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Livres anciens et modernes

Cameron

ACROSS AFRICA

George Philip & Son, 1885

825,00 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, États-Unis d'Amérique)

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Détails

Année
1885
Lieu d'édition
London
Auteur
Cameron
Éditeurs
George Philip & Son
Edition
VERY SCARCE FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION IN COLLECTOR?S CONDITION.
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

The first one volume edition with the ?new and original matter and corrected map?. This printing includes three additional chapters not in the first printing. This copy with INSCRIBE PRESENTATION from a Lovett Cameron family member. Illustrated with 32 plates and illustrations, some folding, 120 woodcuts in the text and a large folding coloured map. Thick 8vo, in a handsome Relfe Brothers prize binding of full polished chocolate calf ruled on both covers in gilt with gilt corner pieces, the spine very handsomely gilt decorated in elaborate motif with large center tools in compartments between gilt stippled raised bands, one compartment with black morocco label gilt lettered, gilt hashed board edges and gilt tooled turn-ins, fine marbled endpapers, page edges marbled. xxviii, 569, including index. A handsome and well preserved copy, binding with expert rebacking preserving the original spine panel and all done very discreetly, the text block quite clean and sound with only a bit of minor uniform mellowing, the plates all fresh and fine, the folding map clean and complete but detached and split at a few folds.