Calcutta: Published by the "Bangabasi" Office, 1905. A scarce 19th century European view of India, notable for its reports on drugs. One of the plates depicts three types of drug use: a b'hangee, or hemp-plant drinker; a chursee bhistee, or a person smoking cannabis resin; and a faqueer postee, an.....

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Delhi: Manager of Publications, 1939. First Edition. v, 73 pages, including an index. Published as the Botanical Survey of India, no. 4. Based on the coding at the base of the last page, probably issued in an edition of 1000 copies. 382 plants are listed, with scientific name, family, common name.....

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Calcutta: Bishop's College Press, 1841. First Edition. viii, iii, 208 pages. Lists of plants, organized by use, followed by questions sent by regional British officials in India to the Agricultural and Horticultural Society, followed by the society's responses. First edition (first printing). Some worming, else very good in modern cloth-and-paper-covered boards.....

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Madras: Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1891. First Edition. xi, 161 pages, including indexes in English, French, German, Hindustani, and several other Indian languages. "Printed and published by order of the Madras government, at the recommendation of the Madras working committee, Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883–1884. A listing of plants, with.....

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Calcutta: Superintendent, Government Printing, 1910. First Edition. [1], 59-140, iii (index). With a large, folding map of Sikkum, printed in black. A report on a plant-gathering expedition. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers. Map near fine.

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London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1855. First Edition. xiv, 403 pages, plus ads. Includes a chapter on hemp (cannabis sativa), about which the author writes, "The Hemp plant likewise secretes a resinous principle in its leaves, on which account these, as well as the churrus collected from off the young tops.....

Price: $100