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Notes on Norway;

or, a brief journal of a tour made to the northern parts of Norway in the Summer of MDCCCXXXVI.

Stock Code 107792

Glasgow, (unpublished), Printed by George Richardson, 1839,

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Inscribed on the upper wrapper: 'Mrs. W????/ With Wm. Hooker's/ Compliments'.

Scarce. William Dawson Hooker (1816-1840), physician and botanist, undertook a journey to northern Norway in 1836, to study the flora and fauna and local customs. He was the son of Sir William Jackson Hooker, botanist and Director of Kew Gardens.

Second edition. 8vo, inscribed by the author, 123 pp., 4 lithograph plates, original brown coated wrappers, spine worn, occasional light browning, small marginal damp stain to plates, a good copy.

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Notes on Norway;

HOOKER, William Dawson.

Stock code: 107792

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