Illustrations of the Botany and Other Branches of the Natural History of the Himalayan Mountains, and of the Flora of Cashmere (2 volumes)

John Forbes Royle, Illustrations of the Botany and Other Branches of the Natural History of the Himalayan Mountains, and of the Flora of Cashmere London: William H. Allen and Co., 1839

Volume I: Text - xxviii and 468 pages, not dated
28.5 x 22.5 x 4 cm

Volume II: Plates - Half-titles, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece view of the Himalayas by J. Clark after Lt.Col. R. Smith (missing), 1 hand-coloured plate of a geological section of the Himalayas, 3 uncoloured lithographic plates of fossils, hand-coloured lithographed plan of the botanic garden at Saharanpore and 97 hand-coloured natural-history plates, drawn on stone by Maxim Gauci and others, coloured by John Clark[e] or Mr.Barclay, after Vishupersaud, Miss Drake, W. Saunders, Luchmun Sing, J.T. Hart and others, printed by Graf & Soret (comprising: 2 plates of mammals, 2 plates of birds, 2 plates of insects, and 91 botanical plates); later full leather bound with title gilt text to the front board and spine with 4 raised bands, marbled edges
37 x 28 x 3 cm
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