Capt j thomson translator (1 résultats)

Leather. Etat : Good +. 2nd English language edition. 1795, 2nd English language edition. Two Volumes, compete. A Good + set. 8vo., 339, 320 pps., bound in full tree calf with title in gilt on black label on spine. Tips, edges and top/base of spine rubbed through in spots. Leather is worn with some soiling. Gilt on spine is faded. Front board detached at page 1 in volume II; other hinges tender but attached. Previous owners signature on title page and page 1, otherwise appears unmarked. End pages are tanned. Text generally clean with a few minor instances of toning. During his lifetime he was considered to be the greatest expert on the Americas, although he never visited the continent; he also wrote at length on the origins of ancient peoples, rejecting the popular idea of the time that China was originally a colony of Ancient Egypt.…