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 / Created:
London : Henry Colburn, 1829.
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 516, 89, [1] p., [12] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatints by John Heaviside Clark; after W.E. Reid.
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].
Subject Terms:
British -- Burma. | Paleontology -- Burma. | Burma -- Description and travel. | Colburn, Henry -- Publisher. | S. and R. Bentley -- Printer. | Hullmandel, C. -- Printer. | Urmiston, James Brabazon, Sir -- Bookplate. | Urmiston, Henry Brabazon -- Bookplate.
Buckland, William, 1784-1856. | Clift, William, 1775-1849, ill. | Reid, W. E., ill. | Clark, John Heaviside, ca. 1770-1863, engraver. | Scharf, George, 1788-1860, lithographer. | Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, printer of plates.