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VBI-0120
TRAVELS IN CEYLON AND CONTINENTAL INDIA
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Details
- Author
- Dr W. Hoffmeister
- Year
- 1848
- Publisher
- William P. Kennedy, Edinburgh; Hamilton, Adams, and Co., London
- Location
- Ceylon, India, Nepal, the Himalayas and Thibet
- Subjects
- Travel · Geography · Natural history
- Edition
- Not specified
- Pages
- 527
- Size
- 8.5 x 5.5 in
Description
Including Nepal and Other Parts of the Himalayas, to the Borders of Thibet A scarce mid-19th-century account of travel through Ceylon, India, Nepal and the Himalayas, written by Dr. W. Hoffmeister, travelling physician to Prince Waldemar of Prussia. The work records the landscapes, people, customs and natural history encountered across the subcontinent, together with accounts of travel through the Himalayas toward Tibet. It also contains important appendices on Himalayan vegetation, conifers and birds. ♛━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━♛ ◇ By Dr. W. Hoffmeister ◇ First English Edition, 1848 ◇ Edinburgh: William P. Kennedy | London: Hamilton, Adams & Co. ◇ xii + 527 pages ◇ Two folding maps, including a large route map showing Hoffmeister's travels through India toward Nepal and Tibet ◇ Hardbound with gilt pictorial decoration and spine lettering ◇ Condition as shown ◇ Size : Approx. 8.5 x 5.5 inches
Condition
Good