The panorama of the world, or an enquiry into the manners and customs of the principal foreign inhabitants of the globe with beautiful coloured engravings by Anon - nd [c.1820]
by Anon
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The panorama of the world, or an enquiry into the manners and customs of the principal foreign inhabitants of the globe with beautiful coloured engravings
by Anon
- Used
- Hardcover
Published by R.Miller. London. n.d. [c.1820] 12mo. 126pp. Chinese hand coloured frontis., hand coloured title vignette, 6 further hand coloured plates: Turks, Spaniards, Hungarians, Russians, Algerians, Native Americans (lacking Persia plate). Original quarter calf, marbled boards, gilt to spine. Worn, marbled paper loss to rear board. Hinges cracked but firm. Lacking rear end paper. Some spotting/browning/foxing/corner creasing. Corner snipped from Russia plate. "Eagles" inscribed to title. "PANORAMA" inscribed in pencil, in a naive hand to rear pastedown.
A juvenile travelogue, in a series of tours presented in the form of a dialogue. 7 copies held worldwide.
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Bookseller
Paul Haynes Rare Books
(GB)
- Book Condition Used
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher R Miller. 24 Old Fish Street, Doctor's Commons
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published nd [c.1820]
- Keywords Juvenile literature, Travelogue, Travel, China, Turkey, Spain, Hungary, Persia, Russia, Algiers, Native Americans