The treasury of geography, physical, historical, descriptive, and political; : containing a succinct account of every country in the world: preceded by an introductory outline of the history of geography; a familiar inquiry into the varieties of race and language; a view of the relations of geography to astronomy and an essay on physical geography. / by William Hughes, ...
William Hughes (1817-1876)
Category
Books
Date
1867
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3164841
Summary
Bibliographic description
New edition, thoroughly revised, and inclusive of the changes consequent on the continental war of 1866. [8], 892, [2] p., [23] leaves of plates (7 folded) : ill., maps ; 8vo. Uniformly bound and shelved with Maunder's Treasury of natural history. Provenance: manuscript inscription on second front free endpaper: "Herbert W Dent / 2nd Queen's Royals / March 1875." Binding: nineteenth-century full calf; single gilt fillet to form an outer border; blind rolled inner border; blind corner pieces; four false bands; spine gilt; lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Maunder's Geography; edge rolled in gilt; marbled endpapers; marbled edges.
Makers and roles
William Hughes (1817-1876), author