Author: BELL, JAMES
Title: A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific ; Or a Physical, Political and Statistical Account of the World and Its Various Divisions . Volume 1 Parts 1 &2
Description: London, A Fullarton and Co. 1845. Decorated Cloth, 235mm. x 155mm. Book, Volume 1, part 1 - vii. 320 pages covering Europe, Russia, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, part Germany. 2 engraved plates - Windsor Castle; Syracuse (Finden); Fold-out maps 1. The World, by T Starling. 2. Switzerland. 3. West Indies. 4. Ireland, by J & C Walker. Volume 1, part 2 - xii. pp321-624. covering part Germany, Austria, Prussia, Switzerland. 3 engraved plates - Constantinople; Damascus (Finden); Philae Egypt (Finden]; Fold-out - Heights of Principal Mountains by J & C Walker; Maps - Brazil & Paraguay, by Gray & Son; Prussia; Denmark, including vignette of Copenhagen. Condition - Part 1 - Soiling, bumping, wear to covers, spine frayed, split along rear edge, paper list of maps glued to front pastedown, previous owner's name to front endpaper, offsetting to prelims. age toning to edges, some spotting, esp. around plates, maps. Part 2 - Soiling, bumping, wear to covers, spine frayed, part split along rear edge at head, front hinge part cracked, previous owner's name to front pastedown and endpaper, age toning to edges, some spotting, esp. around plates, maps. [738]. Good.

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