A very scarce imprint with no other examples traced in the auction history or in the trade.
Fewer than a handful of copies recorded in institutional libraries nationwide. This imprint issued by Williams, Orton & Co. who operated in Hamilton between roughly 1831 and 1836 (with Waldron & Barnum printing local works around 1834–1835).
An unusual work designed to introduce young readers to exotic fauna through rhyming verses and hand-colored woodcuts, featuring unusual mounts like camels, elephants, and llamas. The text combines short descriptive prose with whimsical, moralizing rhymes detailing how humans in distant lands utilize unusual beasts for transportation. Each entry pairs an illustration of a rider atop an exotic creature, such as an ostrich, reindeer, camel, or elephant, with verses that highlight the animal's physical characteristics, habitat, and utility to man.
Intended to blend moral instruction with natural history, the book offered 19th-century American children a window into global geography and biology while reinforcing contemporary views on natural order and human
Travellers Mounted upon Curious Animals. Hamilton. Waldron & Barnum, Printers; Commercial Buildings. Williams, Orton & Co. Eaton Street. Nd. c.1831-1835. 16pp.
Fair as shown, wraps bearing a vernacular respine as shown. That said, textually reasonably well preserved and exceptionally rare.
