Voyage into Substance: Art, Science, Nature and the Illustrated Travel Account, 1760-1840
by Stafford, Barbara Maria
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0262192233
- ISBN 13
- 9780262192231
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
USA: MIT Press, 1984. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 645 pages. Index. Bibliography. Extensive footnotes. 270 black and white illustrations (with list). "Examines the landscape elements that were featured in European illustrated travel accounts published between 1760 and 1840 - from their heyday to the advent of photography... Differs substantially from those previously published on the topic of the imaginary voyage or the travel lie." - from Preface. Moderate external wear and soiling to beige cloth-covered boards. Rubbing to lettering upon backstrip. Binding intact. Few light pencil marks in footnote section. A quality working copy..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 548G0163
- Title
- Voyage into Substance: Art, Science, Nature and the Illustrated Travel Account, 1760-1840
- Author
- Stafford, Barbara Maria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0262192233
- ISBN 13
- 9780262192231
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Voyage into Substance: Art, Science, Nature and the Illustrated Travel Account, 1760-1840 Voyages and Travels Pictorial Works Landscape in Art Illustration of Books Imaginary Voyages Travel Lies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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