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The Cabinet Cyclopedia The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery
by Rev. Dionysius Lardner
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830-1831. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7" by 4.5". not stated . Three volumes from The Cabinet Cyclopedia series on The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery. Three volumes from the The Cabinet Cyclopedia on the The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery as conducted by the Rev. Dionysius Lardner and assisted by literary and scientific men. The first volume considers the Greek and Geography and the Middle Ages. The second volume covers the modern voyages of discovery from Columbus to Captain Cook and has ten pages of adverts to the front. The third volume covers the progress of geographical science and has twelve pages of adverts to the rear. With an extra title page with vignette for each volume by H. Corbould. Dionysius Lardner was an Irish scientific writer who popularised science and technology and edited the 133 volume Cabinet Cyclopedia. Uniformly bound in brown cloth. Externally, worn to the spine. Volume one is worn and faded to the boards more than the other two volumes. There is a bookplate to the pastedown of all volume for Frank Barlow and previous owner inscription to the front pastedown and free endpaper of volume one, the free endpaper of volume three and the half title page of volume two. All volumes are firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 827B30
- Title
- The Cabinet Cyclopedia The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery
- Author
- Rev. Dionysius Lardner
- Illustrator
- not stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1830-1831
- Size
- 7" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- The Cabinet Cyclopedia The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery maritime history discovery maritime
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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