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The World As known to the Ancients

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Adam & Charles Black

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The World As known to the Ancients

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Edinburgh / 1854

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14.5 x 10.5 inches

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Hand Colored

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Stock# 2281

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Attractive map of the world, coloured by continents. A good example, in original color, from Black's General Atlas, one of the most popular English language atlases of the second half of the 19th Century. Two minor tears in lower margin, otherwise very good condition.

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