Author: Buchanan-Hamilton, Francis (later called Francis Hamilton).
Title: An account of the Kingdom of Nepal and of the territories annexed to this dominion by the House of Gorkha.
Description: [Edinburgh, A. Constable and Company, [etc.], 1819] Reprint New Dehli, Mañjusri Publishing House, 1971. VII,[1],364,[1] pp. B./w. ills, incl. 5 folding plts & 1 fold. map. Orig. black half leather, leather cornerpieces, gilt lettered on spine. 4to. - Light shelfwear. (Bibliotheca Himalayica. Series 1, Vol. 10).Indian facsimile reprint of the edition: Edinburgh, A. Constable and Company, [etc.], 1819. This is a copy of the 'de luxe edition', issued in a limited edition of the numbered edition of 200 copies ('nr. 85'). In addition to this edition, another 800 regular copies have been published. Including an introduction to this 1971 edition by Marc Gaborieau. - - Francis Buchanan (15 February 1762 - 15 June 1829), later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India. He did not assume the name of Hamilton until three years after his retirement from India.

Keywords: Ethnography Asia Nepal Tibet Himalaya Etnografie Azië