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SALT, Henry
A Voyage to Abyssinia and travels into the interior of that country executed under the order of the British government in the years 1809 and 1810; in which are included an account of the Portuguese settlements on the east coast of Africa visited in the course of the voyage; a concise narrative of late events in Arabia Felix; and some particulars respecting the Aboriginal African tribes extending from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt; together with vocabularies of their respective languages.
London Rivington 1814. . First edition; 4to 31 x 24 cm; 28 engraved plates on 27 leaves after Salt 7 engraved maps and charts on 6 sheets 4 of which folding and 1 hand-coloured 2 engraved vignettes tear through p.11 repaired without loss of text a couple of small tears to folds of maps repaired one map bisected by binder through middle fold and expertly repaired without loss; full contemporary tree calf rebacked preserving original gilt morocco lettering piece gilt roll to board edges all edges speckled corner tips professionally restored a very good copy; xii iv 506 lxxv pp.<br /> First edition of Salt's work on Abyssinia the largest treatment of Ethiopia since Bruce's Travels twenty-five years prior and includes one of the earliest depictions of indigenous hippo hunting.<br /><br />Salt had previously visited Ethiopia in 1805 as part of Viscount Valentia's entourage visiting Massawa Aksum Adwa and other parts of Tegré. He returned to Ethiopia in 1809 on a government mission to treat with the Ethiopian Emperor Egwale Seyon in Gondar but unrest prevented him from going further than Tegré. Salt instead spent two years recording the geography wildlife and people of the region including his own accomplished drawings and views of his surroundings. He visited the early Christian monastery of Dabra Damo and the pre-Aksumite capital Yeha as well as the towns of Chelaqot Antalo Adwa and Aksum where he recorded a fourth-century stone inscription. <br /><br />On his return he was soon elevated to General Consul of Egypt and would go on to be one of Britain's greatest promoters of Egyptology.<br /> Blackmer 1479; Gay 2683; Pankhurst 12. London, Rivington, 1814. unknown
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Salt, Henry
A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels into the Interior of that Country
<p>A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels into the Interior of that Country Executed under the Orders of the British Government in the Years 1809 and 1810 Salt Henry. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington 1814. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; xi 506pp.; 5 appendixes; lxxiv pp. of vocabularies of various tribes; large folding map of Abyssinia; 27 of 36 plates and charts. Quarter black leather over beige cloth boards. In good condition. Map and 3 plates detached; map is in very good condition with a couple of light areas of damp-staining; inner hinges weakened and split at page 146; light foxing. Gilt is rubbed from spine; penciled outline of square to front board.</p><p>A voyage to Abyssinia and travels into the interior of that country executed under the orders of the British government in the years 1809 and 1810; in which are included an account of the Portuguese settlements on the east coast of Africa visited in the course of the voyage; a concise narrative of late events in Arabia Felix; and some particulars respecting the aboriginal African tribes extending from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt; together with a map of Abyssinia numerous engravings and charts.</p> F. C. and J. Rivington hardcover
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Salt, Henry
A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels Into the Interior of That Country Executed Under the Orders of the British Government in the Years 1809 and 1810
London England: F.C. And J.Rivington 1814. Hardcover. Good- leather boards detached. boards have considerable edge-wear scuffs & scratches; corners rubbed to boards. spine has considerable rubbing & wear w/ 2inch section missing at edge; spine end missing rubbed & chipped. light to dark speckled foxing throughout w/ higher concentrations on plates/maps. leather boards w/ blind-stamped & gilt tile borders; gilt printed & raised band spine. xi 5 506 pgs & ixxv; plates & maps. all edge marble. Textblock and pages firm. Plates Missing: 2 chart of East Coast of Africa 10 Chart Of Amphilia Bay 12 Chart Of Howakil Bay 13 Portraits and 34 Chart Of Annesley Bay. Tissue-guards are also torn or missing from various plates. Color plates have retained their brightness; text dark and detailed. Complete title ". in which are included an account of the Portuguese settlements on the east coast of Africa visited in the course of the voyage; a concise narrative of late events in Arabia Felix; and some particulars respecting the aboriginal African tribes extending from Mosambique to the borders of Egypt; together with vocabularies of their respective languages." F.C. And J.Rivington hardcover
