Author: Bolts, Willem. (1740-1808)
Title: Etat civil, politique et commercant du Bengale,
Description: ou histoire des conquetes & de l’administration de la compagnie angloise dans ce pays.(Trad.p.J.-N.Demeunier)A Maestricht Ches Jean-Endme Dufour, 1775. 2 in 1 voll. Second printing(first Den Hague, 1775) of the French edition. Willem Bolts (1740-1808) was a Dutch adventurer who entered the English East Compagny in Bengal, and got into trouble for private trading in the name of the East India Compagny. The government of Benares sent him off to England as a prisinor. He sought legal actions against them, but ruined himselfs in the process. The French translation was made by Jean Nicolas Demeunier. With 1 (of 2 )engr.frontisp.and large-fold.engr.map.166-170pp.

Keywords: Bangladesh Bengale Den Haag Maastricht


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