A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific, or A Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the World and Its Various Divisions. Volume V
Published by Archibald Fullarton and Co, Glasgow, 1832
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Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, CanadaAttic Books (ABAC, ILAB)
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Condition: Used - Good
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Vol. V only: v, 627 p. 22 cm. 6 fold-out maps and two engravings. Rebound in brown cloth with new endpapers. Foxing and dampstains to maps affecting nearby pages. Bookplate signed by former owner on front free endpaper. No library markings. This well-known publication became known as the "Glasgow Geography." It was often revised and reprinted, not just in Britain but in the U.S. and in France under a different name. James Bell spent much of his career revising and improving successive editions as geographic knowledge advanced. Volume 5 contains China and North America. At this early date the western part of N.A. was a vast wilderness and the book contains a section on the "Unexplored Tracts of North America.".
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific, or A Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the World and Its Various Divisions. Volume V
- Author
- BELL, James
- Publisher
- Archibald Fullarton and Co, Glasgow
- Publication year
- 1832
- Condition
- Good +
- Binding
- Cloth
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Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB)
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