The Illustrated Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information

Title : The Illustrated Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information
Author : John M. Ross

Date : 1878-1881

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This is the first edition of the encyclopedia. The books are in good condition, with beautiful covers and spine. Two volumes have broken spines, but the rest are intact.

There are 12 volumes with numerous engravings covering almost every field, illustrating personalities, landscapes, traditions, races of man and their national costumes with their habits, animals (reptiles, birds, fish and mammals), plants, insects, architecture, engineering, astronomy, pages with signatures, seals, emblems, crowns, also a lot of folded colored maps and small single page maps.

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