GEOGRAPHIE VIVANTE OU TABLEAUX RAISONNÉS ET COMPARATIFS DES PRINCIPAUX HABITANS DU GLOBE, AVEC LEUR COSTUMES, SES ANUIMAUX DIVERS QUI SY TROUVENT, ET UNE EXACTE DESCRIPTION DE LEURS MOEURS, DE LEURS USAGES ET HABITUDES.
by H***, Mme
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Paris: Alexis Eymery,. Good with no dust jacket. 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. French Language; Textbook; Juvenile; Engravings; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9"; 194, [2] pages; Geographie vivante ou tableaux raisonnés et comparatifs des principaux habitans du globe, avec leur costumes, ses anuimaux divers qui s'y trouvent, et une exacte description de leurs moeurs, de leurs usages et habitudes. 60 plates on 30 pages showing people of the principal nations of the world. Beautiful engravings. Foxing. Designed for the juvenile. Probably original boards with leather spine over paper covered boards. Lacking leather spine strip, covers attached by binding cords. Contents complete. French language text. Inkstain [3/4" x 1/2"], to pp79-80 lightly affecting 1 plate, pp1-4 reattached. 2 illustrations on each plate, of Africa, Asia, the New World. .
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- Title
- GEOGRAPHIE VIVANTE OU TABLEAUX RAISONNÉS ET COMPARATIFS DES PRINCIPAUX HABITANS DU GLOBE, AVEC LEUR COSTUMES, SES ANUIMAUX DIVERS QUI SY TROUVENT, ET UNE EXACTE DESCRIPTION DE LEURS MOEURS, DE LEURS USAGES ET HABITUDES.
- Author
- H***, Mme
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alexis Eymery,
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1821
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