INDIA
CRAWFURD (JOHN) Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava, in the Year 1827... With an Appendix, Containing the Description of Fossil Remains, by Professor Buckland and Mr. Clift, FIRST EDITION, 5 aquatint plates (3 hand-coloured), 5 lithographed plates, one engraved plan, one large folding engraved map (short tears at fold), wood-engraved illustrations in the text, without half-title, modern half calf, spine tooled in gilt within raised bands, gilt morocco lettering label [Abbey Travel 405], 4to (270 x 202mm.), Henry Colburn, 1829
Footnotes:
John Crawfurd was sent as an envoy to Burma in 1826 with the aim of establishing a permanent British residency there, and forming good relations with the Court of Ava. Whilst he 'revealed little capacity as a negotiator... the book he wrote about his experiences, published in London in 1829, proved to be of exceptional value' (Howgego, Encyclopaedia of Exploration 1800 to 1850, 2004).
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