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VBI-0072
THE EARLY HISTORY AND GROWTH OF CALCUTTA
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Details
- Author
- Raja Binaya Krishna Deb
- Year
- 1905
- Publisher
- Romesh Chandra Ghose
- Location
- Calcutta
- Subjects
- Topography · Commerce · Judiciary
- Edition
- First Edition
- Pages
- 280
- Size
- 9 x 7.5 in
Description
An important and remarkably detailed early history of Calcutta, published while the city was still the capital of British India. Raja Binaya Krishna Deb traces Calcutta from its earliest settlements and through its development into one of the great commercial centres of the British Empire. The work covers the city’s topography and population, trade and commerce, courts and judiciary, the press, European and Hindu society, educational and charitable institutions. ♛━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━♛ ◇ By Raja Binaya Krishna Deb ◇ First Edition, 1905 — Romesh Chandra Ghose, Calcutta ◇ Contains three historical maps of Calcutta, including folding maps, illustrating the city in its legendary period, at the time of the British advent ◇ Hardbound in half leather with cloth-covered boards, with gilt title and author to spine ◇ Condition as shown. Maps and text remain well preserved for a book over 120 years old. ◇ Size : 9 x 7.5 inches ◇ Pages : 280
Condition
Fair