A Genuine Narrative of the Deplorable Deaths of the English Gentlemen, and Others, who were suffocated in the Black Hole in Fort William, at Calcutta. + An Account of the Expedition of the British Fleet to Sicily in the Years 1718, 1719, and 1720. + Faction Detected, by the Evidence of Facts. Containing an Impartial View of Parties at Home, and Affairs Abroad. + Some Considerations on the Law of Forfeiture, for High-Treason

Holwell, J. Z.; Sir George Byng; Sir John Percival; Charles Yorke

Edité par London: A. Millar, 1758 + London: Tonson, 1739 + London: J. Roberts, 1743 + London: J. Roberts, 1746, 1758

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Scarce first person narrative of the notorious Black Hole of Calcutta where approximately 143 died, written by Holwell, a doctor civilian administrator of the British East India Company imprisoned there. viii, 56 pp. lacking half-title. Bound with three additional titles. Byng: Third edition. 96 pp. with fold-out plate. Percival: Fifth edition. 75 pp. Yorke: Second edition. 180 pp. with errata leaf. Hardcover, bound in calf over marbled boards. The leather dry, joints cracked, chips at the spine ends. Text with very few blemishes.

N° de réf. du vendeur M22-Bas-C13-S3-A

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• Titre: A Genuine Narrative of the Deplorable Deaths of the English Gentlemen, and Others, who were suffocated in the Black Hole in Fort William, at Calcutta. + An Account of the Expedition of the British Fleet to Sicily in the Years 1718, 1719, and 1720. + Faction Detected, by the Evidence of Facts. Containing an Impartial View of Parties at Home, and Affairs Abroad. + Some Considerations on the Law of Forfeiture, for High-Treason
• Éditeur: London: A. Millar, 1758 + London: Tonson, 1739 + London: J. Roberts, 1743 + London: J. Roberts, 1746
• Date de parution: 1758
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Very Good