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'A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.' [‎408] (461/562)

The record is made up of 1 volume (518 pages). It was created in 1866. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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[ 408 ]
An Alexander, looking upwards, with an air of grief or pain in his coun
tenance. Mr. Addifon fuppofes, that the fculptor had in his thoughts the
.conqueror 's weeping for new worlds \ but others thinly, that he is heic
reprtfented as recovering from a grievous blow which he had juft before
received.
The Judgment of Paris. —The ftatues of Juno, Venus, and Pallas, are
placed near him, and are fo difpofed, that Paris who has the apple in his
hand, is made to give the preference to Venus, by fixing his eyes upon
.her *.
A Minerva.— A Flora.
An Apollo, with a bow on his ftiouldersf.
A Prometheus J.
- An Endymion, gazing attentively on the moon §.
A drunken Bacchus, with a cup in his hand, done by Michael Angeh,
This is the only finifhed piece of his in the whole gallery; and here he
«xerted all his powers, to convince the world that the abilities of men in
his age, fell not fhort of thofe of the ancients. We were defired to obferve,
that one of the arms of this ftatue was joined by a cement to the trunk •,
and were told, that Angelo himfelf had purpofely broken it off, as foon as
he had finilhed his work, and after fecretly burying the remaining part of
the ftatue under ground, where he fuffered it to lie for fome time, he then
caufed it to be dug up as though by accident, and fent it to the pope's court,
where it met with univerfal admiration, as a moft finifhed piece of antiquity.
Angelo was foon afterwards fent for to Rome, to partake of the general
fatisfaftion which this new difcovery had created, and after he had iuffici-
ently diverted himfelf with the ignorance of thefe pretended antiquarians,
he at length thought fit to clear up the whole affair, by producing the
arm. Other writers have indeed related the fame ftory concerning a
Cupid.
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Tres tibi fe nudas exhibuere Deae:
Unaque cum regnum, belli daret altera laudem ;
Tyndaridos conjux, tertia dixit eris.
O vjd . Epift. xvii.
•\ Nunquam humeris pofiturus arcum
Delias & Patareus Apollo.
H orat , Carm. iv. lib. iii«
J per tota novem cui jugera corpus
Porrigitur, roftroque imraanis vultur obunco
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Pcftore: nec fibris requies datur ulla renatis
V irg . j^neid. lib. vi.
5 Latmius Endymion non eft tibi, Luna, rubori.
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A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.

Publication Details: London : Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773.

Ownership: With stamps of the India Board and India Board Library.

There are numerous illustrations and two maps in the volume:

  • a copy of a large folded map at the beginning of the volume, 'A Map of India together with a chart of the Indien Seas, to which the operations of Admiral Watson's Squadron were principally confined; and shewing the passages made by Commodore James from Madrass to Bombay in the years 1754 & 1755 ... By Thomas Kitchin, Hydrographer to his Majesty';
  • a map of the route from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in Basra to Latakia, Syria, on the Mediterranean Coast 'Mr Ives's Route from Bassora to Latichea.
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1 volume (518 pages)
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There is a table of content at the beginning of the volume, detailing the arrangement of contents and page references (pages viii-xi) and a 'Table of Coins and Monies' (page xii).

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Dimensions: 280 mm x 220 mm.

Pagination: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xii); (1-506).

Condition: there is a large folded map, unfolding can be difficult withouth risk of tears.

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