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4 volumes. First editions 1954.
Find bindings by Hiscox., London.
Bookplate of B. Y. McPeake on inside.
Full-green leather with gilt lineal borders.
Gilt raised bands, gilt titles and gilt date to spine.
Gilt top page-block.
Colour pictorial endpapers.
Volume I.
PEOPLE.
The Good, Bad, Great & Eccentric who illustrate
the admirable diversity of man.
[10], 469, [1] pages.
Colour endpapers of Bonaparte Crossing the Alps at Mount St Bernard 1800.
16 full-page colour plates.
Full-page b & w plates.
Volume II.
PLACES.
Travel in Space and Time. Places which have
delighted intrigued and intimidated men.
[10], 464, [1] pages.
Colour endpapers of The Bucentaur at The Piazzetta by Canalette (1697-1768).
16 full-page colour plates.
Full-page b & w plates.
12 full-page maps.
Volume III.
THINGS.
The Origin and early History of many things,
common and less common, essential and inessential.
[13], 466 pages.
Colour endpapers of a cabinet, 150 years old, filled with miniature figures and
objects in 'The Bears', Suniswald, Switzerland.
16 full-page colour plates.
Full-page b & w plates.
1 full-page map.
In-text illustrations.
Volume IV.
IDEAS.
Ideas, Living, Dying, Dead & Fossil, which we are
moved by or where moved by.
[10], 470 pages.
Colour endpapers of The School of Athens by Raphael.
16 full-page colour plates.
Full-page b & w plates.
Recorded shipping weight 7000g
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 25 x 19.5 cm
- Name: West Clare Rare Books
- Contact Person: Tom Moloney
- Country: Ireland
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