Oct 18, 2016 - Sale 2425

Sale 2425 - Lot 322

Price Realized: $ 910
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
VIGNE, GODFREY THOMAS. Travels in Kashmir, Ladak, Iskardo, the Countries adjoining the Mountain-Course of the Indus, and the Himalaya, North of the Panjab. 11 uncolored lithographed plates; 2 engraved maps, including folding map of Kashmir in Volume 1 front cover pocket. xlviii, 406; x, [2], 462, [1] pages. Publisher's 16-page catalogue at end dated January 1841. 2 volumes. 8vo, 222x140 mm, original cloth, rebacked retaining faded original backstrips, endpapers renewed; varying foxing and dampstaining on plates, scattered foxing of text, Kashmir map starting to separate at some folds. London: Henry Colburn, 1842

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first edition of an important early work on the Karakoram and the Himalayas, including the first description of Nanga Parbat. Czech/Asian, page 219; Neate V18; Yakushi (1994) V90.