Marquess Wellesley’s account of the Second Marhatta War published 1804

(Wellesley, Richard, Marquess Wellesley. Governor General of India):  NOTES RELATIVE TO THE TRANSACTIONS IN THE MARHATTA. Fort William, December 15, 1803. With an Appendix of Official Documents, and with six engravings illustrative of the several battles, from drawing taken upon the spot. Printed for J. Debrett [London] 1804 4to.

6 folding, engraved, hand coloured, battle plans &c. interleaved with pages of text [General Order of Battle at Camp of General Lake at Secundra. August 26th 1803; Battle of Assye fought September 23rd 1803; Sketch…Army under Lord Lake…Allyghur, August 29th 1803; Rough Representation of the Entrance of the Troops…Allyghur; Plan of the Battle of Delhi, 11th September 1803; Plan of the Battle of Lasswary 1st Novembe 1803] bound at the end of the text, 115pp,  Appendix A Notes relative to the History and Constitution of Marhatta Empire, and to the Principal Chieftains composing the Marhatta Confederacy 35pp, Appendix C Treaty of Bassein pp 36-47, Appendix D Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary [Despatches, casualty lists, returns, etc pp 48-169, Appendix E single page Table of ordnance taken 8th August to 1st November 1803 & a further despatch pp170-177.  Appendix B appears with the maps. a single page table of the strength of the forces of Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior.  Modern stout buckram with red leather gilt title label Notes of the Marhatta War 1803, a collector’s pencil notes to half title and a contemporary signature to the verso, no other ownership markings, the contents clean apart from a small loss to the lower gutter edge of the title page, all the maps and plans. graved on very stout paper are clean and neatly folded. An excellent copy of a scarce book, published this year in both quarto and folio editions. aug11/1

Army of India Medal: We also show the original specimen example of this medal, which can be found elsewhere on the website, which includes clasps the three first battles of the 2nd Mahratta War which are shown in the engravings in this volume. They are of course especially rare to be found on the medal as it was not issued until 48 years after the first battle and then only to survivors.