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[3]-124 + [2], 38 ad pp. 8¾x5½, original green cloth blocked in black, with gilt vignette of lion and sun on front cover, spine lettered in gilt, beveled edges. First Edition.

Born in India in 1834, Bellew studied at St. George's Hospital, London. He was became assistant surgeon in the Bengal Medical Service, and went with Harry Burnett Lumsden on the 1857 mission to Afghanistan. After serving in Peshawar as a civil surgeon, he was appointed political officer at Kabul. Finally, he became Surgeon-General of India, retiring in 1886. He wrote a number of books on Afghanistan and India in addition to this one, including the first grammar of Pashto in English.