Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Atkinson, Thomas Witlam, 1799-1861
Title:
Oriental and western Siberia : a narrative of seven years' explorations and adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis steppes, Chinese Tartary, and part of Central Asia / by Thomas Witlam Atkinson ; with a map and numerous illustration.
Published / Created:
London : Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13 Great Marlborough Street, 1858
Physical Description:
viii, 611 p., [21] leaves of plate (one folded) : ill., map ; 26 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DK755 .A77 1858 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
DK755 .A77 1858 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 530

BEIN 1997 1874: Bookplate: From the collection of Laura K. and Valerian Lada-Mocarski.

BEIN Osborn pd352: 27 cm. Bound in gilt- and blind-stamped dark green calf binding with binder's title: Oriental & Western Siberia & Chinese Tartary. Prospectus for "Lodge's Peerage" bound in at end. From the library of Robert Byron.

Lithographs by Joseph Needham and Edmund Walker, after Thomas Witlam Atkinson. Printed by Day & Son.

Numerous wood engravings in text, mostly unsigned. Some are by George Pearson.

Includes index.

BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in gilt- and blind-tooled dark green calf. Bookplate: Frederick H. Huth. Signed "Fred. H. Huth" on recto of second front free fly-leaf. Signed "Eliza Wittock" on t.p.

BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in green cloth. Binder's ticket: Leighton, Son & Hodge, Shoe Lane, London. Prospectus for "Lodge's Peerage" bound in at end.
Subject Terms:
Siberia (Russia) -- Description and travel. | Asia, Central -- Description and travel. | Kazakhstan -- Description and travel. | Barclay, G. -- Printer. | Hurst and Blackett -- Publisher. | Day & Son -- Printer. | Byron, Robert, 1905–1941 -- Ownership. | Lada-Mocarski, Laura K. (Laura Klots), 1902–1997 -- Bookplate. (BEIN) | Lada-Mocarski, Valerian, 1898–1971 -- Bookplate. (BEIN) | Huth, Frederick H. -- Bookplate (BACRB) | Huth, Fred. H. -- Autograph (BACRB) | Wittock, Eliza -- Autograph (BACRB)
Form/Genre:
Chromolithographs -- 1858. | Wood engravings -- 1858. | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1858.
Contributors:
Walker, Edmund, lithographer, lithographer. | Needham, Joseph, active 1848–1874, lithographer. | Atkinson, Thomas Witlam, 1799–1861, ill. | Pearson, George, active approximately 1860, engraver.