The Treasury of Geography
The Treasury of Geography. Physical, Historical, Descriptive and Political. Containing a succinct account of Every Country in The World. Preceded by an Introductory Outline of the History of Geography; A Familiar Inquiry into the Varieties of Race and Language Exhibited by Different Nations; and a veiw of the Relations of geography to Astronomy and the Physical Sciences. Designed and Commenced by the late Samuel Maunder; Continued and Completed by William Hughes, F. R. G. S., late professor of Geography in the college for civil engineers; author of a "Manual of Geography", etc. New Edition. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. MDCCCLVII [1857]. 8vo. 924 pages. Bound in publisher´s blindstamped brown cloth. Spine a little faded. Gilt edges. With 15 full-page steel-engravings and 7 folded, engraved maps, all. Engravings printed on fine paper. One engraving shows the Races of Man. Fly-leaf stained. A handsome copy.
