Rollo in Geneva

Abbott, Jacob

Published by Brown, Taggard & Chase, Boston, 1857

Condition: Very good Hardcover

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Maroon cloth elaborately decorated in blind, color faded, 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches, extra engraved title page, several additional plates. 220 pp., clean. One of the Rollo's Tour in Europe series. A later printing, in the same year, of the first edition. The first printing of the first edition has only six books in the "Order of the Volumes," while this copy has eight.Jacob Abbott (1803-1879), b. Hallowell, ME; d. Farmington, ME. He was graduated at Bowdoin College, and studied divinity at Andover. Ordained as a Congregational minister, he was professor of mathematics and natureal philosophy in Amherst College (1825-1829), founder of the Mount Vernon School for Girls (Boston), and organizer of the Eliot Church in Roxbury. In 1839 he moved to Farmington, Maine, where he devoted the rest of his life to literary labor. "A complete catalogue of his works (which are chiefly for the young) would considerably exceed 200 titles.He also edited, with additions, several historical textbooks, and compiled a series of school readers." - Appletons Encyclopedia. Seller Inventory # 9634

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Title: Rollo in Geneva

Publisher: Brown, Taggard & Chase, Boston

Publication Date: 1857

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very good

Edition: First Edition.

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