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BAIKIE, Robert.
Observations on the Neilgherries, including an Account of their Topography, Climate, Soil & Production, and the Effects of the Climate on the European Constitution

The Nilgiri Mountains form part of the Western Ghats in northwestern Tamil Nadu, Southern Karnataka, and eastern Kerala in India. They are located at the trijunction of three states and connect the Western Ghats with the Eastern Ghats.

Published
Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1834.
Plates
10
Binding/Size
S=8vo
Value
0-5000
Published
Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1834.
Ref
814

Edited by W.H. Smoult. Illustrated with 11 lithographic plates (10 with fine hand-coloring, including seven views and three botanicals). Also, three large folding hand-colored maps & plans and 31 partly hand-colored route maps. xvi + 136pp. 8vo, handsomely rebound in 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards with raised bands in blind to spine. Title in gilt to spine. Marbled endpapers. A Limited Edition, one of 500 copies (289 for subscribers, etc.). The Second Edition was published in Calcutta in 1857. Some plates are very lightly foxed, and a large map has a repaired tear; otherwise, a near fine copy. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Ootacamund to the North of the Lake. 2. St. Stephen's Church - Ootacamund. 3. Sir William Rumbold's House, now used as a Hotel. 4. Dimhutty. 5. Falls of the Cauvery in Mysore. 6. A Toda Family and Their Dwelling. 7. Mission School - Ootacamund. 8. Commelinea. 9. Pedicularis. 10. Anagallis.