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Calvo, Joaquin Bernardo

The Republic of Costa Rica

1890

118.44 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1890
Place of printing
Chicago and New York. Rand, McNally & Company
Author
Calvo, Joaquin Bernardo
Edition
First edition in English, translated from Spanish by L. de T.
Keyword
Travel - Central America & West Indies
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [20 x 14 cm]; 292, [iv] pp, frontis portrait of CR president, other portrait plates, many plates of views, etc, 2 folding colored maps, all 16 plates are present, tables. original pictorial cloth, with colored picture of Costa Rican flag on cover, gilt title lettering, spine a bit faded but lettering clear, light shelf wear, clean and unmarked, very good overall, original floral endpapers. A picture of this book is availab Covering all aspects of the country, from agriculture to geography, manufactures, government, art, economy, people, nature, army plant life, etc. The statistical tables are quite detailed and provide hard-to-find information, eg, number of foreigners in CR by country, occupations by number, types of wood used in cabinets, workshops and factories by location and type, government spending breakouts, governors since 1540, climate, etc. Grieb 130.