The Travels and Adventures of Celebrated Travelers in the Principal Countries of the Globe: With Brilliantly Illuminated Illustrations in Oil Colors, Mezzotint Engravings, and Wood-Cuts

Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.: Henry Howe, 1853. Edge and corner worn, scuffed and scratched, spine is missing, front and rear boards are detached with the first few front pages up to the Preface detached and the last 2 pages including the rfep as well, corners are bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, foxing, overall a very very rare and collectible used first edition! Extremely scarce and hard-to-find title! Brown leather decorative binding. Decorative endpapers and outer page edges. 655 historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations and many other pages illustrated in full-color! "The whole world are now near neighbors. Only a short time since, he who had circumnavigated the globe was looked upon with wonder, as among the favored of mortals. Now, he whose dwelling is the nearest to your own, may, within a few months, have visited 'the uttermost parts of the earth,' and the fact not considered sufficiently novel for your knowledge. With rapidly increasing intercourse all the world is changing. Commerce, the great civilizer, is introducing us to everybody and everybody to us. Such a general shaking of hands never was before seen since Father Time commenced his travels......." ---- from the Preface.. First Edition / First Printing. Leather Bound. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.