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Laurie's Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection. (Reduced from the Large Chart by John Purdy)
by LAURIE, Richard Holmes
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- Hardcover
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Richard Holmes Laurie, 9th Jan., 1857. Map dimensions 64 x 97 cm, overall 67 x 101.5 cm. Folding chart of the word with full original hand colour, dissected into 21 sections and mounted on linen, folds between original purple blindstamped morocco boards. A lovely example. An attractive reduction of John Purdy's four sheet chart first published in 1810.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37550
- Title
- Laurie's Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection. (Reduced from the Large Chart by John Purdy)
- Author
- LAURIE, Richard Holmes
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Richard Holmes Laurie
- Date Published
- 9th Jan., 1857
- Keywords
- Maps & Atlases World World (folding maps)
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Lewes, East Sussex
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Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...