Title: Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c. Author: Hooker, Joseph Dalton Place: London Publisher: John Murray Date: 1855 Description: 2 volumes. xvi, 348; xii, 345 + [2] ad pp. Wood-engraved plates & illustrations. 20x12 cm. (7¾x4¾"), original blindstamped cloth, recased with new endpapers, spines re-lettered in gilt. A New Edition, carefully revised and condensed. Hooker, a botanist like his more famous father, Sir William Jackson Hooker (a fern specialist), was well known for his books on flora, particularly in Himalaya, New Zealand, Tasmania, and Antarctica, as well as India. He was a friend of Charles Darwin, and supported his theories. Lot Amendments Condition: Some foxing within, very good or better. Item number: 229024
Title: Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c. Author: Hooker, Joseph Dalton Place: London Publisher: John Murray Date: 1855 Description: 2 volumes. xvi, 348; xii, 345 + [2] ad pp. Wood-engraved plates & illustrations. 20x12 cm. (7¾x4¾"), original blindstamped cloth, recased with new endpapers, spines re-lettered in gilt. A New Edition, carefully revised and condensed. Hooker, a botanist like his more famous father, Sir William Jackson Hooker (a fern specialist), was well known for his books on flora, particularly in Himalaya, New Zealand, Tasmania, and Antarctica, as well as India. He was a friend of Charles Darwin, and supported his theories. Lot Amendments Condition: Some foxing within, very good or better. Item number: 229024
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