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Michael Symes

An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, sent by the Governor-General of India in the Year 1795.

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London, Printed by W. Bulmer & Co.(...) and sold by Messrs. G. and W. Nicol, Booksellers to his Majesty, 1800, 3/4 leather

First Edition, Very Good

London, Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James s; and sold by Messrs. G. and W. Nicol, Booksellers to his Majesty, Pall-Mall ; and J. Wright, Piccadilly, 1800. First Edition ; XXIII-503 [1, Directions to the printer] pages.-26 plates, incl. fold-out plates of plants. With 2 engraved folding maps by J. Walker after Dalrymple and Thomas Woods ("Burman Empire" and lower Irrawaddy) and 26 engraved plates by T. Medland, Vincent, and MacKenzie after Singey Bey and others (4 folding, 3 double-page). With the half-title and Symes dedication page to the Chairman and directors of the East India Company.

Binding solid, pages in good condition, with some pages show light to heavy foxing and offset of the illustration pages. On some pages, the illustrations of people have created an offset on the opposite page, that shows all the fine details of the original. Almost like a reverse shadow copy. (see photos)

From the library of a gentleman, who was a rare book dealer in Bangkok in the 1970's and 80's, after his military service in Vietnam.

From WIKIPEDIA:

Polity in upper Myanmar (1365–1555)

The Ava Kingdom also known as Inwa Kingdom or Kingdom of Ava was the dominant kingdom that ruled upper Burma from 1365 to 1555. Founded in 1365, the kingdom was the successor state to the petty kingdoms of Myinsaing, Pinya and Sagaing that had ruled central Burma since the collapse of the Pagan Kingdom in the late 13th century. Like the small kingdoms that preceded it, Ava may have been led by Bamarised Shan kings who claimed descent from the kings of Pagan.

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