Resultados de búsqueda: A Geographical Present de Mary Anne Venning

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Darton, Harvey, And Darton, 1818. Book. Fair +. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Quarter maroon leather. Spine has large loss and cracks. Heavy rubbing to boards. Hinges cracked inside covers with contents being a bit shaken. 144pp. 60 hand coloured plates (one with a tear). Foxing to pages..

Good copy of the third edition (first published in 1817) of this popular educational book by woman writer Mary Anne Venning
With 58 (of 60) charming wood engravings of costumes of the world. (Lacking "Man and woman of Strasbourg" and "Savoyards" plates.)
There are fine gentlemen and ladies of London and Paris, Bohemian peasants, Catalonians dancing the Fandango (possibly flamenco?), Hungarian hussars, Laplanders (Saami) riding reindeer-driven sleds, Greeks, Russians, Armenians and Turks.
There are many fascinating plates of African peoples from Mamluks and Copts in Egypt, native peoples of Tunisia, Senegal, Cazegut (Bissagos Islands), Cacongo (Angola), Issinia (Guinea), Congo, Jagga (Chaga) people of Tanzania, Khoikhoi from South Africa, Zulus from Natal, etc.
There are also several Native American peoples including Iroquois of Canada, natives of Virginia and California, Carib of Martinique, Aztecs of Mexico, Inca of Peru, natives of Guianna (Guyana) and Yaghan people of the Land of Fire (Tierra del… Leer más

, 144 pages, complete with 60 plates (approx 24 have been hand coloured)

Very good copy of the second edition (first published in 1817) of this popular educational book by woman writer Mary Anne Venning
Complete with 60 charming handcoloured wood engravings of costumes of the world
There are fine gentlemen and ladies of London and Paris, Bohemian peasants, Catalonians dancing the Fandango (possibly flamenco?), Hungarian hussars, itinerant Savoyards, Laplanders (Saami) riding reindeer-driven sleds, Greeks, Russians, Armenians and Turks.
There are many fascinating plates of African peoples from Mamluks and Copts in Egypt, native peoples of Tunisia, Senegal, Cazegut (Bissagos Islands), Cacongo (Angola), Issinia (Guinea), Congo, Jagga (Chaga) people of Tanzania, Khoikhoi from South Africa, Zulus from Natal, etc.
There are also several Native American peoples including Iroquois of Canada, natives of Virginia and California, Carib of Martinique, Aztecs of Mexico, Inca of Peru, natives of Guianna (Guyana) and Yaghan people of the Land of Fire (Tierra del Fugo).
Also includes… Leer más