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ASPIN, Jehosaphat.
Cosmorama; a View of the Costumes and Peculiarities of All Nations.
An overview for young readers of the societies and customs of indigenous peoples of the five continents and Polynesia, with illustrations. A popular title, it was reprinted in 1834, 1848, 1852, and 1860.
- Published
- London: J. Harris, 1827.
- References
- Moon 26; Osborne I p. 178
- Plates
- 18
- Binding/Size
- Xs=12mo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: J. Harris, 1827.
- Ref
- 609
FIRST EDITION. Large 12mo (in sixes) pp. viii 404; with printer's device on title and 18 hand-coloured engraved plates; half-title; upper inner hinge cracked stitching shaken in places; original red morocco-backed printed boards rubbed (with some loss of repeated title-device on upper cover) and bumped. Slight foxing throughout. Title and rule in gilt to spine and hinges. "From the Library of Alan Angele" on front pastedown. Written inscription on front free endpaper "Thomas Edward Davies, July 29th, 1831, The gift of his Aunt Sarah Parker". A delightful cosmography for children. The descriptions of countries and their inhabitants begin in Europe and progress through Asia, Africa, North America, and South America to Polynesia. The plates are entirely devoted to the races of the world, and each contains four vignette portraits so that 72 different peoples are represented. In some cases, the distinction between countrymen of high and low birth is demonstrated as, for instance, with 'American Indians' and 'American Indian Chiefs.' As the conclusion is dated 1826, the date of this work is sometimes given as [1826], resulting in a confusion of 'editions.' Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Birman Rhohaan Monk & Trooper / Burmese Man & Woman / Malay Moonshee & Lady / (a) Java Madurese (b) Court Dress. 2. Danes / Icelanders / Swedes / Finlanders. 3. Laplanders / Samoiedes / Kamtschatdales / A Norwegian killing a Bear. 4. Cossacks / Russians / Hungarians / Prussians. 5. Saxons / Austrians / Poles / Hanoverians. 6. Londoners / English Peasants / Scottish Highlanders / Hollanders or Dutch. 7. Parisians / French Peasants / Swiss Peasants / Corsicans. 8. Spaniards / The Spanish Fandango / Portuguese / Religious Habits at Lisbon. 9. Italians / Neapolitans / Ingoskians / Turcomans. 10. Albanians & Arnauts / Circasians / Greeks / A Turk & his Wife. 11. Inhabitant of Aleppo / man & Woman of Cana in Galilee / Arabians / East Indians of Distinction. 12. Persian Ladies / A Persian / Tatar Murses or Nobles / Tatars or Tartars. 13. Ceylonese or Cingalese / Chinese Mandarin & Lady / Chinese Pedlar with Rats & Puppies for Pies / Birman Woongee & Lady. 14. Egyptian Peasants / Ashantees / Negroes / Algerines. 15. Esquimaux / Inhabitants of Norton Sound / A Family in Oonalaskka / Inhabitants of Nootka Sound. 16. American Indians / Brazilian Hunters / Chilese / Natives of Terra del Fuego. 17. American Indian Chiefs / Mexican Gentleman / Mexican Indians of the Higher-Order / Mexican Indians of the Common Order. 18. Taheitans / Sandwich Islanders / New Zealanders / Egyptian Merchant & Lady.
