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Views in India, China, and on the Shores of the Red Sea

Published 1835
Author Roberts, Emma
Illustrator Elliot, Robert James
Title Views in India, China, and on the Shores of the Red Sea; Drawn by Prout, Stanfield, Cattermole, Purser, Cox, Austen, &c, from Original Sketches by Commander Robert Elliott, R.N. With Descriptions by Emma Roberts.
Publisher’s imprint London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher & P. Jackson, Newgate-Street. [1835].
Printer’s colophon London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson, Printers.
Format 2o; 2 vols: pp. 68(I), 64(II); plates
Sources NSTC 2E7250
Copy inspected Google Oxford
Notes

  1. Editions: 1833 [The engravings were published in parts, 1830-32, then collected as Views in the East; Comprising India, Canton, and the Shores of the Red Sea, 2 vols (London: H. Fisher, Son, & Co., 1833). The descriptions were drawn from a variety of sources, including Richard Heber's Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India (1828). Emma Roberts was commissioned to provide new descriptions for the 1835 edition listed here.]

  2. Full text links: Google vols 1 & 2
Genre View book
BTW record no. BTW1145
Regions China, India

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