78/2692 [India]. Best, C.C. Brieven over Oostindiën. Uit het Hoogduitsch. Amst., J. Allart, 1808, (2),XVI,307,(1)p., 4 (3x fold.) engr. plates and 2 handcol. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Lacks first free endpaper; owner's stamp on htitle; textpages partly (sl.) foxed. Backstrip and letterpiece sl. worn/ rubbed.

= The work contains an eye witness account of a German traveller through parts of India, which includes a description of Madras. Further observations deal with the Hindu and Mohammedan religions and beliefs, cults and customs, temples and mosques. Tiele 115; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 241; cf. (on the German ed. of 1807): Lipperheide Ld 11; Kainbacher II, 16; Mendelssohn I, p.121; Gay 3090.