Lot 156
Natural history
Collection of works on Indian flora, forestry and gardening, including Indian imprints
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
Cleghorn, Hugh. The Forests and Gardens of South India. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1861. First edition, large 12mo, original green cloth, xiv [2] 412 pp., folding lithographic map, 13 lithographic plates including panoramas (most folding), short split to head of front joint, plate 11 with short closed tear;
Stewart, J[ohn] L[indsay]. Punjab Plants, comprising Botanical and Vernacular Names, and Uses of most of the Trees, Shrubs, and Herbs of Economical Value, growing within the Province. Intended as a Hand-Book for Officers and Residents in the Punjab. Lahore: Government Press, 1869. First edition, 8vo, contemporary half sheep, [6] xiv 269 106 pp., lithographic map, library plates (one apparently in Lahore) effaced from endpapers, Punjab public library ink-stamp and clerical annotations to title-page, browning, marginal damp-staining, worming towards rear;
Stewart, J[ohn] Lindsay, & Dietrich Brandis. The Forest Flora of North-West and Central India. London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1874. First edition, 8vo, contemporary green half morocco, 608 pp., half-title, folding table, advertisements;
Fyson, P. F. The Flora of the South Indian Hill Stations. Ootacamund, Coonoor, Kotagiri, Kodaikanal, Yercaud and the Country Round. Madras: Government Press, 1932. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth, blind stamps of K. A. Gai, Peshawar to title-pages, illustrations in text;
Roth, Albrecht Wilhelm. Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae orientalis. Ex collectione Doct. Benj. Heynii. Halberstadt: H. Vogler, 1821. First edition, 8vo, contemporary marbled calf, iv 411 pp., front board dented, spotting;
Heinig, R. L. Glossary of the Botanic Terms used in describing Flowering Plants. Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing, 1899. First edition, one of 1,000 copies, 8vo, original cloth, 107 pp., Thacker, Spink & Co., slip pasted to foot of title; binding worn and marked, inner hinges cracked, worming to outer leaves;
and 9 others similar, including Indian government reports (15)
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA
Footnote
Hugh Cleghorn was appointed to the newly-created post of conservator of forests, Madras Presidency, in 1856. He was celebrated by his contemporaries as the founder of Indian forestry. His 1861 work, The Forests and Gardens of South India, is rare.