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TITLE: Scenery and Reminiscences of Ceylon
SUB TITLE: By Deschamps, Esq., from Original Drawing and Notes made by him during a service of nine years, as an Officer of the Royal Artillery in that Island.
AUTHOR: John Deschamps
PUBLISHER: For the author by Ackermann & Co., 96 The Strand
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1844
NO.OF PAGES: 48 pages with descriptive text for each plate + colour lithographed pictorial additional title, and 12 colour lithographed plates afterDeschamps, all printed on thick paper
BINDING: Contemporary green cloth; gilt embossed motif of an Elephant to upper board, paper label to spine
SIZE: 50 x 34 x 1.5 cm
LIST OF PLATES:-
1. Title page: The Grand Archway leading tothe Temple of Buddhu at Kalany
2. The Fort of Colombo, from the Galle-Face Esplanade
3. The Galle-Face Esplanade, from Middleburg Counterguard
4. Adam's Peak & the Lake of Colombo, from the Galle-Barrier
5. The Lake of Colombo and Slave Island, from the Glacis
6. Adam's Peak & Slave Island, from the Galle-Face Esplanade
7. Colpitty, from the Cinnamon-Gardens
8. The Ferry-House, at Pantura
9. Buddhist Temples at Bolgodde
10. The Ferry & Rest-House, at Bentotte
11. The Rock of Mulkirrigalle
12. The Lake of Kandy
13. The Great Elephant Kraal at Cottawya
A significant and ambitious survey of mid-19th century Sri Lanka, where Deschamps spent nine years as an officer in the Royal Artillery. The book offers accounts of topography as well as the social activities of colonists and indigenous people, in the company of animals.
Reference: Abbey Travel 414
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