Stamped leather boards with gold embossed elephant image, The Oriental Annual 1835
Dublin Core
Title
Stamped leather boards with gold embossed elephant image, The Oriental Annual 1835
Subject
India
Description
The Oriental Annual (published 1834-1840), in contrast to The Bengal Annual, was published in London and filled with steel plate engravings of various scenes in India and ekphrastic poetry and prose to accompany those images. The stamped leather boards resonate with the typical British literary annual reader as a sign of luxury
Publisher
Bull & Cherton
Date
1835
Contributor
Katherine D. Harris Collection
Rights
Photo credit: Tom Davis
Format
5"x7.5"
Type
board
Collection
Citation
“Stamped leather boards with gold embossed elephant image, The Oriental Annual 1835,” Book Club of California, accessed May 18, 2024, https://bccbooks.omeka.net/items/show/29.