Travels in Ethiopia, above the second cataract of the Nile : exhibiting the state of that country, and its various inhabitants, under the dominion of Mohammed Ali ; and illustrating the antiquities, arts, and history of the ancient kingdom of Meroe / by G.A. Hoskins, Esq.
Hoskins, G. A. (George Alexander), -1864, author.; Bandoni, L., illustrator.; Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873, cartographer.; Hamerton, Robert Jacob, lithographer.; Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, lithographer.; Sherlock, William P., 1775- lithographer.; Walton, W. L., active 1834-1855, lithographer.; Branston, Allen Robert, 1778-1827, engraver.
1835
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Travels in Ethiopia, above the second cataract of the Nile : exhibiting the state of that country, and its various inhabitants, under the dominion of Mohammed Ali ; and illustrating the antiquities, arts, and history of the ancient kingdom of Meroe / by G.A. Hoskins, Esq.
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London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1835.
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English
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1 online resource (xix, 367, pages, 54 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded)) : illustrations, folded map, portraits (some color), plans.
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"With a map, and ninety illustrations of the temples, pyramids, etc. of Meroe, Gibel-el-Birkel, Solib, etc. from drawings finished on the spot, by the author, and an artist whom he employed."
Plates lithographed by [R.]J. Hamerton, C.[J.] Hullmandel, W.P. Sherlock, and W.[L.] Walton, after drawings by the author and by L. Bandoni; map by John Arrowsmith; wood-engravings by [A.]R. Branston.
Some plates are double and some are printed on both sides; some plates are hand-colored; the chromolithographs present are probably the earliest in an English printed book.--Cf. Gascoigne.
Includes errata (page [1] at beginning).
"London: Printed by A. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square."--Title page verso.
Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.
Plates lithographed by [R.]J. Hamerton, C.[J.] Hullmandel, W.P. Sherlock, and W.[L.] Walton, after drawings by the author and by L. Bandoni; map by John Arrowsmith; wood-engravings by [A.]R. Branston.
Some plates are double and some are printed on both sides; some plates are hand-colored; the chromolithographs present are probably the earliest in an English printed book.--Cf. Gascoigne.
Includes errata (page [1] at beginning).
"London: Printed by A. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square."--Title page verso.
Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.
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Bandoni, L., illustrator.
Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873, cartographer.
Hamerton, Robert Jacob, lithographer.
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, lithographer.
Sherlock, William P., 1775- lithographer.
Walton, W. L., active 1834-1855, lithographer.
Branston, Allen Robert, 1778-1827, engraver.
Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873, cartographer.
Hamerton, Robert Jacob, lithographer.
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, lithographer.
Sherlock, William P., 1775- lithographer.
Walton, W. L., active 1834-1855, lithographer.
Branston, Allen Robert, 1778-1827, engraver.
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature.
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