THE PRINCIPLES OF ASIATIC MONARCHIES, POLITICALLY AND HISTORICALLY INVESTIGATED, AND CONTRASTED WITH THOSE OF THE MONARCHIES OF EUROPE - SHEWING THE DANGEROUS TENDENCY OF CONFOUNDING THEM IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA - WITH AN ATTEMPT TO TRACE THIS DIFFERENCE TO ITS SOURCE
LONDON:  J. DEBRETT,  1801
 
8vo, first edition, pp,xii,374, rebound in contemporary style beige boards with paper label to spine, some foxing to the prelims, early ink number to the title-page, age-toning to text, a decent copy of an unusual work.
Patton tries to work on the principal differences in the political systems in Europe and Asia - Mainly India but China as well on the basis of analyzing different concepts of land ownership.
Robert Patton [1742-1812] was an army officer in the East India Company and governor of St. Helena from 1802-1807.
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