- 1273
Thomson, Thomas
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description
- Western Himalaya and Tibet; a Narrative of a Journey through the Mountains of Northern India. London: Reeve and Co., 1852
- paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (222 x 135mm.), xii, 502pp., [ii]+16pp. adverts, 2 maps [1folding], 2 tinted lithographed plates, original blindstamped brown cloth, yellow endpapers, green half morocco slipcase
Provenance
Robert Balloch, bookplate and signature
Literature
Yakushi (1994) T118
Catalogue Note
Thomson was the first European to cross the Saser and Karakoram Passes and the work contains an account of his explorations.