1855 HIMALAYAN JOURNALS by Joseph Hooker 2 VOLUMES antique ILLUSTRATED

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Title: 1855 HIMALAYAN JOURNALS by Joseph Hooker 2 VOLUMES antique ILLUSTRATED

Description: Hooker, Joseph Dalton.
Himalayan Journals.
Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas. The Khasia Mountains, &c.
John Murray. London, 1855
2 volumes.
Illustrated in b/w.
Ex Library.
Size 5 1/4 by 8 inches
Original embossed cloth.
Some wear to the binding, very good interior
Text in English
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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 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.

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1855 HIMALAYAN JOURNALS by Joseph Hooker 2 VOLUMES antique ILLUSTRATED

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