The Life, Travels and Researches of Baron Humboldt; with a Narrative of Humboldt's most Recent Researches including his Celebrated Journey to the Ural Mountains, and the Caspian Sea, etc
by MACGILLIVRAY, W.;
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J10632
- Title
- The Life, Travels and Researches of Baron Humboldt; with a Narrative of Humboldt's most Recent Researches including his Celebrated Journey to the Ural Mountains, and the Caspian Sea, etc
- Author
- MACGILLIVRAY, W.;
- Format/Binding
- Original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt spine title lettering and vignette, lightly rubbed, small erasure on endpaper, clean wit
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1857, .
- Size
- 12mo [18 x 12 cm]; 418 pages, en
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel - South America;
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