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Journal of an embassy from the governor general of India to the court of Ava in the year 1827
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Journal of an embassy from the governor general of India to the court of Ava in the year 1827 / by John Crawfurd ... late envoy ; with an appendix containing a description of fossil remains by Professor Buckland and Mr. Clift.
Published
London : Henry Colburn, 1829.
Physical Description
xi, [1], 516, 89, [1] p., [12] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Armorial bookplates: Sir James Brabazon Urmiston and Henry Brabazon Urmiston.
Notes
Aquatints by John Heaviside Clark; after W.E. Reid.
Lithographs by George Scharf; after William Clift. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Printed by S. and R. Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet Street.
Wood engravings in text.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Contents
Contents of the plates: A plan of the Burman Dominions
Plan of the fortress and city of Ava
The white elephant
Ancient temple at Pugan
Profile of a man covered with hair
Portrait of a woman of the Kyen Tribe
Shwe-Maong a native of Lao. Infant child of Shwe-Maong
Image of Gautama on his throne, from a temple at Sagaing
[Five plates of fossil remains].
References
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 405
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Aquatints - 1829.
Wood engravings - 1829.
Lithographs - 1829.
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