Martin, R. Montgomery: The Indian Empire: Its History, Topography, Government, Finance, Commerce, and Staple Products With A Full Account Of The Mutiny of the Native Troops, and an Exposition of the Social and Religious State of One Hundred Million Subjects of the Crown of England. Illustrated with Maps, Portraits, Views, etc. from Original Sketches, 8 Volumes.
Comprehensive, richly illustrated work by Irish writer, colonial official and explorer Robert Montgomery Martin (1801-1868) on the history of India and the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Includes 3 engraved titel pages, 120 steel-engraved illustrations and two double-page maps. From an early age, Martin…