Himalayan Journals; or Notes of a Naturalist, in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, Khasia Mountains, &c.
London: John Murray, 1855.
First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. New edition, carefully revised and condensed. (First published 1854). A good or better set in original cloth bindings with attractive decoration in gilt. Some scattered foxing, front hinge weak on Volume I.
Hooker (1817-1911) served as assistant surgeon and botanist on James Clark Ross' Antarctic expedition of 1839-43 and published important works on the flora of New Zealand, Tasmania, and Antarctica before setting out on an expedition to India, where he became the first person to make an almost complete circuit of Kangchenjunga (the third highest mountain in the world). His account of the journey is a classic of early Himalayan travel and exploration, containing observations on the people and cultures he encountered, his botanical discoveries (which were also published separately with more scientific detail), and the geology, zoology, meteorology, and geography of the region. Speake p. 562; Baume p. 54-55; Neate H108.
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