M’GREGOR, William Lewis
The History of the Sikhs
London: James Madden, 1846.
Edition: First.
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First edition of William Lewis M’Gregor’s important early history of the Sikhs, published immediately following the First Anglo-Sikh War.
Volume I, The History of the Sikhs; Containing the Lives of the Gooroos; the History of the Independent Sirdars, or Missuls, and the Life of the Great Founder of the Sikh Monarchy, Maharajah Runjeet Singh, traces the development of Sikhism and Sikh political power through the Gurus, the independent misls and the reign of Maharajah Ranjit Singh. Volume II, The History of the Sikhs, Containing an Account of the War between the Sikhs and the British, in 1845–46, records the turbulent succession following Ranjit Singh’s death and the First Anglo-Sikh War.
M’Gregor was a surgeon serving in the East India Company’s military establishment, and his work appeared in London in 1846, giving it particular significance as a near-contemporary British account of the Sikh Empire at the moment when relations between the Lahore Darbar and the East India Company had culminated in war.
Illustrated with lithographic portraits of leading personalities of the Sikh court and other plates, including folding illustrations. Contemporary advertisements for the work describe portraits of Maharajah Ranjit Singh, Kharak Singh, Nau Nihal Singh, Gulab Singh, Dhian Singh, Suchet Singh, Jawahar Singh and Lal Singh, as well as a map of the Jalindhur Doab and a plan of the battles.
Collation: Two volumes, 8vo. Complete with all plates, maps and plans as issued.
Description: Complete with 6 lithographic portrait plates, including the frontispiece portrait of Maharajah Ranjit Singh, together with 2 folding cartographic/battle plates comprising a map of the Jullundur Doab and a battle plan.
Binding: Two volumes, 8vo, bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, with calf corners, gilt-ruled spines, red morocco lettering and volume labels, and gilt ownership or armorial devices at the feet of the spines.
Condition: Re-backed in leather, retaining the original boards, with new endpapers supplied; binding subsequently polished. The binding shows general rubbing, scuffing and surface wear, with some loss and abrasion to the original leather and marbled boards; spine labels rubbed but largely legible. Corners and board edges worn. Internally generally clean and well preserved, with light age-toning and occasional minor spotting and handling marks. Lithographic plates remain well defined, with folding plates showing the original folds and expected minor fold wear. Early manuscript notation to the upper margin of the Volume II title page. Complete with all plates, maps and plans as issued.
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