- 852
Markham, Clements Robert
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Description
- Travels in Peru and India, while superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and their Introduction into India. London: John Murray, 1862
- Paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (223 x 139mm.), xviii, 572pp., 12pp. adverts, 2 folding maps, 8 plates, 1 folding table, original green pebble-grained cloth, gilt, brown endpapers, slipcase
Provenance
Catherine Markham, the author's mother, presentation inscription; Gertrude, the author's sister, ownership inscription
Literature
Hill (2004) 1083; Palau 152310; Sabin 44616; Stafleu TL2 5427
Catalogue Note
PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "C.F.N. Markham from her affectionate son the Author Nov 3rd 1862".
"This volume is one of the scarcest works by this leading authority with years of experience in Peru" (Hill).
An account of Markham's journey from Peru to India and Ceylon carrying the seeds of the Chinchona tree, often known as "Peruvian bark", from which it was hoped plantations could be established in order to supply pure quinine to the subcontinent for the treatment of malaria. As well as descriptions of the hostilities he encountered in Peru, Markham relates at length the story of the grisly end of Tupac Amaru, the last indigenous monarch of the Incas.