In the Himalayas
GERARD, Alexander.
Account of Koonawur in the Himalaya, etc. etc. etc. ... Edited by George Lloyd. With a large map. London, James Madden, 1841.
8vo, pp. xiii, [3], 308, xxvi, [2 publisher’s advertisements], with a folding engraved ‘Map of Koonawur’ (50 x 67.5 cm); a few leaves unopened at end; a very good copy in original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine, pocket containing map inside upper board; neatly rebacked with spine laid down (small areas of loss), corners slightly worn, neat repairs to hinges.
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Account of Koonawur in the Himalaya, etc. etc. etc. ... Edited by George Lloyd. With a large map.
First edition of this important work on the Kinnaur region in the western Himalayas, now in northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, comprising a detailed account of its geography, transport system, agriculture, flora and fauna, and native culture, religion and language, as encountered in the early 19th century.
‘The brothers Alexander, James and Patrick Gerard made several exploring and surveying expeditions in Bashahr, Kunawar and Spiti in the Western Himalayan area from 1817. They crossed a number of passes and made several unsuccessful attempts to enter Tibet reaching Shipki before being turned back by the Chinese’ (Julie Marshall, Britain and Tibet 1765-1947: a select annotated bibliography, p. 119).
Marshall 1040; Yakushi G32.