DANIELL, Thomas (1749-1840) and William (1769-1837). A Picturesque Voyage to India; by the Way of China. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and William Daniell, 1810.
Small 2° (355 x 255mm). 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates, each with accompanying leaf of explanatory text. (Plates 7 and 8 misbound, occasional light soiling to plates, mostly marginal.) Contemporary half calf (boards detached, extremities rubbed).
FIRST EDITION. Originally issued in ten parts, the Picturesque Voyage documents Thomas and his nephew William Daniell's long journey to China and on to India. The plates include views of Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, Java, Calcutta and important illustrations of the coast of China at Macao and Canton. Tooley 173.
DANIELL, Thomas (1749-1840) and William (1769-1837). A Picturesque Voyage to India; by the Way of China. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and William Daniell, 1810.
Small 2° (355 x 255mm). 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates, each with accompanying leaf of explanatory text. (Plates 7 and 8 misbound, occasional light soiling to plates, mostly marginal.) Contemporary half calf (boards detached, extremities rubbed).
FIRST EDITION. Originally issued in ten parts, the Picturesque Voyage documents Thomas and his nephew William Daniell's long journey to China and on to India. The plates include views of Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, Java, Calcutta and important illustrations of the coast of China at Macao and Canton. Tooley 173.
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