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Borneo and the Indian Archipelago. With Drawings of Costume and Scenery -
Frank S. Marryat
1848 - Longman, London - First Edition
A superbly illustrated work on Indonesia, and Rajah Brooke, with additional detail on Singapore, Macau, Hong Kong, and the Philippines.
Illustrations include the marvellous illustrated title page, chromolithographed colour frontispiece, twenty tinted lithographic plates, and thirty-seven woodcuts. Many of Marryat’s expertly lithographed drawings represent the earliest ethnographical records of life in Borneo and the Indian Archipelago.
Frank Marryat served as a Midshipman on board the H.M.S. Samarang on a surveying expedition to the Indian Archipelago, 1843-1846, cut short in consequence, as Mr. Marryat infers, of the ill-conditioned behaviour and unpopularity of her captain, Sir Edward Belcher.
Interestingly, Frank Marryat (1826-55) was the son of Naval Officer and novelist Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), a pioneer of nautical fiction, in particular ‘Mr. Midshipman Easy’, the blueprint for works such as C. S. Forrester’s ‘Hornblpower’ and Patrick O'Brian's ‘Master and Commander’.
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1848 - Longman, London - First Edition
A superbly illustrated work on Indonesia, and Rajah Brooke, with additional detail on Singapore, Macau, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. Illustrations include the marvellous illustrated title page, chromolithographed colour frontispiece, twenty tinted lithographic plates, and thirty-seven woodcuts. Many of Marryat’s expertly lithographed drawings represent the earliest ethnographical records of life in Borneo and the Indian Archipelago.
Frank Marryat served as a Midshipman on board the H.M.S. Samarang on a surveying expedition to the Indian Archipelago, 1843-1846, cut short in consequence, as Mr. Marryat infers, of the ill-conditioned behaviour and unpopularity of her captain, Sir Edward Belcher.
Interestingly, Frank Marryat (1826-55) was the son of Naval Officer and novelist Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), a pioneer of nautical fiction, in particular ‘Mr. Midshipman Easy’, the blueprint for works such as C. S. Forrester’s ‘Hornblpower’ and Patrick O'Brian's ‘Master and Commander’.
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Price HK$ 15,000