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FORSYTH (T.D.) Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, ALBUMEN PRINTS, Gotha, 1877; and another (2) image 1
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FORSYTH (T.D.) Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, ALBUMEN PRINTS, Gotha, 1877; and another (2) image 3
FORSYTH (T.D.) Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, ALBUMEN PRINTS, Gotha, 1877; and another (2) image 4
FORSYTH (T.D.) Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, ALBUMEN PRINTS, Gotha, 1877; and another (2) image 5
FORSYTH (T.D.) Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, ALBUMEN PRINTS, Gotha, 1877; and another (2) image 6
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Lot 103

FORSYTH (T.D.)
Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, 102 ALBUMEN PRINTS, Calcutta, 1875; and another (2)

7 – 15 July 2025, 12:00 BST
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FORSYTH (THOMAS D.)

Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, under Command of Sir T.D. Forsyth, K.C.S.I., C.B., Bengal Civil Service with Historical and Geographical Information regarding the Possessions of the Ameer of Yarkund, FIRST EDITION, 102 ALBUMEN PRINTS, captioned on the mounts, mounted two or more per page on recto only, lacking folding map, text leaves and photos browned (c.4 with light spotting, 1 with small wormhole), ex library copy, very worn, 4to, Calcutta [Kolkata], Foreign Department Press, 1875--Ost-Turkestan und das Pamir-Plateau nach den Forschungen der britischen Gesandtschaft unter Sir T.D.Forsyth 1873 und 1874, bearbeitet nach dem offiziellen Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, one folding-map (loose), lacking wrappers, 4to, Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1877 (2)

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FINELY ILLUSTRATED WITH 102 ALBUMEN PRINTS, MOSTLY OF LOCAL INHABITANTS. In 1872 Forsyth was appointed plenipotentiary to Yarkand, after which he undertook an T
expedition to the region, establishing "the amir's commercial friendliness towards the British and amassed useful geographical, botanical, and ethnological information on the region. On his return in 1874 Forsyth was made KCSI and was subsequently elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society" (ODNB).

Provenance: Punjab Government, ink stamp on title and on upper right corner of a further 3 pages.

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