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Auction archive: Lot number 232

The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World: Comprising an Extensive Series of Maps, a Description, Physical and Political, of all the Countries of the Earth...

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$375
Auction archive: Lot number 232

The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World: Comprising an Extensive Series of Maps, a Description, Physical and Political, of all the Countries of the Earth...

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$375
Beschreibung:

The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World: Comprising an Extensive Series of Maps, a Description, Physical and Political, of all the Countries of the Earth... Author: Blackie, W. G. Place: London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin Publisher: Blackie & Son Date: 1882 Description: ix, [3], 304, 67 plates, 96 index pp. With 70 color maps, 51 double-page, plus insets, on 64 map sheets; plus numerous wood engravings and figure drawings throughout the text. 38x30 cm (15x12"), original half morocco over mottled cloth boards, lettered in gilt, raised bands, spine tooled in gilt; all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. With over 50 double-page maps, including: the World; various European countries including England and Wales, Ireland, Sweden and Norway, the German Empire; Russia; Asia; Arabia; Persia; India; the Chinese Empire and Japan; the Indian Archipelago; Africa; Morocco, Algeria and Tunis; North and South America; Canada; the United States; Mexico; Brazil; Peru and Bolivia; the Pacific Ocean, and many others. With the comprehensive Index of Geographical Positions of the world in the back. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight rubbing to boards, creasing to spine; hinges cracked, gutters reinforced with cloth tape, foxing to blank leaves, occasional foxing throughout; very good. Item number: 327714

Auction archive: Lot number 232
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jan 2023
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World: Comprising an Extensive Series of Maps, a Description, Physical and Political, of all the Countries of the Earth... Author: Blackie, W. G. Place: London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin Publisher: Blackie & Son Date: 1882 Description: ix, [3], 304, 67 plates, 96 index pp. With 70 color maps, 51 double-page, plus insets, on 64 map sheets; plus numerous wood engravings and figure drawings throughout the text. 38x30 cm (15x12"), original half morocco over mottled cloth boards, lettered in gilt, raised bands, spine tooled in gilt; all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. With over 50 double-page maps, including: the World; various European countries including England and Wales, Ireland, Sweden and Norway, the German Empire; Russia; Asia; Arabia; Persia; India; the Chinese Empire and Japan; the Indian Archipelago; Africa; Morocco, Algeria and Tunis; North and South America; Canada; the United States; Mexico; Brazil; Peru and Bolivia; the Pacific Ocean, and many others. With the comprehensive Index of Geographical Positions of the world in the back. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight rubbing to boards, creasing to spine; hinges cracked, gutters reinforced with cloth tape, foxing to blank leaves, occasional foxing throughout; very good. Item number: 327714

Auction archive: Lot number 232
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jan 2023
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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