[ELPHINSTONE, Mountstuart]. An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; Comprising a View of the Afghaun Nation, and a History of the Dooraunee Monarchy. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, & J. Murray, 1815.
FIRST EDITION. Leather-bound; hardcover; quarto (28 x 21.5 x 4.5 cm); pp. xxi, 675. English text. Bound by Carrs & Co. of Glasgow in contemporary half calf, spine in compartments, gilt bands, red morocco lettering-piece, marbled paper-covered boards. Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece (bound in at page 518) and 12 other similar plates, one uncoloured aquatint, large folding linen-backed engraved map (opening 637 x 789 mm) coloured in outline and bound in after the Preface, one similar full-page map bound before the Introduction, not at page 83 as called for. Printed by A. Strahan, London. Provenance: Campbell of Stonefield's small circular armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure, the covers a little rubbed in places. Interior very well-preserved. An excellent copy and scarce.
Notes: First edition of this impressively detailed regional study, an influential work, beautifully illustrated by costume plates and maps.
