Author: HARKNESS, HENRY:
Title: A Description of a Singular Aboriginal Race Inhabiting the Summit of the Neilgherry Hills, or Blue Mountains of Coimbatoor, in the Southern Peninsula of India. London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1832.
Description: . Pp. viii, 176. With engraved frontispiece and 3 beautiful engraved plates. Contemporary full calf, spine with five raised bands and title label, marbled edges, worn and hinges starting to split. Internally clean and crisp. Copy of Signet Library, with gilt crest on covers. First edition. A narrative about the Nilgiri Mountains (or Blue Mountains), bordering the Karnataka Plateau and Kerala states in southern India. It's a mountainous region which was unknown to the British until 1818 but later became their favourite summer and weekend getaway.
Keywords: South Asia, india, travel, exploration, indian, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, indian, voyage
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Title: A Description of a Singular Aboriginal Race Inhabiting the Summit of the Neilgherry Hills, or Blue Mountains of Coimbatoor, in the Southern Peninsula of India. London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1832.
Description: . Pp. viii, 176. With engraved frontispiece and 3 beautiful engraved plates. Contemporary full calf, spine with five raised bands and title label, marbled edges, worn and hinges starting to split. Internally clean and crisp. Copy of Signet Library, with gilt crest on covers. First edition. A narrative about the Nilgiri Mountains (or Blue Mountains), bordering the Karnataka Plateau and Kerala states in southern India. It's a mountainous region which was unknown to the British until 1818 but later became their favourite summer and weekend getaway.
Keywords: South Asia, india, travel, exploration, indian, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, indian, voyage
Price: EUR 1100.00 = appr. US$ 1195.53 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 40004
- Book number: 40004
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