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Livres anciens et modernes

Baker, S. W.

Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon

1855

284,82 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1855
Lieu d'édition
London. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Auteur
Baker, S. W.
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Asia
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

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.