4to. xii, 340 pp., 2 hand-coloured lithographed costume plates, one of which is a frontispiece, 1 aquatint plate, 1 folding engraved map, 8 woodcut illustrations, early mottled calf, rebacked, chipped at head of spine, covers scuffed with some loss of surface, extremities rubbed, early ownership inscription of W. Hart on title, armourial bookplates of T. B. & H. C. Hart, Henry Colburn, London, first edition, 1827.

Synopsis

First edition; a second edition in two volumes appeared in the same year. George Thomas Keppel (1799-1891), held the rank of Lieutenant in the British Army serving in the 14th Foot Regiment, he was at Waterloo and also served in the Ionian Islands, Mauritius, the Cape and India. In 1821 he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the 24th Foot Regiment, was transformed to the 20th, and ordered to India.
There he served as aide-de camp to the Governor – General, the Marquis of Hastings. In 1823-24 he returned overland to England. This is an account of that journey and includes a description of Muscat. He also discusses the influence of the Wahhabis in the Gulf region. He visited the ruins of Babylon and the court of Tehran.
Bibliographic references: Blackmer, 908; not in Abbey; Ghani p. 206.