March II 2021 Catalogue

B a u m a n R a r e B o o k s F a i t h 2 0 2 1 71 “One Of The Most Valuable Books Ever Published In Connection With Indian History” 72. CUNNINGHAM, Joseph Davey. A History of the Sikhs. London, 1849. Octavo, modern full brown calf. $4800. Click for More Info First edition, with map of Punjabi political divisions until 1803 outlined in color, color folding map of Punjabi political divisions after the treaty of 1846, and folding genealogical table of the Gooroos. Cunningham joined the Bengal Engineers in 1831 and arrived in India in 1834. “In 1837 he was selected by Lord Auckland to join Colonel Claud Wade, who was then the political agent upon the Sikh frontier, as assistant… This appointment brought him into close connection with the Sikhs, and, as he spent the next eight years of his life in political employments in this part of India, he was able to obtain that thorough knowledge of their manners and customs which makes his History of the Sikhs one of the most valuable books ever published in connection with Indian history” (DNB). Folding map expertly linen-backed, interior generally quite nice, binding fine.