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This was a very popular and well used school book, it went though very many DIFFERENT editions & slightly different full titles, this 1819 tome was the 61st edition, it is normal for some or even all pates/maps to be missing, so please check all listing very carefully as many sellers do not list what their book contains/lacks. This copy contains a Frontispiece + 189 pages (inc title page) + 3 page publishers list + 8 plates (lacks 1 ½). Condition:overall Fair, Good for age of this children s tome. Full leather hardback binding poor, well rubbed, lacking most of spine. Contents Fair, some inscriptions, well used, some with marks, page 24/5 a/f detached/torn, contains fold-out maps of the Earth (2 circular sides), map of Europe, map of Asia, map of N. America, map of S. America, map of Africa, single page plate of the Globe, Geographical dial at fronticepeice lacks the moveable part at centre, And lacks the fold-out map of the British Islands (only map missing)…condition of maps; Earth very good. Europe good, minor edge tear, minor miss-folding… map of Asia good, minor edge tears, minor miss-folding. map of N. America good, one third tear, minor edge tears, edge miss-folding (dated 1813) . map of S. America good, minor edge tears, edge miss-folding, wear, dirt… map of Africa very good, minor edge wear etc. single page plate of the Globe good, minor edge wear/dirt, base starting to detach. , Geographical dial, minor edge wear/loss, one edge tear (see scan). The list of where maps should be is incorrect, but printer seems to have put them where they should be, not where the list states. Lists 9 plates, this copy has 8, one map missing, ( please note 40 yeas ago, pre 1820 maps like these were regularly removed by map & print sellers as were worth more than the book), some of dial plare lacks moveable part. Also has numerous illustrations of towns within text including Stockholm, Berlin, Naples, Madrid & Washington to name a few. So to sum up, a good 1819 reading copy, with 5 fold-out maps. See all of our scans of this copy Size: 14.5 x 9cm Approx. Seller Inventory # 003433
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