"London published July 4th 1801 by S. Fisher."--Frontispiece., Signatures: [B]² C-E⁶., Frontispiece title: The Ship's crew in consternation, on being shot, [...] Indians from the trunk of a large hollow tree., and Old stab-stitch holes in the blank inner margin. Later peach paper wrappers, title in manuscript to the upper wrapper. Preserved in a brown cloth folding case and crushed morocco-backed slipcase; slipcase lettered in gilt. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by S. Fisher, no. 10, St. John's Lane, Clerkenwell and Also sold by T. Hurst, no. 32, Paternoster-row
Subject (Topic):
Adventure stories, Indians of the West Indies, and Chapbooks, English
Four watercolors depicting scenes from accounts published in periodicals of the early 1820s, including The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction (volume I, 1822-23), John Long's Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader (1791). The Mirror (November 1822) and Knapp and Baldwin's Newgate Calendar (1824)., The first drawing, 'Sultan Mahamoud punishing a Ravisher', from Knapp and Baldwin's Newgate Calendar, 1824, shows the Sultan kneeling surrounded by four women and another man with a dagger in his handl, The second drawing 'Janvier About to Kill the Indian Who had Relieved His Hunger' illustrates the tale of Charles Janvier who with two other servants had been sent by their master, Mr. Fulton, to catch supplies of meat and fish. Saved from hunger by a passing native Canadian, Janvier kills and eats the stranger, a fate he later inflicts on one of his fellow servants, The third sketch, 'A Miser Distracted', is perhaps a depiction of Aesop's fable 'The Miser and his Gold', in which a miser concentrates all his wealth into one lump of gold which he buries before it is stolen from him. Here he is shown kneeling on the ground, arms extended in a gesture of surprise as a couple in the distance run towards a town in the distance, the man clasping a bag, and The fourth and final drawing shows a scene from 'Rescue of the Emperor Basilius Maredo', as he is snagged by a stag whilst hunting; he is saved by the sword of a servant who is subsequently sentenced to death for drawing his sword in the presence of the Emperor
Description:
In English., Title devised by cataloger, based on dealer's description., Artist is unidentified., Drawings on rectos of four leaves of wove paper which are sewn into a wrapper made from an18th-century sugar paper printed advertisement for William Henry Hall's New encylopaedia., and For further information, consult library staff.
