Posthumous papers bequeathed to the honorable the East India Company, and printed by order of the government of Bengal ... / by the late William Griffith ; arranged by John M'Clelland
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Physical description:
2 volumes, [26] leaves of plates (9 folded) : illustrations, maps, table ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Asia
Bhutan
Afghanistan
India
Assam
Assam (India)
Burma
Date:
1847
1848
Notes:
Vol. 2 has imprint: Calcutta: Printed by J.F. Bellamy, 1848
Some of the plates signed W. Griffith del, M & N Harhart lith printer
Errata: 3rd leaf of vol. 1 and pages [lxv]-lxix
Bookseller's advertisement last leaf of vol. 2
SCNHRB copy (39088006110944, 39088006110951) vol. 1 with bookplate: Library of Congress, Smithsonian Deposit.
SCNHRB copy vol. 1 stamped on title page: Smithsonian Institution [pencilled accession no.] 852881; stamped: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Jun 22 1927 [accession no.] 292351.
SCNHRB copy vol. 2 has bookplate: Washington Library, accession no. 5994.
SCNHRB copy vol. 1 half bound in red sheepskin and marbled boards (rebacked spine), marbled edges and endpapers; vol. 2 bound in old light green cloth.
Contents:
[Vol. 1] Journals of travels in Assam, Burma, Bootan, Affghanistan and the neighbouring countries -- vol. 2. Itinerary notes of plants collected in the Khasyah and Bootan mountains, 1837-38, in Affghanisthan and neighbouring countries, 1839-184l