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Irby, Lt. Colonel Henry
Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 USD
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Description
- The Diary of a Hunter from the Punjab to the Karakoram Mountains. London & Norwich: Longman et al., 1863
- Paper, ink, leather
8vo. 2 lithographed maps. Very minor foxing to first leaves. Purple cloth stamped gilt and blind; spine faded.
Provenance
Franklin Brooke-Hitching (initials, his sale, Sotheby's London, 30 September 2014, lot 667)
Literature
Czech (Asia) p.111; Yakushi (1994) I78;
Catalogue Note
"A very scarce work privately printed posthumously by the author’s brother… Though taken from the author’s diary, this is surprisingly well written, containing valuable descriptions of the landscape he travelled” (Czech).