A series of fifteen views of Ceylon
illustrative of Sir J.E. Tennent's work, from sketches made on the spot.
London, Day, 1864
The views are as follows: St. Paul's Church, Kandy (title); Town and lake of Kandy; The Malagawa temple, Kandy; Thuparamaya Dagoba; Ruins at Pallanarrua; Adam's Peak from the Ambogammoa road at Pusbage; Adam's Peak from the Yatteantotte road; Ferry on the road from Manaar to Colombo; The Talipat in flower; Group of palms at the entrance to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Paradinia; Peacock Hill coffee estate - Gampola in the distance; Falls at Rangbodde; Nuera Ellia; Oovah country and Happotella; Fort and harbour of Colombo; Fort of Galle, from Peninsular and Oriental Company's station on Closenberg island. The work referred to in the title of this book is Sir James Emerson Tennent's Ceylon (1859), which is quoted extensively.
First edition; folio (53.5 x 36.5 cm), hand-coloured lithographed title with vignette, dedication leaf, 15 later hand-coloured lithographed plates by Needham after O'Brien, each with accompanying text leaf, list of plates, edge of dedication leaf repaired; light wear to margins and a few repairs). Publisher's reddish-brown cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, rebacked, new endpapers, some leaves sprung.
De Silva (Early Prints of Ceylon), p. 225ff.
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