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P[EEL], R. H., Captain (fl. 1835)

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Lot 153 | P[EEL], R. H., Captain (fl. 1835)
P[EEL], R. H., Captain (fl. 1835)

The Extraordinary Ascent of the Enchanted Mountain, one of the Hymalaya Range, in India, by Sir Edward Stanley, Bart., Eliza and Ellen, his daughters, (an English family,) accompanied by the Count Rugantino (an Italian), captain in Napoleon’s second regiment of French cuirassiers. Embellished with thirteen drawings illustrative of their adventures during the ascent. London: T. Gillard and S. Knight, 1835.

First edition and rare copy of an imaginary expedition deep into the Himalayan mountains. Written and illustrated by Captain R. H. Peel, the tale was intended ‘for the amusement of the rising generation’ (Introduction). Captain Peel, rather sweetly, introduces his story with the confession that his drawings might lack in nuance and refinement, a result from an active life in the military during which he served in the 2nd and 3rd Dragoon Guards. However, the childlike illustrations which depict all manor of fantastical beasts and monsters, from a cave-dwelling dragon to a ‘spiteful dwarf’, only add to the overall charm of the publication. A rare and wonderful work, the array of characters, especially the two clashing protagonists, aristocratic Lord Stanley flamboyant Italian Count, build a whimsical and ridiculous comedic narrative that delights in its absurdity. Not in Bobins.



Small quarto (262 x 206mm). Lithographic frontispiece and 12 plates all coloured by a contemporary hand (light finger-soiling confined to margins, spotting to verso of plates). Bound by E. Root & Son, blue morocco with a triple-ruled gilt border, spine gilt in compartments with raised bands, decorative gilt turn-ins, top-edge gilt (extremities lightly rubbed, tiny split in joint at foot of spine).





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Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
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