Inscriptions, Inscriptions--Iran, Sanskrit language, Description and travel, Antiquities, Description and travel, DS258 .P75 1825
by William Price. In double columns. Dissertation upon the antiquities of Persepolis. Main Heritage Shelves General DS258 .P75 1825 Book Item-ID: i15715565 ... Show moreby William Price. In double columns. Dissertation upon the antiquities of Persepolis. Main Heritage Shelves General DS258 .P75 1825 Book Item-ID: i15715565 BIB-ID: 1013468 Show less
The album collects watercolour views of the Ottoman lands. The views include (approximate numbers): Turkey (60, including 19 of Constantinople and... Show moreThe album collects watercolour views of the Ottoman lands. The views include (approximate numbers): Turkey (60, including 19 of Constantinople and environs), Crete (15), Greece (13), Corfu (11), Iraq (14, including 5 of Baghdad and environs), Rhodes (3), Balkans (2), Romania (7), Albania (6), Syria (3), Bulgaria, Macedonia, the Caucasus, Sicily, and others unidentified. . A few of the watercolours have the original source noted, such as "from Grelot", "old print", "Askwith R.A.", "W. Hamilton" (presumably Hamilton's Researches in Asia Minor, 1842), "Rev. Vyv. Arundell" (presumably Arundell's Discoveries in Asia Minor, 1834), though most are unattributed, such as a number which may be traced to Buckingham's Travels in Mesopotamia (1827). Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. All watercolours have manuscript captions and are numbered in the top right; almost all are initialled or signed by the artist. The album is accompanied by a typewritten note (26 x 21 cm) referring to the 20 November 1963 Sotheby's sale of "Fine English 18th and 19th century drawings and paintings". Manuscript note at the front page "July 1861. Vol.II . Greek Drawings. 144". Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2016.0019 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23491346 BIB-ID: 2506820 PROVENANCE Sotheby's, sale of "Fine English 18th and 19th century drawings and paintings", 20 November 1963, lot 16 Show less
Francis Frith dominated the photographic publishing industry in England in the late nineteenth century. As a photographer, he is known for the... Show moreFrancis Frith dominated the photographic publishing industry in England in the late nineteenth century. As a photographer, he is known for the hundreds of photographs he made in the Near East. He appears to have learned photography in the early 1850s and in 1853 was one of the founding members of the Liverpool Photographic Society. At age thirty-four Frith retired from his wholesale grocer business in Liverpool, to devote himself to personal interests which included photography. Between 1856 and 1860, he made three expeditions to Egypt, Sinai, Ethiopia, and Jerusalem, photographically documenting Middle Eastern architecture and culture. "On the first, he sailed up the Nile to the Second Cataract, recording the main historic monuments between Cairo and Abu Simbel. On the second, he struck eastwards to Palestine, visiting Jerusalem, Damascus, and other sites associated with the life of Christ. The final expedition was the most ambitious, combining a second visit to the Holy Land with a deeper southward penetration of the Nile. Frith photographed most of the key monuments several times, combining general views with close studies of their significant details and broader views of their landscape environment. Upon his return to London, Frith first published his photographs under the title Egypt and Palestine Photographed and Described, in two volumes with 76 photographs. Various other works followed, including this publication, the 1860 elephant folio edition by Mackenzie with 20 albumen images. This is one of the most renowned 19th-century photobooks and it is the largest book with the biggest, unenlarged prints ever published. Francis Frith ; with descriptions by Mrs. Poole and Reginald Stuart Poole. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Albumen prints size 48.5 x 39 cm. Several prints are signed and dated iin the negative. Photographs are housed in a contemporary green half morocco with green cloth boards, spine in compartments with raised bands gilt, upper cover titled in gilt letters and gilt edges. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0103 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23577241 BIB-ID: 2516375 Show less
