MANUSCRIPT. – George Henry ROBERTSON. [A hand-written diary of a tour around Europe by Brigadier General George H. Robertson. N.p.: January-October 1845.] 33pp., manuscript, 32mo (73 x 44mm.) A single mostly legible hand with ink entries on 33pp., several blank leaves. (Toning.) (Lacking covers). Note: travelling by steamer and railway the jottings in the diary are mainly references to arrivals and departures. A lot of time is spent in Italy, the Vatican at Easter, but also ‘shopping and horsemanship’, Paris, Versailles, but also ‘visited the field at Waterloo’. Robertson had married Jane Necomen the year previously and, in his early thirties, already had a distinguished military record.  He would go on to serve and command in India between 1857-60 and, having learnt Hindu, held commandant posts in Indian cities in the early years of the British Raj. – And a small quantity of material related to George H. Robertson and his family (including Robertson’s own 11pp. hand-written record of his military service, mainly covering India, his passport, [circa 1845] and a photograph album [56 photos, mainly Bombay, circa 1890-1910] and related ephemera (small quantity).