1885 - The Plant Hunters; Or, Adventures Among The Himalaya Mountains

By Captain Mayne Reid

Published 1885
Thomas R. Knox & Co

With Illustrations

 A New Edition With A Memoir By R. H. Stoddard

Green olive cloth with black and gilt illustrated detail to front board and spine, illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard, decorative floral endpapers, binding tight, clean pages, 353pp. Very good antiquarian condition. Scarce.

Story of a botanist from Bavaria who partakes on an  plant-hunting expedition in the mountains of the Himalayas in Tibet. Includes commentaries on plant-hunting, fauna, value of plants & more.

Size: 5” x 7 1/2”