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Creator:
Davy, John, 1790–1868
Title(s):
An account of the interior of Ceylon, and of its inhabitants : with travels in that island / by John Davy.
Published/Created:
London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821.
Physical Description:
viii, 530 p., [14] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. (some col.), maps ; 28 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DS489 .D38 1821+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatint and engraving by J. Clark and Copley Fielding; after drawings by Lieutenants William Thomas Lyttleton and Charles Peter Auber.
Map of Ceylon engraved by Sidney Hall.
Printed by A. &. R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square.
Includes index.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 412
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in half calf and marbled boards. Bookplate: John Berners.
Subject Terms:
A. &. R. Spottiswoode -- Printer.
Berners, John -- Bookplate.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1821.
Lithography -- Specimens -- 1821.
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown -- Publisher.
Sri Lanka -- Description and travel.
Sri Lanka -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1821.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1821.
Contributors:
Clark, J., fl. 1789–1830, engraver.
Fielding, Copley, 1787–1855.
Hall, Sidney, engraver.
Auber, Charles Peter, 1790–1825, ill.
Lyttleton, William Thomas, 1786?-1839, ill.
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