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Architecture, Topography, Travel, Hunting
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Bloomsbury House
24 Maddox Street Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP 
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Bernier (François) Voyages contenant la Description des Etats du Grand Mogol, de l'Hindoustan, du Royaume, de Kachmire &c., 2 vol., third edition, 6 engraved maps and plates, some folding, ex-library edition with ink stamps on title and a few other leaves, later calf, spines gilt in compartments, later endpapers, 12mo, Amsterdam, chez P.Marret, 1711.***"[Bernier's] work is particularly valuable for its record of the struggle of the four sons of Shan Jahan to secure the throne, which finally fell to the fourth, Aurangzib... He notes in detail the weakness inherent in the Mogul system of inheritance, whereby the most vigorous and unscrupulous son succeeded to the rule..." (Cox I p.274). ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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