Lot 1010
The Scots Magazine, Scotland, Feb. 1758 - Black Hole of Calcutta. British monthly news magazine containing a detailed account by English East India Company employee John Z. Holwell of the supposed horrors that took place in June 1756 at the "Black Hole," a small dungeon in Calcutta where Holwell and 145 other British and Anglo-Indians were held by troops of the Newab of Bengal in appalling conditions that resulted in the deaths of 123 of the prisoners. Very good condition.
Estimated Value $200 - 250.
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