IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 279339 accession number: PB 182-2020 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 17 December 2020 updated: Thursday 17 July 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: An original work by Dow, forming vol. 3 of his translation of Firishtah's 'History of Hindostan; ... to the death of Akbar; ...', London, 1768. Binding: sprinkled calf; spine & board edges g.t., raised bands, g. lettering on red & black spine labels. title: The history of Hindostan, : from the death of Akbar, to the complete settlement of the empire under Aurungzebe. To which are prefixed, I. A dissertation on the origin and nature of despotism in Hindostan. II. An enquiry into the state of Bengal; with a plan for restoring that kingdom to its former prosperity and splendor. / By Alexander Dow ... . NOTES ----- type: history note value: Provenance: Fitzwilliam, 1810. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/279339 DATING ------ CREATORS -------- maker: Dow, Alexander, maker: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, maker: Becket, Thomas, maker: De Hondt, P. A. DIMENSIONS ---------- value: cliv,[10],415,[9]p ; 28cm (4to).