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Salt, Henry
A Voyage To Abyssinia and Travels Into the Interior of That Country Executed Under the Orders of the British Government in the Years 1809 and 1810; in Which Are Included An Account of the Portuguese Settlements On the East Coast of Africa Visited in the Course of the Voyage; A Concise Narrative of Late Events in Arabia Felix; and Some Particulars Respecting the Aboriginal African Tribes Extending From Mosambique to the Borders of Egypt; Together With Vocabularies of Their Respective Languages
London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington by W. Bulmer and Co. 1814 OVERSIZED. xi 5 506pp lxxv printed on watermarked paper stating "J. Whatman 1810" deckled page edges most pages untrimmed some detached binding tight bound in blind stamped blue cloth with spine sunned occasional foxing. Includes 36 of 37 plates and maps lacking the Chart of Annesley Bay on pg 453. From the personal collection of Dr. Brooks Ryder 1918-1995 graduate of Harvard College Harvard School of Public Health and Tufts Medical School. Known for his Public Health expertise overseas throughout East Africa and Indonesia. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington by W. Bulmer and Co. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009243
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Salt, Henry
A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels Into the Interior of That Country: Executed Under the Orders of the British Government In the Years 1809 and 1810: . On the East Coast of Africa Visited In
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1015800033.G ISBN : 1015800033 9781015800038
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Salt, Henry
A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels Into the Interior of That Country: Executed Under the Orders of the British Government In the Years 1809 and 1810: . On the East Coast of Africa Visited In
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1015790852.G ISBN : 1015790852 9781015790858
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Salt, Henry
A Voyage To Abyssinia And Travels Into The Interior Of That Country
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 101662641X.G ISBN : 101662641X 9781016626415
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Salt, Henry
A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels into the Interior of that Country Executed in the Years 1809 and 1810
London: F.C. and J. Rivington 1814. First edition. With 28 engraved plates on 27 leaves 7 engraved maps and charts on 6 sheets including 4 folding and 1 hand-colored and 2 vignettes. xi 5 506 lxxv pp. 4to. Contemporary brown russia neatly rebacked. Fine copy. First edition. With 28 engraved plates on 27 leaves 7 engraved maps and charts on 6 sheets including 4 folding and 1 hand-colored and 2 vignettes. xi 5 506 lxxv pp. 4to. A fine copy of this important work by Salt on his two years journey to Abyssinia. "On 2 March 1809 Salt sailed on a mission from the British government to Abyssinia to carry presents to the king and report on the state of the country. Owing to factious unrest he was prevented from going to the king at Gondar and was obliged to deliver the presents instead to the ras of Tigré. While in Abyssinia he made many observations on the geography the customs of the people and the flora and fauna. He brought back many specimens including a previously unknown dik-dik . In 1812 he was elected one of the very few honorary members of the African Association in acknowledgement of information he had procured in its interest. In 1814 he published A Voyage to Abyssinia which was received with some acclaim" ODNB. Salt was subsequently appointed consul-general in Egypt and played an important role in fostering Egyptology financing the excavations of Belzonia Caviglia and d'Athanasi. Blackmer 1479; Czech African p. 141; Fumagalli 139; Gay 2683 F.C. and J. Rivington unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 314823
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SALT, Henry
A voyage to Abyssinia and travels into the interior of that country.
