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William Hodges, Travels in India, During the Years 1780, 1781, 1782 & 1783, London: Printed for the Author, and sold by J Edwards, 1793

vi + [1] + 156 pages including 14 engraved plates by Medland, Byrne, Angus and others after Hodges + large folding engraved map of part of Bengal and Bihar + table of the Plates (with advertisement to verso for Hodges' Views in India drawn on the spot, in the years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783); re-jointed retaining the original spine with half leather bound and marbled boards, all edges gilt
30 x 24.5 x 2.5 cm

A large folding engraved map and fourteen full-page engraved images depicting structures, locations, and costumes comprise this first edition.

After serving as the official artist on Cook's Second Voyage in 1772, Hodges was commissioned by the Admiralty in 1775 to create a series of expansive oil paintings documenting the expedition. “In 1778 Hodges went to India under the patronage of Warren Hastings [Governor-general of India], remained there about six years, and painted a number of views of the most remarkable objects and scenery… In 1793 Hodges published an account of his Travels in India during the years 1780-3, with plates from his drawings… Humboldt, in his Cosmos, says that the sight of Hodges’ Indian views was one of the inducements which led him to travel” (DNB).

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