Terrestrial and Celestial Globes: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of Their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy Author: Stevenson, Edward Luther Place: New Haven Publisher: Yale University Press for the Hispanic Society of America Date: 1921 Description: 2 volumes. xxvi, 218; xi, 291, [1] pp. Illustrated with numerous plates from photographs of globes, maps, and other sources; plus 5 loose B&W prints. 22.8x15 cm (9x6"), red cloth, spines lettered in gilt. One of 1000 copies. First Edition. Includes 5 B&W prints of globes that were reproduced on plates in the text, each with credit and negative number in pencil. They have been laid in loose at the rear of volume one. The classic text on globes, from the earliest through the end of the 18th Century, an essential reference book for any globe collector. Book stamp of the previous owner on free endpapers. Lot Amendments Condition: Loose prints slightly foxed with minuscule edge tears; some fading to spines of volumes, a few touches of wear to cloth; occasional marginal foxing; very good. Item number: 304093
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of Their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy Author: Stevenson, Edward Luther Place: New Haven Publisher: Yale University Press for the Hispanic Society of America Date: 1921 Description: 2 volumes. xxvi, 218; xi, 291, [1] pp. Illustrated with numerous plates from photographs of globes, maps, and other sources; plus 5 loose B&W prints. 22.8x15 cm (9x6"), red cloth, spines lettered in gilt. One of 1000 copies. First Edition. Includes 5 B&W prints of globes that were reproduced on plates in the text, each with credit and negative number in pencil. They have been laid in loose at the rear of volume one. The classic text on globes, from the earliest through the end of the 18th Century, an essential reference book for any globe collector. Book stamp of the previous owner on free endpapers. Lot Amendments Condition: Loose prints slightly foxed with minuscule edge tears; some fading to spines of volumes, a few touches of wear to cloth; occasional marginal foxing; very good. Item number: 304093
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