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Item Details

Description

First edition.

'From the french of Louis Figuier'

Translated, edited and enlarged.

Full red leather with gilt borders.

Gilt morocco title, decorative gilt panels and gilt raised bands.

Marble page blocks and endpapers.

xii, 715 pages.

Illustrated with 250 engravings.

Sporadic spotting/foxing.; First edition.

'From the french of Louis Figuier'

Translated, edited and enlarged.

Full red leather with gilt borders.

Gilt morocco title, decorative gilt panels and gilt raised bands.

Marble page blocks and endpapers.

xii, 715 pages.

Illustrated with 250 engravings.

Sporadic spotting/foxing.

Publisher

T. Nelson and Sons., London

Editor

W. H. Davenport Adams

Date Published

1870

Binding

Full-leather

Condition

Very Good

Reserve: $15.00

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