Expedition to India by Anton Pantaleon Hove

Guardbook of correspondence and papers relating to the expedition to India of the Polish botanist Anton Pantaleon Hove (fl. 1785-1829). Hove was sent by the Council for Trade and Plantations, under the presidency of Charles Jenkinson, 1st Baron Hawkesbury (1727-1808), with orders to follow Banks' instructions. Correspondents include A P Hove, Lord Hawkesbury, Alexander Anderson (d. 1811), Superintendent of the Botanic Garden on St Vincent, and Helenus Scott (1760-1821), EIC surgeon in Bombay.

1787-1790

1 volume 1 volume: 337 × 245 mm., 110 ff. Half-morocco binding.

Stevens' 28 Oct. 1930, lot 694.

For Hove's journal 1787-89, see British Library Add. MS. 8956.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).