A HISTORY OF THE MILITARY TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRITISH NATION IN INDOSTAN FROM THE YEAR MDCCXLV TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A DISSERTATION ON THE ESTABLISHMENTS MADE BY MAHOMEDAN CONQUERORS IN INDOSTAN (2 VOLUMES); Corrected with Alterations, Additions and an Index by the Author

London: Printed for John Nourse, Bookseller in Ordinary to His Majesty, 1778. Volume I, Second Edition, Corrected with Alterations, Additions and an Index by the Author; Volume II, First Edition. Leather-bound. Near Fine. Two Volumes in Two Bindings, (3 Sections, 13 Books) complete. 4tos. 10 3/4" x 8 1/4". Contemporary lattice tree calf, with contrasting red leather spine label, lettered in gilt and double-ruled in gilt. Volume # labels, encircled in gilt, to each spine. Gilt crown (two hands holding a shield overhead) stamped to each front board, initials below. NOTE: original boards sympathetically rehinged and corners refurbished.Text printed upon thick, luxurious laid bond, very bright. Unmarred except a handful of pages bear tiny penned-in corrections, by a very close reader. Volume I: 7 maps and 3 plans (mostly folding). [iv] 1-29 + 30-34 + 35-434 (end of Fifth Book, of Thirteen); 435-436 An Alteration + [1] Errata + [xcvii] (Index) + Directions for the Binder to place the MAPS. The second volume is dated 1778, bears no edition statement, but is generally regarded the first edition; it is in two parts, each with separate titlepage, followed by a dedication "To His Most Excellent Majesty George the Third, This Attempt to Commemorate the Successes of The British Arms in Indostan is Most Humbly Dedicated, by His Majesty's Most Dutiful Servant, and Most Faithful Subject, The Author": and then "A Dissertation on the Establishments Made by Mahomedan Conquerors in Indostan). Volume II: Section 1 has 12 Maps and 1 Plan, and Section 2, (also) 12 maps and 1 plan -- in all 26 maps and plans, most folded. pp. 1-739 + [2] Errata + Directions for the Placing and Reference of the MAPS. A massive and complete history of India, as issued in it's original full-leather binding. Critically acclaimed at the time as a comprehensive work by one of the great historians, and still of enormous utility today. Robert Orme (1728-1801) was writer and historiographer for the East India Company.This massive multi-volume tome, "a work of military history, narrated the battle for supremacy in southern India which had been waged from 1750 to 1754 between the English, the French, and their Indian allies. It was received with great critical acclaim: Orme was applauded on all sides for his style and accuracy, was hailed as a historian in the true classical tradition, and achieved renown and recognition. In 1769 he was created the first official historiographer of the East India Company".

Boswell described Orme as "that able and elegant historian of Indostan", and while highlyl esteemed by his peers, Orme was also known to be arrogant and aloof.