Add this copy of The World Displayed; Or, a Curious Collection of to cart. $600.00, good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1795 by Philadelphia. : Publish'd by Dobelbower, Key, and Simpson.
Edition:
1795, Philadelphia. : Publish'd by Dobelbower, Key, and Simpson
Publisher:
Philadelphia. : Publish'd by Dobelbower, Key, and Simpson
Published:
01/1795
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
13854760491
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Seller's Description:
Good. 1st American Edition. 4 of 8 Volumes. 485p., 6pl.; 464p, 6pl.; 510p., 6pl.; 464p., 34p, 5 of 7pl. Bound in tree calf leather. Gilt lettering on spine. Chipping and loss to Volumes V, VII an VIII. Boards starting. Wear to extremities. Contemporary owners name on FEP. Clean, unmarked pages with toning/foxing. Contents summarized are: Vol. V: Egypt, Aleppo, Palmyra, Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, Russia, Germany, Holland and Denmark; Vol. VI: Mingrelia, Georgia, Persia, East-Indies, China, Guinea, Africa, Barbary, Norway and the Islamic religion; Vol. VII: Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal, Scandinavia, Sweden, Pelew Islands: Vol. VIII: The Account of Captain James Cooke and A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Plates missing are of Cooke's Death and the map of his travels. Possible error in binding with missing pages.