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Cordiner, James, A description of Ceylon , 1807
- Title(s):
A description of Ceylon : containing an account of the country, inhabitants, and natural productions : with narratives of a tour round this island in 1800, the campaign in Candy in 1803, and a journey to Ramisseram in 1804 : illustrated by twenty-five engravings from original drawings / by the Reverend James Cordiner ... ; in two volumes.
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme ... and A. Brown, Aberdeen, 1807.
- Physical Description:
- 2 v. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDS489 .C67 1807+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/5678639
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Engravings by Thomas Medland, Peltro William Tomkins, and Suffield; after James Cordiner.
Maps engraved by Joseph P. Bye.
Volume 1 printed by T. Davison, Whitefriars; volume 2 printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 409
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in gilt-tooled calf, 2 volumes in 1. - Subject Terms:
- Bensley, T. -- Printer.Davison, T. -- Printer.Engraving -- Specimens -- 1807.Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1807.Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme -- Publisher.Southeast Asia -- Description and travel.Sri Lanka -- Description and travel.Sri Lanka -- Pictorial works.Stipple engraving -- Specimens -- 1807.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- 1807.
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- Contents of the plates: Sketch of the island of Ceylon
- Plan of Columbo
- Fort of Columbo
- Cingalese dresses
- Cingalese alphabet/Malabar alphabet
- Malabar dresses. Candian dresses
- Flag staff at Point de Galle
- View of Point de Galle from the south east
- Buddha reclining in the Temple of Heetateea
- Cingalese Temple of Agrabodiganni near Belligau
- Vishnu and Carticeyia in the Temple of Divinuara Maha Vishny Dewawley
- Mulgeerelenna seen from Kahawata
- Mulgeerenna
- Elephant snare at Korawy
- A Talipot tree or Batticaloe
- Manner of carrying the sacred book, preparatory to the administration of an oath to a Brahmin
- The Fort of Trincomallee from the governor's bungaloe
- Fort Ostenburg and the Harbour of Trincomallee from the governor's bungaloe
- Penacaratchy between Coumpiorde & Coutcharelly
- Banyan tree
- Larorns Cinnamomnm
- Pagoda of Ramisseram
- The governors house at Aripo, in Ceylon
- Temple of Buddha at Arandera near Idalmalpany, in Ceylon
- The hanging bridge near Idemalpany in the island of Ceylon.
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