Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Schmidtmeyer, Peter
Title:
Travels to Chile over the Andes in the years 1820 and 1821 / by Peter Schmidtmeyer.
Alternate Title(s):
Travels to Chile
Published / Created:
London : Printed by S. McDowall, 95, Leadenhall Street, for the author; and published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster Row, 1822.
Physical Description:
[iv], 240 p., [2], 12 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
F2223 .S36 1822+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Expanded edition issued in 1824 as "Travels into Chile, over the Andes in the years 1820 and 1821" with 15 additional plates and 378 pages of text.

Spine title: Travels to Chile.

Illustrations by Agostino Aglio and George Scharf; after Peter Schmidtmeyer.

Map lithographed by Benjamin R. Baker. Printed by Rowney & Forster.

Final 12 plates numbered.

BAC: Bound in publisher's purple cloth binding embossed with snakeskin pattern.
Subject Terms:
Argentina -- Description and travel. | Andes -- Description and travel. | South America -- Description and travel. | Chile -- Description and travel. | Voyages and travels.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs. | Hand coloring.
Contributors:
Schmidtmeyer, Peter, illustrator. | Aglio, Agostino, 1777–1857, lithographer. | Scharf, George, 1788–1860, lithographer. | Baker, Benjamin, lithographer.