Panorama of Istanbul taken from the Galata Tower. Title and date from item. Prints size 24 x 33 cm. Panorama is bound in red morocco with gold gilt... Show morePanorama of Istanbul taken from the Galata Tower. Title and date from item. Prints size 24 x 33 cm. Panorama is bound in red morocco with gold gilt title and date. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0045 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23168870 BIB-ID: 2451786 Show less
Panoramas, Travel, Description and travel, DR723 .B37 1813
by Henry Aston Barker. At foot of plates: "Etched by C. Tomkins & aquatinted by F.C. & G. Lewis. Drawn on the spot by Henry Aston Barker." Main... Show moreby Henry Aston Barker. At foot of plates: "Etched by C. Tomkins & aquatinted by F.C. & G. Lewis. Drawn on the spot by Henry Aston Barker." Main Heritage Compact General DR723 .B37 1813 Book Item-ID: i23177342 BIB-ID: 2452372 Show less
by the late J.D. Carlyle. Editor's preface signed : Susanna Maria Carlyle. "List of subscribers" : p. [ix]-xvi. Show moreby the late J.D. Carlyle. Editor's preface signed : Susanna Maria Carlyle. "List of subscribers" : p. [ix]-xvi. Show less
Civil administration.--On military matters.--Relating to the northwest frontier of India.--Relating to the Persian War.--Observations on the... Show moreCivil administration.--On military matters.--Relating to the northwest frontier of India.--Relating to the Persian War.--Observations on the present condition of India, and on the reorganization of its civil and military administration. Collected and ed. by Captain Lewis Pelly ... Also issued online. Show less
Description and travel, Antiquities, DS109 .P54 1864
v. 1. Text -- v. 2. Plates. by Ermete Pierotti ... translated by Thomas George Bonney. Translated from Pierotti's Italian ms.--Vol. 1, p. viii. Imprin... Show morev. 1. Text -- v. 2. Plates. by Ermete Pierotti ... translated by Thomas George Bonney. Translated from Pierotti's Italian ms.--Vol. 1, p. viii. Imprint on lithographic plates (some printed with tan background tint) reads: "Cambridge, Deighton, Bell & Co. -- Day & Son Lithrs. to the Queen." The plans and elevations read: "E. Pierotti, mest. & delt."; on most of the other plates, drawn by Pierotti, the lithographer is identified as T. Picken, E. Walker, R.M. Bryson, A. Newman, or L. Cornelissen. "Cambridge : Printed by C.J. Clay, M.A. at the University Press" (with printer's device)--Vol. 1 & 2, verso of half t.p.; printer statement repeated in colophon, v. 1, p. [340]. Vol. 1 xxi, 339, [1] p.; v. 2 [8] p., 63 leaves, 63 leaves of plates (some folded). Title and publisher's device in red and black in both vols. Vol. 1 includes "Passages from Josephus's Antiquities of the Jews", translated by William Whiston (v. 1, p. [323]-326), and "Passages from Josephus's History of the Jewish War", translated by Robert Traill (v. 1, p. [327]-332). Main Heritage Shelves General DS109 .P54 1864 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i2023563x BIB-ID: 1013288 Includes bibliographical references and index. Show less
engraved and coloured by, and under the direction of J. Clarke ; with a geographical and historical account of each view, printed by T. Bensley. Show moreengraved and coloured by, and under the direction of J. Clarke ; with a geographical and historical account of each view, printed by T. Bensley. Show less
Mayer, Luigi, Description and travel, History, Social life and customs, NC257.M388 V54 1801, 916.2043 M468v
by Luigi Mayer ; engraved by and under the direction of Thomas Milton ; with historical observations, and incidental illustrations of the manners... Show moreby Luigi Mayer ; engraved by and under the direction of Thomas Milton ; with historical observations, and incidental illustrations of the manners and customs of the natives of that country. Signatures: Pi² [A]-2D². Includes index of plates. Main Heritage Compact General NC257.M388 V54 1801 Book Item-ID: i15961989 BIB-ID: 1025530 Show less
