Description: I have here for sale a book entitled BLACK'S GENERAL ATLAS Comprehending Sixty-One Maps from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources, engraved on steel in the first style of art by Sidney Hall, Hughes, etc. With Geographical Descriptions and an Index of 56,000 Names. Published by Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh in 1844. The 61 maps are of individual countries and continents as well as:The World in HemispheresThe World on Mercator's ProjectionA Chart of Magnetic Curves of Equal VariationChart of Isothermal Lines, shewing the Mean Annual Temperature of the Different Parts of the Earth's SurfacePhysical Geography (Rivers and Mountains)Physical Geography (Humboldt's Distribution of Plants in Equinoctial America, according to Elevation above the Level of the Sea)The World as Known to the AncientsSouthern USA - Texas is still solidly in MexicoThe Principal Countries of the Ancient World, with the Roman and Persian EmpiresCountries Embracing the Travels of Saint Paul, the Journeyings of the Israelites, etc.Preceded by 11 pages of description and followed by a 57 page Index. Bound in half oxblood leather on orange cloth hardboards with a gilt border in between the two. 5 gilt raised bands and gilt lettering to the spine. Front board is detached. Corners are worn. Some fading and marks to the cloth. Sellotape marks to both endpapers. Linen reinforced hinge. Prelim page and title page are loose. Gilt edged pages. Maps all firm. Some isolated foxing. Condition: good. 45 x 34 cm. We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy. Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday. pages
Price: 249.99 GBP
Location: Whitegate, Cheshire
End Time: 2024-10-22T18:07:03.000Z
Shipping Cost: 73 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 30 days
Binding: Fine Binding
Non-Fiction Subject: Geography
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Region: Europe
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: SIDNEY HALL, HUGHES, ETC
Publisher: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
Year Printed: 1844
Original/Facsimile: Original
