BENGAL -- (BOLTS, W.). État civil, politique et commerçant du Bengale, ou histoire des conquêtes & de l'administration de la compagnie angloise dans ce pays. (Trad. p. J.-N. Demeunier). Maastr., J.-E. Dufour, 1775. 2 in 1 vol. xxxii, 166; (2), 170 pp. W. 2. engr. fronts. by C. Eisen & lge-fold. engr. map. Mod. hcf., uncut.
Second printing (first The Hague, 1775) of the French edition. - Willem Bolts (c. 1740-1808) was a Dutch adventurer who entered the English East India Company in Bengal, and got into trouble for private trading in the name of the East India Company. The government of Benares sent him off to England as a prisoner. He sought legal action against them, but ruined himself in the proces. The French translation was made by Jean Nicolas Demeunier. - Cox I, 299; Higgs, 6392; Kress, 7076; Goldsmiths, 11277; (all with The Hague imprint).€ 150
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