Exploration & Discovery 1576-1939: The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching Part I, A-C

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Lot 228
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Butler, John

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Description

  • Butler, John
  • Travels and Adventures in the province of Assam. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1855
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo, [iv], vii-x, [ii adverts], 268pp., folding map, 9 lithographed plates [8 tinted, 1 folding], original blindstamped dark brown cloth, slipcase

Literature

Yakushi (1994) B651; Czech (Asia) p.38

Catalogue Note

The work is a continuation of Butler’s A Sketch of Assam (lot 227) and “is intended to describe the habits, customs and manners of the remaining wild tribes of the hills, viz., Angahmee Nagahs, Kookies, Meekirs, and Rengma Nagahs” (preface).