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The Polar World: by Dr. G. HARTWIG

Creator: Dr. G. HARTWIG
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
HARTWIG, Dr. G.

The Polar World:
A popular description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the Globe

Stock Code 112936
London Longmans, 1881

Current price$331.00
Fine Victorian bookbinding. Hartwig gives us a popular account of the polar regions, (mainly the Arctic which was better known in his time), including flora, fauna, and early travels. A well illustrated work in a spectacular publisher's binding.

New edition. 8vo, xviii, [ii], 548 pp, 24 pages ads dated November 1883 at end, 8 chromoxylographic plates, 3 maps, numerous woodcuts, occasional light foxing, publishers olive green pictorial cloth gilt decorated in gilt and silver, very light rubbing to joints, a very good copy.

Spence 564 ( for the UK edition).

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (exact item)
Period:	19th Century
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	112936
Incollect Reference #:	738493

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