ENGLAND'S COLONIAL EMPIRE VOL. I THE MAURITIUS BY CHARLES PRIDHAM 1846

[PRIDHAM, CHARLES]. England's Colonial Empire: An Historical, Political and Statistical Account of the Empire, its Colonies, and Dependencies. Vol. I. The Mauritius and its Dependencies. London: Smith, Elder and Co., MDCCCXLVI. [1846].

FIRST EDITION. Volume I only; cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (23 x 14.5 x 3.5 cm); pp. xii, [1] errata, 410, [50] publisher's catalogue. English text. Original cloth bound by Westley's & Clark, London; pale yellow endpapers; folding frontispiece map hand-coloured in outline; printed footnotes; appendix with tables. Printed in Great Britain by Steward and Murray, Old Bailey, London. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Spine cloth slightly dulled. Interior fresh and clean. Map excellent. Without previous ownership markings. Scarce.

Notes: Rare first edition, this being volume I only but complete in itself.