Lot 36 · Fine Books & Rare Manuscripts | Bonhams Skinner

Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abridged from a Series of Familiar Letters Written During Seventeen Years Residence in India: Including Observations on Parts of Africa and South America, and A Narrative of Occurrences in Four India Voyages. London: Printed for the author by T. Bensley, published by White, Cochrane, and Co., 1813.

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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books & Rare Manuscripts | Bonhams Skinner, Skinner Boston · 31 October 2023
Record ID: TB-2026-432486
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Forbes, James. 1749-1819., Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abridged from a Series of Familiar Letters Written During Seventeen Years Residence in India: Including Observations on Parts of Africa and South America, and A Narrative of Occurrences in Four India Voyages. London: Printed for the author by T. Bensley, published by White, Cochrane, and Co., 1813. Bonhams, 31 Oct 2023, lot 36. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-432486.

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Forbes, James. 1749-1819., Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abridged from a Series of Familiar Letters Written During Seventeen Years Residence in India: Including Observations on Parts of Africa and South America, and A Narrative of Occurrences in Four India Voyages. London: Printed for the author by T. Bensley, published by White, Cochrane, and Co., 1813. Bonhams, 31 Oct 2023, lot 36. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-432486.

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