EXHIBITION
Bringing Home the Exotic:
Europeans as Foreigners 1670-1840
A drawing by S.G. Bayne from the cover of his
Quicksteps through Scandinavia, With a Retreat from Moscow.
This book is not included in the display, but its handsome 1908 cloth cover
expresses the adventurous spirit of many of our exhibited authors.
INFORMATION ON THE BOOKS AND THEIR AUTHORS:
- Bernier, François, Histoire de la Dernière Révolution des états de Grand Mogol
- de Bruyn, Cornelis, Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales
- Strahlenberg, Philip Johan von, An Historico-Geographical Description of the North and Eastern Parts of Europe and Asia
- Burnaby, Andrew, Travels Through the Middle Settlements in North-Americain the Years 1759 and 1760
- Chastellux, François-Jean Marquis de, Travels in North-America in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782
- Irwin, Eyles, A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage Up the Red-Sea, On the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt, and of a Route Through the Deserts of Thebais, in the Year 1777
- Consett, Matthew, A Tour Through Sweden, Swedish-Lapland, Finland and Denmarkin a Series of Letters
- Wollstonecraft, Mary, Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
- Turner, Samuel, An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama, in Tibet
- Pallas, Peter Simon, Travels Through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire in the Years 1793 and 1794
- Rich, Claudius James, Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and On the Site of Ancient Nineveh
- Sleeman, W.H., The Thugs or Phansigars of India
This bookplate comes from the inside front cover
of Matthew Consett's A Tour Through Sweden....
John Watts de Peyster (1821-1907), a longtime member and benefactor of the Library,
donated several particular treasures that are now in the rare book collection.
An alcove was created in the Library's former building on 12th Street at University Place
just to
house his donations.
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