Author

HOOKER, Joseph Dalton.

Title

Himalayan Journals.
Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains.

Published, Date

Murray, London,1855.

Description

Second edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, (21 x 13 cms), pp. xvi, 348, vi, 344, (2) publisher's list at rear, 79 wood-engraved plates including frontispieces, advertisements, 2 red stamps on endpapers, pages uncut, original green blind stamped cloth gilt, lightly rubbed; overall an excellent set.

Note

The author was the first to make an almost complete circuit of Kanchenjunga in the years 1848-50. "A classic of early Himalayan travel and exploration."

References

Neate H108; Yakushi H236a.

Stock Number

72184