Drawn by Prout, Stanfield, Cattermole, Purser, Cox, Austen, & c., From Original Sketches by Commander Robert Elliott, R. N., with Descriptions by Emma Roberts

By Elliott, Robert (illustrator); Roberts, Emma

London, H. Fisher, R. Fisher, and P. Jackson, 1835, First Edition. 4to – 28cm. pp. 68, plus colored frontis – frontispiece “printed in oil colours by G. Baxter” after David Roberts, engraved title-page, and 32 full-page engravings; 64 plus frontispiece, engraved title-page, and 28 full-page engravings. Complete with original tissue guards on plates in text. Half gilt-ruled black morocco and black pebbled cloth covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine with 5 raised bands, All page edges gilt. 2 volumes bound in one; wear at extremities and edges of boards; a few plates with some light foxing, and off-setting onto tissue-guards or facing page. A Very Good copy of a Scarce publication.

This publication presents beautifully illustrated views of India and China, possibly romanticized by the foreign eyes of the early nineteenth century, but an important period piece. The engravings are fascinating and capture well what was then considered to be the mystery of the Orient. Kaul 498.

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