SHOBERL, Frederic Tibet, and India beyond the Ganges; containing a description of the characters, manners, customs, dress, religion [...] of the nations inhabiting those countries. Illustrated with twelve coloured engravings. London R. Ackermann [1824] 12mo: 12 pl. (very sl. fox., some offseting of the pl., marg. tear not affecting the text pp. 311-318). Pink publ. binding, flat spine (upper cover sl. stained, upper joint partly split). From the 43-vol. series "The world in miniature" ed. by F. Shoberl (1775-1853). The book also deals with the Birman Empire, Tonquin and Cochinchina, Siam and Malacca. Complete with 12 hand-col. stipple-engr. plates incl. a front. representing natives and costumes. Ref. Tooleym p.421. - Colas 2734. - Lipperheide 1485. - Abbey, Travel 6.

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