Scenery and reminiscences of Ceylon / by John Deschamps, Esq., from original drawings and notes made by him during a service of nine years, as an officer of the Royal Artillery, in that island.

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Deschamps, John, Scenery and reminiscences of Ceylon , 1845

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Creator:: Deschamps, John
Title(s):: Scenery and reminiscences of Ceylon / by John Deschamps, Esq., from original drawings and notes made by him during a service of nine years, as an officer of the Royal Artillery, in that island.
Published/Created:: London : Published for the author by Ackermann and Co., 96, Strand, 1845.
Physical Description:: [4], 48 pages, [1], XII leaves of plates : illustrations ; 50 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2022 53
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3298075
Classification:: Books
Notes:: With added title page, lithographed.
"Published for the author, 1 Jan 1845, by Ackermann & Co., 96, Strand. M & N Hanhart, lith printers."--Added title page.
"London : Cook and Co., printers, 76, Fleet Street."--Title page verso.
Lithographed by J. West Giles and M & N Hanhart, after Deschamps.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 414
BAC Folio A 2022 53: The Abbey copy. Plates are hand-colored. Bound in contemporary quarter green and black fine-diced cloth with gilt vignette of an elephant on front cover.
Subject Terms:: Sri Lanka -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:: Lithographs.
Hand coloring.
Contributors:: Giles, John West, lithographer.
Ackermann and Co., publisher.
M. & N. Hanhart (Printers), printer, lithographer.
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