Crawfurd's Gesandtschafts-Reise nach Siam und Cochin-China, und Velasco's Reise in Japan ; mit 4 Kupfern
A German-language travel account from 1832, published by Kayser, translating John Crawfurd's embassy journey to Siam and Cochin-China alongside Luis de Velasco's voyage to Japan, illustrated with hand-coloured copperplate engravings. The three pictures show an elephant fighting a tiger before onlookers, a richly dressed figure under a green parasol beside a pagoda, and a hall with robed attendants prostrate before a canopied throne. A designer could draw on their crisp line work, flat saturated colour washes and dense period costume detail.
