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THE POETICAL GEOGRAPHY, DESIGNED TO ACCOMPANY OUTLINE MAPS OR SCHOOL ATLASES
by Van Waters, George
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Cincinnati, 1851. 80pp. Illustrations and map. Original pictorial wrappers. Large chip from front wrap, rear wrapper lacking. A couple of internal closed tears, some foxing, couple of illustrations with light amateur coloring. A fair copy. A rhyming guide to world geography, remarkable for its coverage of California. Page 4 has two views of San Francisco, and pages 73 to 74 are devoted to California as well. On page 74 is a woodcut map of the gold regions entitled "Valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin. Engraved for the Poetical Geography. Wightman Buffalo N.Y." The map shows the area from San Francisco Bay east to the Sierra and from San Jose to the Feather River, with the subsidiary streams well delineated. While not the most detailed of maps, it is considerably more so than many listed in Wheat. Not in any of the relevant bibliographies.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM24844
- Title
- THE POETICAL GEOGRAPHY, DESIGNED TO ACCOMPANY OUTLINE MAPS OR SCHOOL ATLASES
- Author
- Van Waters, George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati
- Date Published
- 1851
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William Reese Company
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About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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