| Published |
1819 |
| Editor |
Hutton, Catherine
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| Title |
The Tour of Africa. Containing a Concise Account of All the Countries in that Quarter of the Globe, Hitherto Visited by Europeans; with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Selected from the Best Authors, and Arranged by Catherine Hutton. |
| Publisher’s imprint |
London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row. 1819 [I] - 1821 [II-III]. |
| Printer’s colophon |
[Vol. 1] Printed by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, Red Lion Passage, Fleet-Street, London.
[Vol. 2] Printed by J. Nichols and Son, 26, Parliament Street, Westminster.
[Vol. 3] Printed by J. Nichols and Son, 25, Parliament-Street, Westminster. |
| Format |
8o; 3 vols: pp. xi. 458(I), xii. 531(II), viii. 536(III) |
| Sources |
CHLS; Corvey; NSTC 2H39193; P&C CHL |
| Copy inspected |
Google NYPL |
| Notes |
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T.p. epigraph (vols 1-2): [Being fully persuaded that he who is in the constant pursuit of any object, acquires from thence the ability to attain his aim. Denon.]; from Vivant Denon, Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, trans. Arthur Aikin, 3 vols (London, 1803), 1:24.
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T.p. epigraph (vol. 3): [Complication is a species of confederacy, which, while it continues united, bids defiance to the most active and vigorous intellect; but of which every member is separately weak, and which may therefore be quickly subdued if it can once be broken. Johnson.]; from Samuel Johnson, The Rambler 137 (Tues., 9 July 1751).
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Editions: 1819 (vol. 1), 1821 (vol. 2), 1821 (vol. 3).
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Reviews: Monthly Rev. 90 (Dec. 1819): 442-43 [vol. 1]; Gentleman's Mag. 91 (Jan. 1821): 58 [vols 1-2]; Literary Chronicle, no. 133 (Sat., 1 Dec. 1821): 754-56; cont. no. 134 (Sat., 8 Dec. 1821): 771-74 [vol. 3].
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Full text links: Google, vol. 1; vol. 2; vol. 3
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| Genre |
Collection |
| BTW record no. |
BTW1091 |
| Region |
Africa
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