Reginald Heber

Narrative of a journey through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825

Publisher : John Murray
London, 1828.

90,000

An Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters written in India.

A valuable description of the culture of India in the 1820s. Heber’s tour encompassed a journey through Bihar, Rohilkhand, Rajputana, and Gujarat, with visits to Benares, Allahabad, Agra, and Lucknow. ‘The main interest is in his description of the people and their culture, and his observation of the great natural beauty of India’s rivers and mountains’ (Riddick).

Reginald Heber
Description

First Edition. Contains 5 full page engraved plates, 25 wood engravings in the text and a folding map.

Binding: Original half leather bound with marbled boards and illustrated gilt spine.

Condition: Rebacked spine with new end papers. Clean pages, an excellent copy.

Exportable: No

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