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Elliot, Robert H.

The Experiences of a Planter in the Jungles of Mysore

1871

1072,54 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1871
Lugar de impresión
London. Chapman and Hall
Autor
Elliot, Robert H.
Edición
First edition.
Materia
Travel - Asia India
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 2 volumes, xi, 327; xiii, 355 pp, 7 plates [mostly tinted] including frontis in each volume, map, appendix. contemporary half calf, gilt title lettering on black leather spine label, edges rubbed, small library gilt stamp on cover, else unmarked, marbled edges and endpapers, titles lightly foxed, else clean very good set. A picture of this book is available upo The author started a plantation in southern India, and describes his experiences, pets, his native neighbours, the people, their customs and beliefs, religion, devils, bribery, caste, native agriculture, planting of coffee, cinchona, cardamom, tea, cotton, silk, sandal wood, rhea-grass, colonisation, on learning native languages, funeral rites, polyandry, jungle, etc. No copies were traced at auction in the last 25 years.