A memoir of the Indian surveys

London: W. H. Allen and Co., 13 Waterloo Place; Edward Stanford, 6 Charing Cross; Henry S. King and Co., 65 Cornhill, 1871. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxv, [1], 303, [1]; 4 folding maps; title and contents leaves with large diagonal cut away from top corner (no loss of letterpress); small stain on spine and top of spine shows some wear; all else very good and sound in original drab printed paper-covered boards backed in brown morocco and lettered in gilt. Work and lives of British surveyors in India, and various aspects of Indian culture. "The author (1830-1916) explored Peru of South America, India, and Abyssinia, and was elected the President of the Royal (truncated) Geographical Society between 1893 and 1905. This book gives a history of the early surveying of the Himalayas about the time when he [was] engaged in the Survey of India" (Yakushi). Yakushi M184. (Inventory #: 67591)