Voyages, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved frontispiece portrait, 92 engraved or lithographed plates (of 93, lacks "Cocoa Nut Trees" in volume 3, 28 hand-coloured), occasional spotting and dampstaining (heavier in volume 3), modern cloth, gilt morocco spine labels [Abbey Travel 436; Gay 231; Nissen ZBI 1409; Fine Bird Books, p.75; Anker 148; Wood, p.345], 4to, for the Author, by T. Bensley, 1813
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