Catalogue of the Heads and Horns of Indian Big Game Bequeathed by A. O. Hume, C.B., to the British Museum (Natural History)
- Publisher : British Museum (Natural History)
- Illustrations : portrait frontis, 16 b/w figs
Description:
A detailed record of Allan Octavian Hume’s notable collection of big-game trophies, donated to the British Museum (Natural History). Hume (1829-1912), British civil servant, ornithologist, political reformer, and a key founder of the Indian National Congress, spent decades in India both administering and documenting its natural history. The volume opens with an obituary reprinted from The Times, noting that Hume’s remarkable assemblage of heads and horns “embraces specimens not only from India proper, but from Himalaya, Kuen-lun, the Pamirs, Burma, etc.” A significant reference work and an insightful testament to Hume’s wide-ranging field activities.
Condition
8vo, orig. brown cloth. Ex-lib. Withdrawn from Natural History Museum London: a few ink stamps, good.
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