A history of the earth, and animated nature ... To which are added, the life of the author, his Deserted Village, Traveller, miscellanies, &c., &c. ... Embellished with a series of beautiful and appropriate engravings.
New York: printed and published by Thomas Kinnersley, 1825. 4to, pp. [2], xvi, [iii]-vi, 880, 2 (contents), 55 (index), [1] directions to the binder; (pp. 283-362 misbound before p. 3); engraved frontispiece portrait by Neagle after Joshua Reynolds, engraved vignette title-p. (with the Philadelphia imprint of Y. K. Cornish, 1827), 20 copper-engraved plates by a variety of American artists (notably Sidney Edwards); full contemporary tree calf, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-decorated spine, marbled edges; extremities rubbed, some spotting of the text, plates occasionally oxidized and offset, but generally good and sound. This edition not in NCBEL. Item #28854
Price: $500.00
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