A History of India Under the Two First Sovereigns of The House of Taimur, Baber and Humayun
by William Erskine
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0064920283
- ISBN 13
- 9780064920285
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Irish University Press: Barnes & Noble Books, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. This two-volume work by the Scots orientalist and historian William Erskine (1773-1852) was published posthumously by his son in 1854. It describes the history of India under the Mughal rulers Babur and his son Humayun, descendants of Taimur (Tamburlane), and is acknowledged as one of the earliest scholarly accounts of Mughal rulers in India. Complete two-volume hardcover set. Facsimile reprint of 1854 edition. Tall octavo books. Volume I: pp. 585; Volume II: 577. Brown cloth bindings. From private collection. Previous owner's name on books' ffep and blind stamp on title page. Pages remain clean and unmarked; bindings, tight. In publisher-issued clear mylar covers.
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- Title
- A History of India Under the Two First Sovereigns of The House of Taimur, Baber and Humayun
- Author
- William Erskine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0064920283
- ISBN 13
- 9780064920285
- Publisher
- Irish University Press: Barnes & Noble Books
- Date Published
- 1972
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