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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Complete Atlas of Modern Classical and Celestial Maps. Together with Plans of the Principal Cities of the World ... under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, London: Thomas Letts, 1877. 2° (439 x 353mm.). 228 engraved maps, plans and celestial charts, all but one handcoloured in outline. (Occasional light scattered spots). Original red half pictorial roan (worn, lacking spine, lower cover detached, rubbed and scuffed), gilt edges. FIRST EDITION.
Complete Atlas of Modern Classical and Celestial Maps. Together with Plans of the Principal Cities of the World ... under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, London: Thomas Letts, 1877. 2° (439 x 353mm.). 228 engraved maps, plans and celestial charts, all but one handcoloured in outline. (Occasional light scattered spots). Original red half pictorial roan (worn, lacking spine, lower cover detached, rubbed and scuffed), gilt edges. FIRST EDITION.
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Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), and thence by descent to the present owner.
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