Author: Beveridge, Henry (1799-1863)
Title: A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF INDIA, civil, military, and social, from the first landing of the English, to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt; including an outline of the early history of Hindoostan.
Description: London, Blackie and Son, Paternoster Row, E.C.; and Glasgow and Edinburgh., 1862 [i.e. 1858-1862]; Glasgow; Edinburgh. Glasgow: W.G. Blackie and Co., Printers, Villafield. 1862 500 + engravings, colour maps. . Quarto, II Volumes of III, several maps with colour (including a fine one of the Indian subcontinent); tissue guard on frontis; 10" tall; heavy wear to edges and spine. Decolouration on covers of both volumes, particular wear to edges of Vol I. Pagination excellent in both volumes however, despite some minor wear to edges. *Vol I and II chart the history of India from the first landings by European Merchants to the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Vol I ends with Clive of India's conquest of the subcontinent. Henry Beveridge was a prominent Scottish Calvinist who made a career translating the works of Calvin, he published this history of India without ever visiting. His son however was a notable figure in the Indian Civil Service, and his grandson was the prominent Liberal MP William Beveridge.

Keywords: British Rule of India/History of India.


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