Author: CAMPE, J[ohann] H[einrich]
Title: Kolumbus [Columbus] Oder Die Entdekkung Von Westindien (Amerika) Ein Angenehmes Und Nützliches Lesebuch Für Kinder Und Junge Leute. Erster Theil: Die Entdekkung Von Westindien (1782), Zweiter Theil: Entdekkung Von Amerika (1782), Dritte Theil: Entdekkung Von Amerika (1788).
Description: Tübingen, bey Wilh Heinr Schramm und Joh Friedr Balz, 1782 - 1788. Three parts in one volume. 12 mo. 10.5 x 18 cm. Contemporary leather-backed publishers' boards, [xii]+312+291+272 pp. Title vignettes and tail-pieces. No maps or plates. Lacks half title. Well loved: spine somewhat scuffed and creased, boards also, title page age-grubby. However, book tight and internally clean with a few contemporary owner annotations to paste-downs. The story of Christopher Columbus written for children. First parts first published in Hamburg, 1781, third part in 1785.

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