Abel, Clarke, 1780-1826, Narrative of a journey in the interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817 , 1819
- Title(s):
- Narrative of a journey in the interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817 : containing an account of the most interesting transactions of Lord Amherst's Embassy to the Court of Pekin and observations on the countries which it visited / by Clarke Abel, M.D. F.R.S. F.L.S. and member of the Geological Society, Chief Medical Officer and naturalist to the Embassy ; illustrated by maps and other engravings.
- Additional Title(s):
Abel's travels in China
Travels in China- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1819.
London : Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street, [1819] - Physical Description:
- xvi, 420 pages, [23] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDS709 .A24 1819+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1802420
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Spine title, on publisher's original printed label: Abel's travels in China.
Aquatint engravings by T.H. Fielding; after William Havell, Henry Raper, Clarke Abel, Sydenham Edwards, J. Edwards, and William Jackson Hooker. Engraving after A. Richard.
Plates dated Octr. 1st 1817.
Includes index.
"Errata," 1 page at end.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 537
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in contemporary paper covered boards, with printed spine label. Cloth spine (rebacked?).
MED,HSL DS 819A: "Errata" inserted. - Subject Terms:
- Abel, Clarke, 1780-1826 -- Travel -- Asia.Amherst of Arracan, William Pitt Amherst, Earl, 1773-1857.China -- Description and travel.China -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- China.Southeast Asia -- Description and travel.Voyages and travels.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- 1819.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1819.
Engravings -- 1819.
Stipple engravings -- 1819.
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