... Twenty four views taken in St Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia & Egypt .
by Salt, Henry
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary half calf and marbled paper boards, large morocco label on the upper cover, spine gilt. Foxing to a few plates
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Salt's original drawings remained in Valentia's possession, and after Salt's death the plates too became his property. Like Fraser's Himala, Salt's Twenty-Four Views was published in the same size and style as Daniell's Oriental Scenery and is seen very much as a continuation of that great work. The plates include fine views of Chowringhee; the fort of Jaunpur; 2 aquatints of Lucknow including the mosque in the Great Imambara; the great Temple at Tanjore; Poona; the Chaitya Cave; 2 aquatints of Cairo; Cape Town, etc.
The present example is the reissue by Thomas M'Lean, printed on Whatman paper watermarked 1822, but otherwise printed from the same plates as the 1809 edition. Abbey, Travel 515; Tooley 440; Prideaux, Aquatint Engraving, pp.234-237
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 323375
- Title
- ... Twenty four views taken in St Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia & Egypt .
- Author
- Salt, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hand-colored aquatint dedication/title, and 24 hand colored aquatint plates by D. Havell, J. Hill and J. Bluck, supervised by Ro
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary half calf and marbled paper boards, large morocco label on the upper cover, spine gilt. Foxing to a few plates
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, later issue
- Publisher
- William Miller
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Keywords
- India | Color Plate | Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books; History, Travel & Geography;
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