Captain Charles Gold

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Captain Charles Gold

Oriental Drawings. London: by Bunney & Co. for G. Nicol, 1799-1804.

Parts 1-5, 7-10 only (of 12), 4° (345 x 275mm). 36 hand-coloured aquatint plates only after Gold by Hassell, T. Medland and others, most with printed text, one aquatint illustration in the text, with dedication and notice to subscribers, and 4 duplicate plates loosely inserted. (Some leaves marginally soiled.) Original wrappers (torn and loose, part 2 lacks lower wrapper), uncut.

Sketched between the years 1791 and 1798, the complete work was published in 1806 with 49 plates of views, scenes and native peoples. These parts include plates 1-20, 26-41 according to the list in Abbey Travel 428. (9)

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