INVENTORY #123990
Black's General Atlas of The World, American Edition, Embracing the Latest Discoveries, New Boundaries, and Other Changes, Accompanied by Introductory Letterpress and Index
Adam and Charles Black
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$1,250.00
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Despite Europe being "the most civilized ... of the great divisions of the earth" (p. 7), there is a concentration of USA maps in this American Edition of Black's General Atlas of the World. Besides showing the Earth as it was in 1879, there are also maps of the solar system, the ancient world, and the Roman and Persian empires. The publishing firm of Adam and Charles Black published several editions of this atlas.
Publication Info
- Publisher: Adam and Charles Black
- Edition: American Edition
- Date Published: 1879
- Place Published: Edinburgh
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
32 p., Plates, 70 p. index. 46 cm. Colour frontispiece of world flags and 56 colour map plates. Each map tipped onto linen stub and double-page maps may be viewed in their entirety. Half burgundy leather with black pebbled cloth. All edges gilt. American Eagle device and lettering impressed on front cover may have been gilt. Respined with original spine laid on. Small label and ink stamp on front pastedown. Tear at bottom of title page and smaller tears in edge of contents. Thumbing.