Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Empson, Charles
Title:
Narratives of South America, illustrating manners, customs, and scenery : containing also numerous facts in natural history : collected during a four years' residence in tropical regions / by Charles Empson.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by A.J. Valpy ... and published for the author by William Edwards, 1836.
Physical Description:
xvi, 322 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 702
Subject Terms:
Botany -- Colombia. | Colombia -- Social life and customs. | Colombia -- Description and travel. | South America -- Description and travel. | Hill, J. M. -- Autograph, 1838. | Elam, C. -- Pres. insc. from J. M. Kitchen, 1855. | Kitchen, J. M. -- Pres. insc. to C. Elam, 1855. | Milman family -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1836. | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1836.
Contributors:
Ackermann and Co. Publisher. | Empson, Charles. Representations of the Aserrador Hewitsoni and the Psalidognathus Friendii. | Empson, Charles. Fac-similes of twelve drawings of tropical scenery. | Sowerby, G. B. (George Brettingham), 1812–1884, ill.