The Eastern, or Old World Embracing Ancient and Modern History (2 Volume set).

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Vol. I. 484 pages + hand colour half title + hand colour frontispiece + 29 hand colour + 6 B/W single sided pages of illustrations. Vol. II. 396 pages + 24 hand colour + 10 B/W single sided pages of illustrations. + Title page + large folding map of the World, as Known to the Ancients (Europe to Asia). Condition. Original red hardback bindings with gilt embossed decoration fair, some edge wear, ageing to spine. Contents Fair, most pages good, a number with mild foxing, a couple of tears/corner folding corners, a few with minor edge loss. As usual the illustrations with varying amounts of hand colouring, a couple with just touches of hand colouring, did not see any inscriptions. Contains chapters on The Jews, Assyria, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Persia, India, China, The Mahometans, Spain, Germany, Hungary, and Russia etc and 96 page Statistical Appendix with Description, Statistical and Geographical, of Europe, and some on Asia & Arabia. So to sum up, A good reading copy, as lacks some plates, i.e with only 1 hand coloured folding map + 55 hand colourerd plates + 16 B/W plates (looking at . This 1857 set was the First Canadian Edition published by Subscription Only by Bostwick and Barnard. Due to weight & size will incur extra Shipping to cover cost Size: 17 x 24cm Aprox First Edition, sold only by Subscription. N° de ref. del artículo 003062

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