Description: Lake Superior: Its Physical Character, Vegetation, and animals, Compared with Those of Other and Similar Regions, by Louis Agassiz. With a Narrative of the Tour, by J. Elliot Cabot. Boston: Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1850. First edition. Publisher's ribbed cloth. 428 pp. followed by 8 plates and 20 pp. ads. The frontispiece and seven other landscape plates are bound into the text, but the eight natural history plates are bound in at the end rather than where the plate list calls for them. Heavy wear to exterior, with boards rubbed through at the corners, and with the cloth splitting at the joints and large pieces starting to fall off. Textblock partially cracked at p. 88. Dampstaining visible at the edges to varying degrees throughout. Light to moderate foxing throughout, with a few heavier instances. Shipped free in the US, at cost outside the US via eBay's International Shipping. Please contact me with questions.
Price: 175 USD
Location: Somerville, Massachusetts
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Boston
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Region: North America
Author: Louis Agassiz
Publisher: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Biological Science
Subject: Outdoor & Nature
Year Printed: 1850
Original/Facsimile: Original
