... Century, With the Particular History of the Great Usurper Nadir Kouli London: Dodsley, et al., 1753. In four volumes. First edition. 4to. Complete with 28 engraved plates, including 4 allegorical frontispiece, 9 folding maps; 10 engraved headpieces. Contemporary gilt-paneled brown calf, skillfully rebacked in matching brown calf, gilt spine compartments, burgundy morocco spine labels; corners bumped and with other light wear; text block with some light offsetting, scattered foxing, and light discoloration at edges of endpapers. Armorial book-plates of William Wickham on front paste-down in each volume. Ink ownership signature on pastedowns. ESTC T93947; [Kress 5268] An attractive set and one of the earliest accounts of the Caspian region by a European.