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The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, during the years 1849- '50- '51- '52, Volume 1: Chile
de GILLISS, J.M
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- Bien
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- First
- Estado
- Bien
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1855. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Quarto. Illustrated with 13 plates: 6 topographical tinted lithographs, 1 folding tinted and hand-colored lithographic plate: "Panoramic view from the summit of Santa Lucia, Santiago", 3 folding engraved maps, 1 lithograph portrait of an Araucanian chief printed in multiple colors, and 2 additional maps. Complete. (A fourteenth plate listed in the contents: "Plan of the city of Valparaiso," was not issued in this copy). Contemporary blind-stamped publisher's cloth, with a gilt centerpiece on the front cover. Ex-library copy with spine letters, bookplate, and paper label on the rear free endpaper, else no other markings. Joints are partially split, light intermittent dampstaining in the margins, a good or better sound copy. The plates are very clean and bright.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
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- Título
- The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, during the years 1849- '50- '51- '52, Volume 1: Chile
- Autor
- GILLISS, J.M
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer
- Lugar de publicación
- Washington
- Fecha de publicación
- 1855
- Palabras clave
- Travel/GeographicNon-fiction, Maps/Atlases, Science
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