Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939, The Library of Franklin Brooke- Hitching, Part 3, K-P

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Lot 853
  • 853

Markham, Frederick

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Description

  • Shooting in the Himalayas. A Journal of Sporting Adventures and Travel in Chinese Tartary, Ladac, Thibet, Cashmere, &c. London: Richard Bentley, 1854
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (251 x 157mm.), xii, 376pp., additional pictorial title, folding map, 8 tinted lithographed plates, illustrations, original pictorial and blindstamped green cloth, gilt, slipcase, spine slightly faded

Literature

Abbey, Travel 433; Czech (Asia) p.134; Yakushi (1994) M187

Catalogue Note

Like Clements and Albert Markham, Frederick (1805-1855) was a descendant of William Markham, Archbishop of York. "A wiry, active man" (ODNB), Frederick was an ardent sportsman his entire life, and in April 1852 embarked upon this long shooting expedition, penetrating as far as Ladakh and returning with numerous skulls and bones of magnificent creatures as trophies.