[FORBES, ALEXANDER KINLOCH; Major J. W. Watson (Introduction), A. K. Nairne (Memoir)]. Râs Mâlâ; or, Hindoo Annals of the Province of Goozerat in Western India. London: Richardson and Co., 1878.
NEW EDITION. Cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (18.5 x 13 x 4.5 cm); [folding map], xxi, [1, blank], [2, contents], 715 pp. English text, with an introduction by Major J. W. Watson and a memoir of the author by A. K. Nairne. Bound in publisher's original cloth covers; brown coated endpapers; folding sketch map of Goozerat and Soreth; printed footnotes; tables in the text; rear index in double columns. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight, secure, and square. Covers and contents well-preserved, the spine ends slightly bumped. Without previous ownership markings. Scarce.
Notes: A rare new edition of this historical work, first published in 1856, by British colonial administrator Alexander Kinloch Forbes (1821-1865). The work has four sections concerning the history of India, from 8th-century Gujarat to the arrival of the British. Forbes draws upon his own experiences for this work, which includes an excellent introduction by Major J. W. Watson and a short memoir of the author by A. K. Nairne.
