Lot 1273
  • 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.