German school geography with large sheet of maps 1795
Heading: (German School Geography)
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Title: Kurze Erläuterung einer in Kupfer gestochenen Vorstellung des Erdbodens, worauf in XX. kleinen Charten das Nôthigste aus der Geographie, Genealogie, Chronologie, Historie, Heraldik und Numismatik für die Anfänger diese Wissenschaften
Place Published: Berlin
Publisher:In der Kõnigl. Realschul-Buchhandlung
Date Published: 1795
Description:
264 pp. With large folding hand-colored copper-engraved plate containing 20 separate maps; folding table facing p.152. (8vo) 17.2x10.5 cm (6¾x4¼"), original marbled boards.
Scarce German school geography, the first edition of which seems to have been published in 1753, and had the maps bound in individually, not on a single sheet. The latest date of a map on the sheet is 1785. The map of America shows California as an island; however, the double-hemisphere world map shows California as a peninsula. All editions are uncommon.
Condition Report: Boards rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, spine label not present (if there ever was one); some internal darkening, very good.
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Heading: (German School Geography)
Author:
Title: Kurze Erläuterung einer in Kupfer gestochenen Vorstellung des Erdbodens, worauf in XX. kleinen Charten das Nôthigste aus der Geographie, Genealogie, Chronologie, Historie, Heraldik und Numismatik für die Anfänger diese Wissenschaften
Place Published: Berlin
Publisher:In der Kõnigl. Realschul-Buchhandlung
Date Published: 1795
Description:
264 pp. With large folding hand-colored copper-engraved plate containing 20 separate maps; folding table facing p.152. (8vo) 17.2x10.5 cm (6¾x4¼"), original marbled boards.
Scarce German school geography, the first edition of which seems to have been published in 1753, and had the maps bound in individually, not on a single sheet. The latest date of a map on the sheet is 1785. The map of America shows California as an island; however, the double-hemisphere world map shows California as a peninsula. All editions are uncommon.
Condition Report: Boards rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, spine label not present (if there ever was one); some internal darkening, very good.