Philadelphia: M. Carey 1816. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With 1 folding map. Contemporary calf worn rebcked; interior lightly browned due to paper stock. Overall a very good copy. First American edition first printed in London 1814. A voyage to Abyssinia was produced after Salt’s second trip to Ethiopia. This travelogue provides detailed descriptions of material culture and social customs of Ethiopia and surrounding territories. He even includes vocabulary lists of languages spoken along the African coast spanning from Mozambique to Egypt. Undertaken on behalf of the British Government he opens his dedication to the Prince Regent with the request that His Royal Highness support advancement of the Christian religion in that territory. <br /> <br /> Originally trained as an artist Salt 1780–1827 was a diplomat and Egyptologist. He first traveled to Ethiopia in 1805 to establish a British relationship with the Ras of Tigre and returned again in 1809 for two years. Salt traveled extensively and collected antiquities which now form part of the British Museum the Sir John Soane Museum in London and the Louvre. M. Carey unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15180
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Salt, Henry S
Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress: in large print
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3387093276.G ISBN : 3387093276 9783387093278
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Salt, Henry S
Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3368918478.G ISBN : 3368918478 9783368918477
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Salt, Henry S
Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 336891846X.G ISBN : 336891846X 9783368918460
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Salt, Henry S
Animals' Rights Considered in Relation To Social Progress
MacMillan & Co 1894. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. An Early Appeal for Animal Rights Bound in publisher's green cloth. Near fine. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. x 176 1 pages 4 pages publisher's advertisements ; 18 cm. Includes a book review of this book form the 1896 issue of the Nation. Also includes an Essay on Vivisection in America by Dr. Albert Leffingwell. MacMillan & Co hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2408310022
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Salt, Henry Stephens,
Animals' Rights Considered In Relation To Social Progress
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 45186058 ISBN : 1015863752 9781015863750
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SALT, HENRY S
Animals' Rights: Considered in Relation to Social Progress
George Bell & Sons 1892. RARE: FIRST EDTION of the first book to collect early disparate strains of thought and promote animal rights and ethical vegitarianism; ex-libary small octavo blue-grey cloth boards gilt lettering to spine x162pp VG usual stamps and markings light scuffing to boards light tanning and foxing within newspaper clipping to front pastedown and pencil annotations to fep. NR George Bell & Sons 1892 hardcover
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Salt, Henry
Animals' Rights Considered In Relation To Social Progress Also an Essay by Albert Leffingwell On Vivisection In America
New York: Macmillan & Co 1894. Blue cloth hardcover. 176pp in good condition. Macmillan & Co unknown
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Salt, Henry S
Animals' Rights Considered In Relation To Social Progress Also An Essay On Vivisection In America
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0548096767.G ISBN : 0548096767 9780548096765
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Salt, Henry Stephens 1851-1939
Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress: With a Bibliographical Appendix
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1013851609.G ISBN : 1013851609 9781013851605
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Salt, Henry Stephens
Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress. --
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1015863752.G ISBN : 1015863752 9781015863750
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Salt, Henry S
Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress Also an Essay on Vivisection in America
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 149797514X.G ISBN : 149797514X 9781497975149
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SALT, Henry
Carte D'ABYSSINIE endes Contrées Adjacentes Dressée Partie d'áprès des Observations faites sur les Lieux. Par L'Auteur Partie d'áprès des informations prises dans le Pays en 1809 et 1810.
1809-10. A large and detailed map of the coast of Abyssinia: Egypt Ethiopia Somalia and The Red Sea. Copper engraving. Good condition slightly soiled in folder size Later colour. Size: 72.5 x 56 cm. 28½ x 22 inches unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 54718
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SALT, Henry
CARTE de la Baie D'HOUAKEL.
1810. Attractive map of Howakil Island and the surrounding Bay on the Red Sea in Eritrea. Compass point and depth soundings. Henry Salt 1785-1827 was an English artist and diplomat who spent several years in Egypt and Abyssinia in the early years of the nineteenth century. Copper engraving. Excellent condition. Later colour. Size: 30 x 39.5 cm. 12 x 15½ inches. unknown
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SALT, Henry
CARTE de la Baie D'AMPHILA.
1810. Attractive map of Amfile Bay on the Red Sea in Eritrea. Compass point and depth soundings. Inset map of 'De Rachmah' at lower right 3 coastal profiles at lower left. Henry Salt 1785-1827 was an English artist and diplomat who spent several years in Egypt and Abyssinia in the early years of the nineteenth century. Copper engraving. Excellent condition. Later colour. Size: 40 x 31 cm. 15½ x 12 inches. unknown
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SALT, Henry
Carte de la Baie de Zeyla
1810. An interesting and detailed map of the port of Zeyla showing depth soundings plantations and dwellings. Inset view of Ville de Zeyla. Copper engraving. In fine condition. Later colour. Size: 19 x 26.5 cm. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 59085
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Salt, Henry Stephens
De Quincey
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1356279732.G ISBN : 1356279732 9781356279739
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Salt, Henry
Egypt a Poem by a Traveller H. Salt.
