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02849aam a2200469 i 4500 001 48A2A7944EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221018010048 008 201027t20212021enkaf b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781527560857 020 $a 1527560856 035 $a (OCoLC)1201671125 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d A7U $d EAU $d SILO 043 $a a-ii--- 050 4 $a DS486.L9 $b E88 2021 082 04 $a 954.2 $2 23 245 04 $a The estate of Major General Claude Martin at Lucknow : $b an Indian inventory / $c edited by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones. 264 1 $a Newcastle upon Tyne : $b Cambridge Scholars Publishing, $c 2021. 300 $a xiii, 303 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Inlcudes bibliographical references (pages [301]-303). 520 $a This volume offers a unique glimpse into a European household in 18th century India. Claude Martin was an entrepreneurial Frenchman who settled in Lucknow, capital of the rich Muslim state of Awadh (Oudh). The book presents the inventory of his houses here for the first time, together with the catalogue of books from his library. It gathers together six experts to examine Martin's numerous possessions, and discuss his paintings, silverware, jewellery, textiles, weapons, carriages, boats and hot air balloons. His collection of scientific items imported from the best European instrument makers reveals his practical experiments with electricity and astronomy, while his buildings exploited hydraulic engineering to keep them cool--back cover. 600 10 $a Martin, Claude, $d 1735-1800 $x Estate. 600 10 $a Martin, Claude, $d 1735-1800 $x Library $v Catalogs. 610 20 $a East India Company. $b Bengal Army $b Bengal Army $x Sources. $x History $y 18th century $x Sources. 600 17 $a Martin, Claude, $d 1735-1800. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00255508 610 27 $a East India Company. $b Bengal Army. $b Bengal Army. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00772873 650 0 $a Inventories of decedents' estates $z Lucknow. $z Lucknow. 651 0 $a India $x Sources. $y British occupation, 1765-1947 $x Sources. 650 7 $a Armed Forces $x Officers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00814617 650 7 $a Decedents' estates. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00888929 650 7 $a Inventories of decedents' estates. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00978044 650 7 $a Libraries. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00997341 651 7 $a India. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210276 651 7 $a India $z Lucknow. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01213583 648 7 $a 1700-1947 $2 fast 655 7 $a Catalogs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423692 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Sources. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423900 700 1 $a Llewellyn-Jones, Rosie, $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117013139.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=48A2A7944EAA11EDAB62559A42ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search