| Document Reference | Pw V 136 |
| Title | Volume containing the 'Reflections on the Practicability of an Invasion of British India by a Russian Army' by Captain G.N.C Campbell; 1831 |
| Date | 1831 |
| Extent | 47 ff |
| Level | Item/file |
| Content Description | Captain G.N.C. Campbell's (of the Bengal Horse Artillery) reflections on the practicability of an invasion of British India by a Russian Army presented to Lord William Cavendish Bentinck. |
| Language | English |
| ReprodnNote | Volumes from Pw V cannot be photographed by readers with their own camera or device, but reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only. |
| Physical Description | Folio volume
Original pagination 1-84 does not include 4 front folios with dedication and title pages, nor a large folded sheet with a map on the back of this volume. |
| Condition | Condition of binding is poor; condition of the paper is good |
| Descriptive Features | Watermark: Britannia within crowned and triple rimmed oval form, approx. 122 x 72 mm (Type A, in volume)
Countermark: Name and date 'G. Dickinson, 1829', 36 x 145 mm (With Type A)
Watermark: Name RUSE [and] TORNERS and date 1825, 44 x 212 mm (Paper of the map, wove 'vellum' paper)
Presentation copy, professional italic hand
Pasteboards covered with marble paper with calf leather spine and corners; there is an ornamental tool used as a roll to decorate borders where the leather joins the marble paper, this tool blind stamped; there are no labels nor titles on the binding. |
| Watermark | Britannia |
| Name RUSE [and] TORNERS |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
| NA1105 | Bentinck; William H. Cavendish- (1774-1839); Lord; 2nd son of 3rd Duke of Portland; Governor-General of India 1827-35 | 1774-1839 |
| NA74187 | Campbell; G.N.C. (fl 1831); Captain | fl 1831 |