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1020266724.G ISBN : 1020266724 9781020266720
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Salt, Henry
Egypt a Poem by a Traveller H. Salt.
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1144885671.G ISBN : 1144885671 9781144885678
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Salt, Henry,
Essay On Dr Young's and M Champollion's Phonetic System Of Hieroglyphics
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 22081260 ISBN : 1108078206 9781108078207
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Salt, Henry
Essay on Dr Young's and M. Champollion's Phonetic System of Hieroglyphics: With Some Additional Discoveries by Which It May Be Applied to Decipher . Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1108078206.G ISBN : 1108078206 9781108078207
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Salt, Henry
Essay on Dr. Young's and M. Champollion's Phonetic System of Hieroglyphics
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1016143540.G ISBN : 1016143540 9781016143547
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Salt, Henry Stephens
Godwin's ""Political Justice."": A Reprint of the Essay On ""Property"" From the Original Edition
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1015883990.G ISBN : 1015883990 9781015883994
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Salt, Henry Stephens
Humanitarian Essays: Being Volume Iii. of ""Cruelties of Civilization.""
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1016812396.G ISBN : 1016812396 9781016812399
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Salt, Henry Stephens
Humanitarian Essays: Being Volume Iii. of ""Cruelties of Civilization.""
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1016807643.G ISBN : 1016807643 9781016807647
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Salt, Henry S
Killing for Sport
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1023394227.G ISBN : 1023394227 9781023394222
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SALT, Henry S (ed); with a preface by SHAW, George Bernard:
KILLING FOR SPORT: Essays by Various Writers.
London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd. 1914. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Publisher's original red card wrappers with titles in black to the upper cover and spine and a declaration of the "Aims and Objects of the Humanitarian League" to the rear. A very good copy the binding firm with a little minor chipping to the spine and a little wear to the extremities. The contents with scattered foxing to the preliminary pages and the text-block edge are otherwise clean throughout and free from any previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. A scarce collection of anti-hunting essays edited by the leading vegetarian and animal rights author Henry Stephens Salt with a preface by his friend fellow vegetarian and committed opponent to blood-sports George Bernard Shaw and including an essay by like-minded socialist thinker poet and early gay rights activist Edward Carpenter. Published under the auspices of Salt's Humanitarian League the collection presents itself as the first work to consider both the "humanitarian and economic objections to blood-sports" as well as encompassing a wider range of standpoints than ever before offered. This "war-time" edition in card wrappers forms the true first edition preceding the hardcover editions of 1915 and 1917. An important pioneering philosophical and practical work by a group of notable author-activists elucidating the various key objections to blood-sports and aiming to reform both legislation and public opinion. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1914 hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18903
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Salt, Henry Stephens
Life and Writings of Henry David Thoreau
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1356062539.G ISBN : 1356062539 9781356062539
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Salt, Henry S
Life Of Henry David Thoreau
London England: Walter Scott Limited 1895 A Fairly Solid Copy Of This Title Previously Published By Richard Bentley & Son In 1890 . This Edition Published By Scott Has The First Two Pages Different To The 1890 Copy. All Other Text Is The Same. A Solid Copy With Only Very Slight Aging To Pages. Minor Cracking Of The F Ront Gutter But Hinges Solid. Maroon Cloth Covered Boards With Gilt Title On Spine. Spine Bleached And Rubbing To Folds. Tips Are Gently Bruised As Are The Spine Ends. Top Block Edge Dulled Gilt. A Rarer Copy Of This Title. Walter Scott Limited hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 908169
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Salt, Henry S
Life of Henry David Thoreau The
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0900001429.G ISBN : 0900001429 9780900001420
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SALT, Henry Stephens
Life of Henry David Thoreau
