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Major H. M. L. Lawrence, Adventures of an Officer in the Punjaub, second edition, in two volumes London, Henry Colburn, 1846(2)
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,000
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Major H. M. L. Lawrence, Adventures of an Officer in the Punjaub, second edition, in two volumes
London, Henry Colburn, 1846
London, Henry Colburn, 1846
2 vols., 287 and 262 pp. respectively, full-page lithograph illustration opposite title page of Maharajah Ranjit Singh (vol. 1) and Maharajah Sher Singh (vol. 2), marbled half-calf covers
196 x 128 mm.(2)
196 x 128 mm.(2)
Footnotes
Henry Lawrence was Political Agent at Lahore, 1846-48, handling relations with the Sikhs after their defeat at Sobraon and the imposition of British suzerainty over the Punjab. A council of regency was set up, accompanied by a garrison, to rule until Duleep Singh came of age. For his portrait (in the British Library) see S. Stronge (ed.), The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms, London 1999, p. 151, fig. 173. As well as this account, he was also author of the earlier Some Passages in the Life of an Adventurer in the Punjaub (1842).