Livres anciens et modernes
Knight, Captain [William Henry]
Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet
1863
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Détails
Année
1863
Lieu d'édition
London. Richard Bentley
Auteur
Knight, Captain [William Henry]
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Asia
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui
Description
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xvi, 385, 8 [ads dated July 1863] pp, 17 plates including 8 tinted or color lithographs, mounted portion of Tibetan Prayer Wheel, 8 other plates, 28 other illustrations in text including title page vignette. later antique style calf backed marbled boards, gilt title lettering on red leather label, minor wear to lower edge, title page lightly stained in margin, else near fine, clean throughout, in attractive binding. A picture of this book is available upon re Yakushi k104. The author gives an early account of Ladakh, travelling from Srinagar, through Kashmir, Tibet. The plates are excellent and the mounted part of the prayer wheel is from the Monastery of Hemis.