Author: Marryat, Frank S.
Title: BORNEO and the Indian Archipelago. With Drawings of Costume and Scenery.
Description: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848. 1st Ed. Sm. 4to. viii + 232pp. 22 tinted lithographs, 37 ills. Some mainly marginal browning, remains of glue to pastedowns, blind embossed cloth, some fraying to edges with sl. loss to corners, extremities darkened, rebacked with much of original gilt lettered spine laid down. ¶ Frank Samuel Marryat (1826-1855), artist and midshipman, son of Captain Frederick Marryat. Narrative of the proceedings of Her Majesty’s ship Samarang during her last Surveying Cruise in 1843-6, Marrayat made a large collection of drawings representing the costumes of the natives and the scenery of the country ‘so new to Europeans.’

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; SOUTH EAST ASIA


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