A bound volume containing seven individual works, as described below

[Travel]. CHAMBERS, William [and others]

Verlag: William and Robert Chambers, Edinburgh, 1839

Beschreibung

Edinburgh, William and Robert Chambers, 1839 to 1843. Large octavo, seven works in one; contemporary half calf and marbled papered boards; spine decorated in blind with a contrasting leather title-label; covers scuffed, rubbed and slightly worn at the corners and edges of the boards; endpaper hinges expertly reinforced; early binder's ticket and later ownership signature on the front endpaper; textblock tanned, with minor foxing and occasional light signs of age and use; overall, a very good copy. The works are: (1) MacKENZIE, Sir George Stewart: Travels in Iceland (1842, revised edition; 88 pages with several tables). (2) CHAMBERS, William: A Tour in Holland, the Countries on the Rhine, and Belgium, in 1838 (1842, second edition/ [1839]; 94 pages with numerous illustrations). (3) CHAMBERS, William: A Tour in Switzerland in 1841 (1842, first thus; 88 pages with several illustrations). (4) The Sea. Narratives of Adventure and Shipwreck, Tales and Sketches, illustrative of Life on the Ocean (1840; 144 pages). (5) The Life and Travels of Mungo Park. Also, an Account of the Progress of African Discovery (1842; 88 pages with a full-page map). (6) Palmyra. Being Letters of Lucius M. Piso, from Palmyra, to his friend Marcus Curtius at Rome. Now first translated and published (1839, first English edition/ 1837; 112 pages). (7) Julian, or Scenes in Judea. By the Author of 'Letters from Palmyra and Rome' (1843, first English edition/ 1841; 116 pages). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 140457

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A bound volume containing seven individual ...

Verlag: William and Robert Chambers, Edinburgh

Erscheinungsdatum: 1839

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition.