Himalayan Journals: Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &C.

London: Ward, Lock, Bowden, 1891. Octavo, stamped olive green gloth; xxxi, 574 pages: frontispiece (portrait), illustrations, b&w plates, )some folding); 18 cm. Index. Very good copy with minor wear to exteriore; fonrt hinge wee bit loose (no cracking) but appers to be due to ample paste-down endpaper. All in all . Hardcover.

Heavily illustrated in blak & white. Series: Minerva Library of Famous Books. "Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM GCSI CB PRS (1817 – 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For 20 years he served as director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, succeeding his father, William Jackson Hooker, and was awarded the highest honours of British science."——Wikipedia. // Himalaya Mountains, Description and travel, Natural History, Botany. 19th Century. Sciences naturelles,