Leather bound
1805 · Philadelphia
by Workman, Benjamin
Philadelphia: Printed for John M'Culloch, 1805. Eleventh Edition, much improved and enlarged. Leather bound. Good. 12mo (6" x 4"). [1], iv, 5-196 pages. Frontispiece copper engraving of the globe. Illustrated. Brown marbled calf binding. No title label on spine. Leather is chipped head of spine with a slight vertical crack down the spine. Front joint cracked. Light toning to contents. Illustrated with copper engraved maps of the Solar System, North America, United States (folding), South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Book includes a few more in text illustrations and an illustration of an Eclipse. Previous owner inscription on the front blank end paper - "Oliver Parry's Book 10th mo'th 2d 1807." Oliver Parry was from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. (Inventory #: 12282)