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Lahore to Yarkand: Incidents of the Route and Natural History of the Countries Traversed by the Expedition of 1870, under T. D. Forsyth, Esq., C.B. - George Anderson and Allan Octavian Hume - A Distant View of India: Books, Maps, Prints and Photographs from the 17th to 20th Century
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Lahore to Yarkand: Incidents of the Route and Natural History of the Countries Traversed by the Expedition of 1870, under T. D. Forsyth, Esq., C.B.

George Henderson and Allan octavian hume, Lahore to Yarkand: Incidents of the Route and Natural History of the Countries Traversed by the Expedition of 1870, under T. D. Forsyth, Esq., C.B., London: L. Reeve & Co., 1873

xx, 370 pp. With 26 heliotype images on 16 leaves, 32 hand-coloured lithographic plates after Keulemans, 6 additional hand-coloured botanical plates, an additional folding colour map and 3 charts (2 coloured) depicting flora, fauna, ethnographic scenes, and landscapes based on original sketches by the authors and specimens collected during the journey; brown leather binding with a small “LR” monogram (for Lovell Reeve) or a stylised emblem, printed in gilt and blind-stamped, on the front cover along with gilt text at the spine. Housed in a custom brown quarter-leather and marbled paper-covered slipcase, gilt-ruled with floral corner tools and a gilt-lettered spine.
10.5 x 7.25 in (27 x 18.5 cm)

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