Histoire des Progrès et de la Chute de l’Empire de Mysore, sous les règnes d’Hyder-Aly et Tippoo-Saïb, contenant l’historique des guerres des souverains de Mysore avec les Anglais et les différentes puissances de l’Inde; une esquisse de la conquête de l’Egypte, considérée par rapport à l’Inde; les lettres de Bonaparte au Chérif de la Mecque et à Tippoo-Saïb; les négociations de Tippoo avec le Gouverneur de l’Ile de France… TWO VOLUMES.
Michaud, Joseph-Francois 1767-1839.
8vo. Volume I: 395 pp., steel engraved frontispiece of Tippoo Sultan, 1 folding colour map, 2 folding plans, 1 folding colour plate / Volume II: 454 pp., [2], 1 folding colour map, half-titles, contemporary half-calf, title gilt on spine, a very good set, this set has correction annotations for the purpose of it being republished, published at Giguet, Paris, 1801.
Synopsis
First edition of the first historical work of Michaud (best known as the author of the main story of the Crusades of the nineteenth century ) constituting a lively account of the war between the British and the Indians of Tippoo Sahib, based on the book of the Beatson , ” A view of the origin and conduct of the war with Tippoo Sultan ” ( London , 1800 ), but supplemented with new sources and documents. Tippu or Tippoo Sahib , the son of Haider Ali, was the Rajah of Mysore from 178. He continued the military campaigns of his father against the British, until he was finally defeated and killed at Seringapatam .
Bibliographic references: Brunet, III, 1699. Chadenat, 1934. Monglond, V, 671
