{"product_id":"1818-calcutta-printed-almanac-with-contemporary-ownership-signature-of-george-richardson-commercial-resident-at-haripal-hurripaul-and-golagore","title":"1818 Calcutta Printed Almanac with contemporary ownership signature of George Richardson - Assistant to the Commercial Resident for the East India Company at Haripal (Hurripaul) and Golagore","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e1818 Calcutta Printed almanac with contemporary ownership signature of George Richardson - Assistant to the \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCommercial Resident for the East India Company at Haripal (Hurripaul) and Golagore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Calcutta Annual Register and Directory, for the Year of our Lord 1818; or, Civil, Military, Medical, and Marine Lists of the Presidency of Bengal; with an Almanack, and an Appendix: Containing Regulations of the Custom House, Treasury, Post Office, Bank, Pension and Life Insurance Funds, Union, Laudable and Provident Societies, Calcutta Tontine Lists of the Law Department, College, Asiatic Society, and Public Charities; Complete Calcutta Lists; List of Former Governors; List of Shipping, etc.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Calcutta, 1818.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e-Large 8vo (230 × 140 mm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e-Complete. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[2], vi, [18], 174, 204, 10, xv, [1], iii, [1]pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e-Original blue boards with half leather binding (worn with bumps to boards)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e-Contemporary fore-edge inscription \"\" XX DUTIES XX \"\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e-Printed in Calcutta by \"Scott \u0026amp; Co at the India Gazette Press\" on Chinese paper (paper fragile with a few chips and tears here and there)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e-1818\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis uncommon early Calcutta-printed almanac contains a wealth of information on the civil, military and commercial life of the Bengal Presidency. It includes detailed lists of European residents, East India Company officials, shipping, public institutions and administrative regulations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePrinted in Calcutta on Chinese paper, the book retains its contemporary binding. This copy is particularly notable for its fore-edge inscription \"Duties\" and contemporary annotations, showing that it served as a working reference volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe contemporary ownership inscription inside the front board reads \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“Geo. Richardson, Calcutta, May 10, 1818.”\u003c\/span\u003e Richardson served as \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAssistant to the Commercial Resident\u003c\/span\u003e at Haripal (Hurripaul) and Golagore under Robert Richardson, and is listed in the directory itself as \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“assistant to the commercial resident at Gulagore and Hurripaul.”\u003c\/span\u003e As noted in the contemporary history of the Bengal Commercial Residency system:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e“From 1807 to 1820 Robert Richardson was Commercial Resident at Haripal, with George Richardson, from their respective standing in the service, probably his son or nephew, as assistant…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003eRare. OCLC records only a single institutional copy, held by the \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBritish Library\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Bry Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57084637446522,"sku":null,"price":2250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/2969\/2075\/files\/IMG_0165.jpg?v=1784364432","url":"https:\/\/debryrarebooks.com\/products\/1818-calcutta-printed-almanac-with-contemporary-ownership-signature-of-george-richardson-commercial-resident-at-haripal-hurripaul-and-golagore","provider":"De Bry Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}