An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, in the Year 1795. To Which is Now Added, A Narrative of the Late Military and Political Operations in the Birmese Empire. With Some Account of the Present Condition of the Country, its Manners, Customs, and Inhabitants. 2 Vols. [MISSING THE MAP IN VOLUME 2]
Edinburgh: Printed for Constable And Co., 1827. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii, 312, vii, 233, 87pp. Original three-quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt lettering and ruling on spines, protected by modern mylar. Red edges. With two engraved half title:. Constable's Miscelany of Original and Selected Publications of Literature, Science & the Arts. Vol. viii & ix. Birman Empire, 2 vols. Narrative of the late military and political operations in the Birmese empire with separate title page.
"The able and interesting work of Colonel Symes on the Birman Empire, or Kingdom of Ava, has now become exceedingly scarce. In reprinting it in a new shape, and in adding to it an abstract of the historical events which have taken place since the termination of his embassy, together with as much information of a miscellaneous kind, as maybe gathered from various recent sources it is the object of the Conductors of this Miscellany to present to the public of Great Britainas complete and satisfactory an account as possible of a country to which the attention of all classes has of late bee so much directed." (Preface).
Small dealer sticker of Martin Keene & Son, Dublin, on inside front cover of volume one. Lightly starting at inside front cover of volume one. Bindings with some wear along edges, small chips and closed tear, predominantly at spine. Volume two with some rubbing of front cover, some some vertical abrasions near calf spine. Light inked initials on free endpapers. Edges somewhat faded. Good to good+ condition. Item #51748
Price: $175.00