Diary of travels and adventures in upper India, from Bareilly, in Rohilcund, to Hurdwar, and Nahyun, in the Himalaya Mountains, with a tour in Bundeleund, a sporting excursion in the kingdom of Oude, and a voyage down the Ganges

Davidson, C. J. C.

Published by Henry Colburn, London, 1843

About this Item

First edition, 2 volumes, small 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 344; x, 349, [1]; contemporary quarter black calf over marbled boards, red morocco labels on gilt-paneled spines; a lending library copy from the Islington Literary and Scientific Society, with their gilt stamps at the bottom of the spines, and rubberstamps on several of the preliminaries; the boards rubbed, extremities worn, and a stain in the lower outer corners of the last 80 pages of the second volume, barely touching any text; all else good, and the binding remains sound. Early ownership signatures of R. Whitaker. "Davidson, an officer in the engineers, provides a long section on sport in Oudh that highlights this work of travel and observation . There are also valuable descriptions of the countryside and peoples during early Victorian India" (Czech). Czech, Asia, p. 59; Yakushi D104.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Diary of travels and adventures in upper India, from Bareilly, in Rohilcund, to Hurdwar, and Nahyun, in the Himalaya Mountains, with a tour in Bundeleund, a sporting excursion in the kingdom of Oude, and a voyage down the Ganges
• Publisher: Henry Colburn, London
• Publication Date: 1843
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel
  • Asia
  • Sports and Sporting
  • India