1884-85 EARTH & ITS INHABITANTS ASIA 4 ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES antique

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Title: 1884-85 EARTH & ITS INHABITANTS ASIA 4 ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES antique

Description: The Earth and Its Inhabitants.
Asia
by Elisee Reclus and edited by A. H. Keane.
four volumes
New York: D. Appleton and Company; 1884-1885
Volume I
Asiatic Russia: Caucasia, Aralo-Caspian Basin, Siberia
Volume II
East Asia: Chinese Empire, Corea and Japan
Volume III
India and Indo-China
Volume IV
South-Western Asia
Filled with numerous maps and illustrations.

Original green 3/4 leather over cloth boards, spines with raised bands and title in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges
Very good interior condition, worn bindings with some discoloration and damages to leather
Size 7 1/2 by 10 3/4 inches
Text in English

Reserve: $250.00

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