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Libros antiguos y modernos

Baker, S. W.

Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon

1855

284,82 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1855
Lugar de impresión
London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Autor
Baker, S. W.
Edición
First edition.
Materia
Travel - Asia
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xii, [i, list of plates], 423, 24 [publisher's catalogue] pp, 6 color plates (chromolithographs) including the frontis, with tissue guards, illustrations in text. rebacked with cloth preserving the original boards and endpapers (which contains ads), new cloth spine, corners slightly worn, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. British Museum of Natural History Catalogue 89 (which copy has only 4 plates). The author, who is most famous for his exploration in search of the Nile, travelled extensively in Ceylon and describes the natural history, villages, peoples, agriculture, etc. The plates are mainly of hunting scenes and wildlife, from the author's paintings. The later editions did not have color plates.