A narrative of the mission sent by the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava in 1855 [...]. 4to; 30 pl. (text n.c., some pl. bound in the wrong order but all present). - Yule's most comprehensive work on Burma. Ill. with 29 lith. with varying levels of tinting, incl. 3 maps and numerous in-text ill. Complete with the large fold. map "This new map of Burma and the regions adjacent; is inscribed to sir Roderick I. Murchison [...]" in the rear cover pocket, often missing. - Ref. Cordier, Indosinica, 457. - Prov. Francis Gray Smart (1844-1912), homeopathic physician (arm. bookpl.).