Lot 466

Hooker, Joseph Dalton





Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 August 2016 at 12:00 BST
£350
Description
Himalayan Journals, or Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas. London: John Murray, 1854. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 12 tinted and coloured lithographed plates (1 folding) plus 1 further coloured plate, 2 folding maps, wood engravings, half titles and errata slips to both volumes, later quarter brown cloth, frontispiece volume 1 spotted, maps neatly repaired with archival tape




