Narratives of South America, illustrating manners, customs, and scenery : containing also numerous facts in natural history : collected during a four years' residence in tropical regions / by Charles Empson.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by A.J. Valpy ... and published for the author by William Edwards, 1836.
Physical Description:
xvi, 322 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsF2263 E55 1836+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsF2263 E55 1836+ Copy 2 OversizeYale 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, 702One plate drawn and engraved by George Brettingham Sowerby.BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is the Abbey copy. The twelve coloured facsimiles of drawings (i.e. colored etchings and colored lithographs) to accompany this copy are laid in portfolio, with 2 "extra" plates. Also cased with the portfolio are 4 other extra plates (2 ills., 2 leaves of lithographed text) in cover that reads: Representations of the Aserrador Hewitsomi and the Psalidognathus Friendii.BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is a large paper copy (37 cm). It has 14 leaves of plates bound in."Twelve colored fac-similes of drawings, from sketches made ... to illustrate the ... Narratives ... are published by Ackermann and co. ... and Charles Tilt ... London."--Notice, p. [v].
Subject Terms:
Botany -- Colombia. | Colombia -- Social life and customs. | Colombia -- Description and travel. | South America -- Description and travel. | Hill, J. M. -- Autograph, 1838. | Elam, C. -- Pres. insc. from J. M. Kitchen, 1855. | Kitchen, J. M. -- Pres. insc. to C. Elam, 1855. | Milman family -- Provenance.
Ackermann and Co. Publisher. | Empson, Charles. Representations of the Aserrador Hewitsoni and the Psalidognathus Friendii. | Empson, Charles. Fac-similes of twelve drawings of tropical scenery. | Sowerby, G. B. (George Brettingham), 1812–1884, ill.