Voyage into Substance: Art, Science, Nature and the Illustrated Travel Account, 1760-1840
Rare and modern books
Stafford, Barbara Maria
MIT Press,
1984
Voyage into Substance: Art, Science, Nature and the Illustrated Travel Account, 1760-1840
Rare and modern books
Stafford, Barbara Maria
MIT Press,
1984
299.95 €
(Ladysmith,
Canada)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1984
- ISBN
- 0262192233
- Place of printing
- USA
- Author
- Stafford, Barbara Maria
- Publishers
- MIT Press
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Keyword
- Voyage into Substance: Art, Science, Nature and the Illustrated Travel Account, 1760-1840 Voyages and Travels Pictorial Works Landscape in Art, Illustration of Books Imaginary Voyages Travel Lies Art
- Binding description
- H Hardcover
- State of preservation
- Good
- Languages
- English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- First edition
- True
Description
645 pages. Index. Bibliography. Extensive footnotes. 270 black and white illustrations (with list). "Examines the landscape elements that were featured in European illustrated travel accounts published between 1760 and 1840 - from their heyday to the advent of photography. Differs substantially from those previously published on the topic of the imaginary voyage or the travel lie." - from Preface. Moderate external wear and soiling to beige cloth-covered boards. Rubbing to lettering upon backstrip. Binding intact. Few light pencil marks in footnote section. A quality working copy. Book
