Geographical Fun Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries, with introduction and descriptive lines by Aleph
[Harvey, William]
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Hodder and Stoughton, London, no date [1868]; 235 x 275mm; pictorial boards; pp [viii], [iii, being publisher's advertisements for books for young people; 11 (of 12, France being absent) coloured maps, anthropomorphised to take the form of fantastical human, each map with a four-line verse at the foot; conditiion is poor to fair, this partly on account of the missing map of France but more particularly on account of the damage, including printed loss, to the pictorial covers and that the contents are disbound and in consequence each have three small holes in the left hand margins, although well clear of the area of the relevant maps, and there's some general dust marking of the margins; the maps are identified following, with any specific additional faults described. The individual maps are, however, in decent condition. . . . . . England - small crease in the LH margin area; Scotland; Wales; Ireland - 8cm crease at the foot of the left margin; Spain & Portugal; Italy; Prussia; Germany; Holland and Belgium; Denmark - dust stain along the outer edge of the left margin; Russia . . . . . The maps were drawn by 14 year-old Eliza Jane Lancaster to amuse her ill brother and later collected together and duly published by the London doctor and occasional journalist William Harvey. Seller Inventory # 001682
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Title: Geographical Fun Being Humourous Outlines of...
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Lancaster, Lilian
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: Not relevant
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Geographical Fun Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries with an Introduction and Descriptive Lines by Aleph
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Hodder & Stoughton, 1868
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Seller: Rare Collections, Brighton East, VIC, Australia
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A series of fantastic anthropomorphic maps, drawn by Eliza Jane (Lilian) Lancaster in her 15th year - "The thought occurred to her when seeking to amuse a brother confined to his bed by illness". The book was put together by William Henry Harvey under the pseudonym " Aleph". he was a london doctor and journalist, known for writing illustrated works for children. According to his introduction of creating the work is: "If these geographical puzzles excite the mirth of children; the amusement of the moment may lead to the profitable curiosity of youthful students, and embue the mind with a healthful taste for an acquaintance with foreign lands. No history, no journal can be understood without a knowledge of maps, and good service is done when we make such information more easy and agreeable." It includes caricature maps of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Prussia, Germany, Holland and Belgium and Russia. Seller Inventory # 29634
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