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Livres anciens et modernes

Henderson, George And Allan O. Hume

Lahore to Yarkand; Incidents of the Route and Natural History of the Countries Traversed by the Expedition of 1870 under T. D. Forsyth

1873

2126,28 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1873
Lieu d'édition
London. L. Reeve & Co.
Auteur
Henderson, George And Allan O. Hume
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Asia Color Plate & Fine Illus Scientific Expeditions, Ornithology naturalists travels
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [26 x 17.5 cm]; xiv, 370, 16 [ads] pp, 38 hand colored plates, including 32 of birds by Keulemans, 6 of plants, 26 heliotype illus on 16 plates, frontis, colored plates of geological sections, other illus, fldg map (tear at stub) part colored, tables. later cloth with gilt title on front cover, cover lightly rubbed, signature on half title page, lightly foxed on few margins, very good sound and tight copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Kaul 690: "A description of the route from Jammu to Ladakh via Banihal". Wood 383: "Report of an important scientific expedition". Zimmer 298: "The ornithological report contains descriptions of several new species". RGS Catalogue 215. The first 150 pages contains Henderson's travel narrative, with the rest of the book on natural history, mostly on birds by Hume. The narrative describes the 2,000 mile trip each way over a period of six months. The entomological report is by H. W. Bates and the botanical one by Henderson and J. D. Hooker, with a meteorological appendix. Notable especially for its fine plates, the hand colored plates of birds are very attractive.
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