ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS: IN PURSUIT OF THE PICTURESQUE (4-5 MAY 2022)

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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817 - 1911) The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya; being an account, botanical and geographical, of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the mountains of Eastern Himalaya, from drawings and descriptions made on the spot, 3 Parts in 1 volume Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya; Being an Account, Botanical and Geographical, of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the Mountains of Eastern Himalaya, from Drawings and Descriptions made on the spot, during a Government Botanical Mission to the Country, London: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1849 14 pages, 7 (text leaves), title page with a hand-colored lithographic vignette, showing the Himalayan mountains, dedication leaf, [33], 30 hand-colored lithographed plates by Fitch, based on Hooker's dried specimens and field sketches, and description leaf for each plate; half green leather bound with matching green cloth boards and gilt text to the spine with 5 raised bands, all edges gilt 50.6 x 37.5 x 2.5 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 9,00,000 - 11,00,000 $12,000 - 14,670 Details

Lot 70

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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817 - 1911) Illustrations of Himalayan Plants chiefly selected from Drawings made for the late J.F. Cathcart Esq. of the Bengal Civil Service Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Illustrations of Himalayan Plants: Chiefly selected from Drawings made for the late J.F. Cathcart Esq. of the Bengal Civil Service, London: Lovell Reeve, 1855 Letterpress title, dedication leaf, list of subscribers, 4 pages introduction, explanation leaf, text, and index leaf. Lithographic additional title within an elaborate hand-coloured border, 24 hand-coloured lithographic plates by W.H. Fitch after Hooker and Fitch; half green leather bound with matching green cloth boards and gilt text to the spine with 5 raised bands, all edges gilt 50.6 x 37.5 x 2.3 cm 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 10,00,000 - 12,00,000 $13,335 - 16,000 Details

Lot 71

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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817 - 1911) Himalayan Journals: Or Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains (2 volumes) Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Himalayan Journals: Or Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, & c., London: John Murray, 1854 (Set of 2 Volumes) Volume I: xxvii; [3]; 408 pages including 4 colour lithographic plates and 45 black and white wood-engraved in-text illustrations along with 2 black and white folded maps at the end Volume II: xii; 487 pages including 12 coloured lithographic plates; 35 wood-engraved in-text illustrations Original pictorial gilt stamped plum cloth with new gilt text leather spine with four raised bands and new endpapers (each) 22 x 15 x 4 cm (each) 0 x 0 in (0 x 0 cm)
Estimate Rs 1,00,000 - 1,50,000 $1,335 - 2,000 Details

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