Lot 383
F. Younghusband, India and Tibet. London 1910.
Estimate
€ 300
Starting Price
€ 200
Lot:
383
Category:
Geography and work of views
Artist:
Francis Younghusband
Younghusband, Francis: India and Tibet. A history of the relations which have subsisted between the two countries from the time of Warren Hastings to 1910; with a particular account of the mission to Lhasa of 1904. London: Murray 1910. 22,3 x 15 cm. With a frontispiece, 25 plates and 2 colour folded maps. XVI, 455, 8 pp. (publishers’ advertisements). Green original linen binding with gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Gold-edged pages.
(The cover is scuffed, stained and battered. The endpapers and flyleaf bear ownership marks.)
Yakushi (1994) Y30a. Henze V, 558. – First edition. - The English officer and Asian explorer Younghusband (1863–1942) was one of Britain’s best-known explorers from the early 20th century onwards and was regarded as particularly daring: ‘but he was so bold!’ (Henze); he supported India’s demands for independence from British colonial rule.
(The cover is scuffed, stained and battered. The endpapers and flyleaf bear ownership marks.)
Yakushi (1994) Y30a. Henze V, 558. – First edition. - The English officer and Asian explorer Younghusband (1863–1942) was one of Britain’s best-known explorers from the early 20th century onwards and was regarded as particularly daring: ‘but he was so bold!’ (Henze); he supported India’s demands for independence from British colonial rule.