Travels in Ceylon and continental India; including Nepal and other parts of the Himalayas to the borders of Thibet, with some notices of the overland route. Appendices, I. Addressed to Baron von Humboldt, on the geographical distribution of Coniferae on the Himalayan mountains. II. On the vegetation of the Himalayan mountains. III. The birds of the Himalayan mountains . Translated from the German

Hoffmeister, Werner, Dr

Published by William P. Kennedy, Edinburgh, 1848

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First edition in English, 12mo, pp. xii, 527, [1]; 2 folding maps; contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards, red morocco label on gilt-decorated spine; lightly rubbed; very good, sound, and clean. Bookplate of Lady Ibbetson. The author was the traveling physician to His Royal Highness Prince Waldemar of Prussia. "Personal letters to friends by the doctor who accompanied Prince Waldmar . on his visit to Kathmandu during February - March, 1845, and to Shipki in August" (Yakushi). Czech, Asia, 106; Yakushi M373b.

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• Title: Travels in Ceylon and continental India; including Nepal and other parts of the Himalayas to the borders of Thibet, with some notices of the overland route. Appendices, I. Addressed to Baron von Humboldt, on the geographical distribution of Coniferae on the Himalayan mountains. II. On the vegetation of the Himalayan mountains. III. The birds of the Himalayan mountains . Translated from the German
• Publisher: William P. Kennedy, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 1848
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Asia
  • Natural History
  • Tibet
  • India