Author:
HOFFMEISTER Dr W.
Title:
Travels In Ceylon And Continental India Including Nepal And Other Parts Of The Himalayas To The Borders Of Thibet
Price:
£500.00
Year:
1848
Edition:
1st English Edn,
City of Publication:
Edinburgh
Summary:
XII 527 pages, two folding maps, ownership blind stamp to title page, some spotting to title page, contemporary inscription to FEP, publishers plum cloth lightly faded, gilt vignette to upper board, a vg tight copy. Hoffmeister, a doctor accompanied Prince Walderman of Prussia on his tour of the sub-continent, the party hunted elephant and sambur, coursing blackbuck with cheetahs, much of the text details the countryside and the people. Czech 106, Yakushi H373B
Ref:
15819
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