Item #019796 THE WONDERS OF THE LITTLE WORLD; or, A General History of Man. Displaying the Various Faculties, Capacities, Powers and Defects of the Human Body and Mind. In Many Thousand Most Interesting Relations of Persons Remarkable for Bodily Perfections or Defects; Collected from the Writings of the Most Approved Historians, Philosophers, and Physicians, of all Ages and Countries. Two volume set. Nathaniel Wanley.
THE WONDERS OF THE LITTLE WORLD; or, A General History of Man. Displaying the Various Faculties, Capacities, Powers and Defects of the Human Body and Mind. In Many Thousand Most Interesting Relations of Persons Remarkable for Bodily Perfections or Defects; Collected from the Writings of the Most Approved Historians, Philosophers, and Physicians, of all Ages and Countries. Two volume set.
THE WONDERS OF THE LITTLE WORLD; or, A General History of Man. Displaying the Various Faculties, Capacities, Powers and Defects of the Human Body and Mind. In Many Thousand Most Interesting Relations of Persons Remarkable for Bodily Perfections or Defects; Collected from the Writings of the Most Approved Historians, Philosophers, and Physicians, of all Ages and Countries. Two volume set.

THE WONDERS OF THE LITTLE WORLD; or, A General History of Man. Displaying the Various Faculties, Capacities, Powers and Defects of the Human Body and Mind. In Many Thousand Most Interesting Relations of Persons Remarkable for Bodily Perfections or Defects; Collected from the Writings of the Most Approved Historians, Philosophers, and Physicians, of all Ages and Countries. Two volume set.

London: Printed for W.J. and J. Richardson; Otridge and Son; R. Faulder; Cuthell and Martin et al, 1896. Early edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good condition. Item #019796

Two volume set. Contemporary bindings with leather spines and corners and marbled paper-covered boards. The corners are bumped, with moderate rubbing and scuffing. Complete with 7 copper plates. The first few pages of both volumes are moderately foxed, with the remainder of the text remaining clean and unmarked. Vol. I: viii, 403 pages. Vol. II: [vi], 553 pages of text including and index, and [i] page providing instructions to the binder for the placement of the plates. "To furnish Topics of Innocent and Ingenious Conversation", including selections on Perfections, Imperfections and Deformities, Affections of the Senses, Virtues, Vices, Historical anecdotes and curiosities and a large and very Miscellaneous section. Early edition.

Price: $400.00

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