Live veiling - Lot 599
[India - Nepal]
Journals kept in Hyderabad, Kashmir, Sikkim, and Nepal. Edited, with introductions, by his son, Richard Carnac Temple [...]. With maps and illustrations [...].
London, W.H. Allen & Co, 1887
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Beschrijving lot
2 vol., 8vo; 2 front. and 18 pl. (vol. 1: map of India detached, other 2 maps and plan torn; vol. 2: 2 maps torn).
Publ. green cloth, flat titled spines (weak hinges, corners bumped).
Curious travel account, written by Richard Temple (1826-1902), British colonial administrator in India, and heavily edited and completed by his son Richard Carnac (1850-1931). Having travelled extensively, Temple compiled a very informative work. Ill. with 2 different coloured front., mounted photographic portrait of Salar Jung, 8 maps and plans and 9 pl.