A History of the Mahrattas v1.c5.s5.16

v1.c5.s5.16

[This edition is collated as follows: Dedication, 1 leaf; contents, pp. v–xxvi; preface, xxvii–xxxi; preface to present edition, pp. xxxiii–xxxv; text, pp. 1–686; index, pp. 687–710. The preface to this third edition, which is reprinted in the fourth edition and is undated, expresses a hope ‘that the work being now presented in one volume, and at a much lower price than any previous edition, will secure for it a far wider circle of readers than it ever before obtained. The preface also includes ‘the chief portion of a letter from the author, written in his retirement, in reply to a note, urging the publication of a new edition from his friend, Mr. E. H. Goldsmid, the eminent Bombay Civilian . . . &c.,’ and expresses the indebtedness of the publishers for the use of this letter ‘to Mr. James Taylor, Honorary Secretary to the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, whose “Note on Grant Duff’s History,” comprising the extract we now give, appears in No. xxviii of the Society’s Transactions, now passing through the press.’ This edition is also rare.]