A Geographical, Chronological, And Historical Atlas, On A New And Improved Plan; Or, a View of the Present State of all the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies in the Known World... Illustrated by Charts and Engravings.
by Blake, John L. [Lauris] 1788-1857
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
NY: Cooke & Co. , for Subscribers. 1826. First Edition. Hardcover. Two inch crack iln front outer hinge, boards worn, lacks front free end-paper, chart #1 (geographical map of the modern world) and #4 (mythological chart of the gods and demi-gods of the ancients), else clean and tight.; Small 4to; 3/4 leather, marbled boards, ix, [2 - description of the charts and railroad plate], 9-196p., 16 (of 18) folding charts or tables (some with color). **American Imprint #23843. Besides the mentioned RR plate there is an engraving of the solar system. **This does not contain the map of the world, no otheer maps where called for. .
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- Bookseller
- Janet & Henry Hurley (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58701
- Title
- A Geographical, Chronological, And Historical Atlas, On A New And Improved Plan; Or, a View of the Present State of all the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies in the Known World... Illustrated by Charts and Engravings.
- Author
- Blake, John L. [Lauris] 1788-1857
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cooke & Co. , for Subscribers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1826
- Keywords
- American Imprint, Americana, School Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Education;
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About the Seller
Janet & Henry Hurley
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire
About Janet & Henry Hurley
Hurley Books was established by my father, Henry Hurley, in 1966. We have been shipping books through the mail for over 40 years with over 200 catalogs having been issued. Our bookshop contains well over 50,000 volumes with 17,000 +/- currently listed on Biblio.
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- Hinge
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- Marbled boards
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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