Author

HOOKER, Joseph Dalton.

Title

Himalayan journals;
or, notes of a naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c.

Published, Date

Murray, London,1854.

Description

First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., xxviii, 408; xii, 487pp., 2 folding maps, 12 tinted lithographed plates, 80 wood-engravings (some full-page), errata slip, occasional light foxing, contemporary purple polished calf gilt, spines in six compartments, red and tan morocco labels to second and fourth, others richly gilt, an excellent set.

Note

"The author, a botanist, explored the Sikkim and East Nepal Himalaya in 1848-50. During the expedition his attempts to climb Donkia and Kinchinjhow, on one occasion reaching between 19,000 and 20,000 feet, meant he had climbed higher than any European before him, including Humboldt on Chimborazo. This is an account of his journey and his botanical observations ... a classic of Himalayan literature and early Himalayan exploration." - Yakushi.

References

Yakushi H399.

Stock Number

81127