Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Gilliss, J. M. (James Melville), 1811-1865
Title:
Chile : its geography, climate, earthquakes, government, social condition, mineral and agricultural resources, commerce, etc. etc. / by Lieut. J.M. Gilliss ; in two volumes.
Published / Created:
Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1856.
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, maps, plans, plates ; 30 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Q115 .U5 1856+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Some lithographs signed by William H. Dougal; after John H. Richard. Others after M.C. Gritzner, E.R. Smith, John Mix Stanley and John H. Richard. Lithographs printed by P.S. Duvals & Co. and T. Sinclair.

Maps engraved by Selmar Siegert; after F. Hebst.

33d Cong., 1st sess. House. Ex. doc. no. 121.

Appendices: A. Observations of earthquakes at Santiago and La Serena, from November, 1849, till September 13, 1852; accounts of the earthquakes in April and May, 1851. Tr. from Chile newspapers -- B. Meteorological observations in the province of Atacama -- C. Meteorological observations between New York and Valparaiso, via Panama.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's dark olive blind-stamped cloth.
Subject Terms:
Chile -- Description and travel. | Earthquakes -- Chile. | Natural history -- Chile. | Earthquakes. | Travel. | Chile.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- 1856. | Chromolithographs -- 1856. | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1856. | Engravings -- 1856. | Wood engravings -- 1856.
Contributors:
Dougal, William H., 1822–1895, engraver. | Dreser, William, approximately 1820–, illustrator. | Gritzner, M. C., illustrator. | Herbst, Frs. (Francis), illustrator. | P.S. Duval & Co., lithographer. | Richard, John H., approximately 1807–, illustrator. | Siegert, S. (Selmar), engraver. | Smith, E. R., illustrator. | Stanley, John Mix, 1814–1872, illustrator. | Wallis, O. J., illustrator. | T. Sinclair's Lith, lithographer. | J.B. Lippincott & Co., publisher.