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Investigation, or, Travels in the boudoir
Title
Investigation, or, Travels in the boudoir / by Caroline A. Halsted, author of "The little botanist."
Edition
Second edition.
Published
London : Smith, Elder and Co., Cornhill, booksellers to Their Majesties, 1837.
Physical Description
xiv, [2], 296 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's blind-stamped green cloth. Gilt edges. Binder's label: Bound by Westley, Son, and Jarvis. London. Inscribed: Frederick & Olivia Montague from their affectionate grandmother. Casa Spannoechi Siena Augst. 27. 1841.
Notes
Engraving by Henry R. Cook; after Caroline Amelia Halsted.
Printed by Stewart and Co., Old Bailey.
Engraved vignette on title page.
Variant and related titles
Travels in the boudoir
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 21, 2008
Contents
Carpets : Asiatic and European
Tapestry and woven hangings
Modern paper hangings
Ornamental plumes and feathers
The same subject continued
The early history of idolatry
The present system of heathen worship considered
Oriental china
European porcelain
Rise and progress of the art of writing
Contents of a writing-desk examined
The history of the Bible
The preservation and purity of the scriptures.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Dialogues.
Engravings.
Engravings.
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