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Wrath of God: The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755.
by Paice, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1847246230
- ISBN 13
- 9781847246233
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Quercus, 2008. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), few colour & black & white & sepia (brown-tinted) photos, minor edgewear. 279 pp. The author has used primary sources, many of which have never been used before, to describe a major earthquake and fire that destroyed Lisbon (capital of Portugal), about 50,000 dead, and how Portuguese society was changed forever in the space of a few minutes.
Synopsis
Include bibliographical references (p. 262-267) and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26761
- Title
- Wrath of God: The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755.
- Author
- Paice, Edward
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1847246230
- ISBN 13
- 9781847246233
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- history, earth sciences, environment, disasters, earthquakes, europe, portugal, lisbon
- Bookseller catalogs
- EARTH SCIENCES;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...