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Libri antichi e moderni

Knight, Captain [William Henry]

Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet

1863

795,24 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1863
Luogo di stampa
London. Richard Bentley
Autore
Knight, Captain [William Henry]
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Asia
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xvi, 385, 8 [ads dated July 1863] pp, 17 plates including 8 tinted or color lithographs, mounted portion of Tibetan Prayer Wheel, 8 other plates, 28 other illustrations in text including title page vignette. later antique style calf backed marbled boards, gilt title lettering on red leather label, minor wear to lower edge, title page lightly stained in margin, else near fine, clean throughout, in attractive binding. A picture of this book is available upon re Yakushi k104. The author gives an early account of Ladakh, travelling from Srinagar, through Kashmir, Tibet. The plates are excellent and the mounted part of the prayer wheel is from the Monastery of Hemis.