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Elliot, Robert H.

The Experiences of a Planter in the Jungles of Mysore

1871

1072,54 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1871
Luogo di stampa
London. Chapman and Hall
Autore
Elliot, Robert H.
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Asia India
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

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.