Lot 247
[GEOGRAPHY]. A group of 3 works in 10 volumes, various 8vo and 4to sizes, condition generally very fine.
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[GEOGRAPHY]. A group of 3 works, comprising:
GOLDSMITH, Oliver (1728-1774). A History of the Earth and Animated Nature… with Numerous Notes and Illustrations. London et al: Blackie & Son, 1879. 6 volumes. "Revised edition." Color lithograph frontispieces, lithographic title-page in vol. I, numerous plates (some double-page, some hand-colored), numerous illustrations. Original cloth gilt and stamped in black, edges gilt. -- GRÉGOIRE, Louis (1819-1897). Géographie Générale Physique, Politique et Économique. Paris: Garnier Freres, 1883. Half-title, frontispiece, pictorial title-page, numerous plates (some folding, some with hand-coloring or in color), numerous illustrations. Contemporary pictorial red leather gilt and stamped in black. -- MURRAY, Hugh (1779-1846). The Encyclopedia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the Earth, Physical, Statistical, Civil, and Political. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1839. 3 volumes. “Revised” edition with additions by Thomas G. Bradford. Numerous maps, wood engravings. Contemporary sheepskin. -- Together, 3 works in 10 volumes, various 8vo and 4to sizes, condition generally very fine.
Property from the Collection of Dorothy and Richard Fitch
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