Author

MAZUCHELLI, Nina.

Title

The Indian Alps and how we crossed
them being a narrative of two years residence in the eastern Himalaya and two months tour into the interior by a lady pioneer.

Published, Date

Longmans, London,1876.

Description

First edition. 4to., xvi, 612pp., chromolithograph frontispiece, folding map, 9 chromolithographs, engraved vignettes, plates a little spotted, offsetting to text, original red pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked preserving spine, a little rubbed and worn.

Note

A journey along the Singaleelah range reaching the Chunjerma Pass traversed by Joseph Hooker. The author was the first English woman to travel so far into the Eastern Himalaya. A mountaineering classic.

References

Neate M74; Robinson p.53; Yakushi M126.

Stock Number

84377