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China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia depicted in fine coloured aquatints

DANIELL, Thomas and William.
[A picturesque voyage to India by the way of China].

With 44 (of 50) full-page coloured aquatints. Lacking title-page, introduction, explanatory text leaves and 6 plates.

With 44 (of 50) full-page coloured aquatints. Lacking title-page, introduction, explanatory text leaves and 6 plates.

With 44 (of 50) full-page coloured aquatints. Lacking title-page, introduction, explanatory text leaves and 6 plates.

With 44 (of 50) full-page coloured aquatints. Lacking title-page, introduction, explanatory text leaves and 6 plates.

With 44 (of 50) full-page coloured aquatints. Lacking title-page, introduction, explanatory text leaves and 6 plates.



[London, printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme at Paternoster-Row, William Daniell, Thomas Davison, 1810]. Folio. Original half calf portfolio, spine gilt with red title label, green ties. With 44 (of 50) full-page coloured aquatints. Lacking title-page, introduction, explanatory text leaves and 6 plates.

First edition of a beautiful set of coloured aquatints, depicting landscapes and people encountered during a voyage from Gravesend, to China and India by Thomas Daniell (1749-1840), English landscape painter, and his nephew William Daniell (1769-1837).
In April 1785 Thomas and William (14 years old) embarked on the ship Atlas bound for China, and they reached India in 1786. Daniell stayed at Calcutta for ca. 10 years and when he returned to London he published the work Oriental Scenery. The present work contains 4 plates concerning South Africa a.o. The Cape of Good Hope, and several plates with Chinese and Indonesian vessels, 4 plates with Chinese costumes, and 2 plates with Indonesian costumes, and one plate with a sharkfishing scene (plate 10). It was originally published in 10 parts, 5 plates in each part.

Some browning. The plates are in good condition.
Abbey, Travel 516; Bastin & Brommer 358; Colas 797; Cordier, Sinica, col. 2107; Lipperheide 1523; Mendelssohn I, p. 413; Tooley, Coloured Plates 173.

Related Subjects: Aquatints  China  Colour Platebooks  India  Indochina  Indonesia  Malacca  Travel & Voyages 

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