London: Richard Bentley and Son 1890. First Edition. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's maroon heavy bevelled cloth boards titled in gilt to spine. 315pp. Some minor rubbing and scuffing to the corners and spine ends with some light sunning to the spine the head of the spine is bumped and there is a shallow strip at the head where the color has been bleached. Strong and solid shows very well. A substantial piece of book production. Internally clean dark green coated endpapers. Ownership in pencil to a front flyleaf from E.P. Dickinson of Amherst Mass. A sensitive and scholarly biography of Thoreau from Salt an English renaissance man known for his espousal of vegetarianism campaigning for education and prison reform devotion to animal rights and for being the person who introduced Thoreau's beliefs and writings to Mohandas Ghandiat least partially influencing his philosophies regarding vegetarianism and pacifism. Notably ahead of his time in reference to social reform and animal rights he was of the belief that little beneficial change could occur until humanity acknowledged its close relationship with the animal kingdom refered to in his writings as "lower races" and began to view life as a universal brotherhood rather than a spectrum of higher and lower orders. Richard Bentley and Son unknown
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Salt, Henry
Life Of Henry David Thoreau
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1417970286.G ISBN : 1417970286 9781417970285
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Salt, Henry S
Life of Henry David Thoreau 1896
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0548952892.G ISBN : 0548952892 9780548952894
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Salt, Henry Stephens
Life of Henry David Thoreau
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1019164778.G ISBN : 1019164778 9781019164778
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Salt, Henry S
Life Of Henry David Thoreau 1896
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1163939757.G ISBN : 1163939757 9781163939758
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Salt, Henry S
Life Of Henry David Thoreau 1896
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1164272527.G ISBN : 1164272527 9781164272526
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Salt, Henry Stephens
Life of Henry David Thoreau
Walter Scott London 1896. First edition. Hard cover. Very Good. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. dark blue cloth gold lettering on spine; slight bumping to head/heel of spine; corners slightly bumped 208 x p. 18 cm. signed by John C. Hammond Walter Scott, London, 1896 hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : Alibris3966
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Salt, Henry Stephens
Literary Sketches
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1020378476.G ISBN : 1020378476 9781020378478
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Salt, Henry
Neue Reise Nach Abyssinien in Den Jahren 1809 Und 1810 German Edition
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1019022930.G ISBN : 1019022930 9781019022931
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Salt, Henry
Neue Reise Nach Abyssinien in Den Jahren 1809 Und 1810 German Edition
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1019027630.G ISBN : 1019027630 9781019027639
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Salt, Henry Stephens
On Cambrian and Cumbrian Hills
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Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3752430648.G ISBN : 3752430648 9783752430646
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SALT, Henry (1780-1827)
Pagodas at Trinchicunum
London: William Miller 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by D. Havell after Henry Salt on wove paper watermark 'J Whatman'. An excellent view of Tamil Nadu including one of the great irrigation tanks: a true masterpiece of early technology.<br/> <br/> Henry Salt artist traveller diplomat and collector of antiquities was born at Lichfield Staffordshire England on 14 June 1780. He was determined to become a portrait-painter and upon leaving school was taught drawing by Glover the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London to study with Joseph Farington R.A. and then with John Hoppner R.A. in 1800. The turning point in his career was 3 June 1802 when Salt left London for an Eastern tour with George viscount Valentia afterwards Lord Mountnorris whom he accompanied as secretary and draughtsman. He visited India Sri Lanka and Abyssinia returning to England on 26 Oct. 1806. He made many drawings some of which served to illustrate Lord Valentia's Voyages and Travels to India published in 1809. The present image is fromTwenty-four Views in St. Helena the Cape India Ceylon the Red Sea Abyssinia and Egypt published by William Miller with hand-coloured aquatints by D. Havell and J. Bluck from Salt's own drawings. The originals of all these drawings were retained by Lord Valentia who also retained the ownership of the copper plates after Salt's death. The format and style of presentation of the plates is similar to Thomas and William Daniell's great work Oriental Scenery 1795-1808 and the artistry displayed by both Salt and his engravers is in many cases more than a match for the Daniell's images. Salt visited Sri Lanka only a few years after the British had wretes power from the Dutch who had been the dominant western presence on the island from the middle of the 17th century until 1795.<br/> <br/> Abbey Travel II 515 no.13. William Miller unknown
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