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New York: Colby & Co, 1883. 5th edition . Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: folded map. Subjects: History. Maps of the World's Great Empires. Cartography.

New York: Colby & Co. , 1883. Edge and corner wear; scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; shelf worn; spine is split with the front and rear boards separated as a result; interior foldout pages are split and detached in several places, but still complete; some chipping of the pages at the corners and edges; overall still a marvelous rare copy! Black boards quarterbound by leather (with faded, bumped and bruised leather corners as well) with gilt and black lettering on the front board. Very very rare and hard-to-find title! One of twenty seven thousand! "The author is fully aware of the difficulties and uncertainties of any system of Chronology extant. After mature deliberation and advice, it is deemed prudent and better to base this work upon the accepted system of 'Archbishop Usher,' upon which a large majority of all our histories and chronological dates are founded. To disturb this system would produce great confusion, with no good results, as the general outlines… Read More

Cincinnati: Strobridge & Co, 1876. Backstrip and corners worn, generally in fine condition. 68.5 x 664.5 cm (approximately 2.25 x 22 feet). Colored panorama joined and mounted on linen, lacquered, folding into original folio covers. Half calf. "A riot of color and detail." Second "Centennial" edition. A mammoth pictorial timeline of the history of the world, composed in a horizontal stream-of-time fashion and using Archbishop Ussher's canonical date of 4004 BCE for the Creation, it seamlessly moves from sacred to secular history. It was "a strong affirmation of the power of the regular, measured, single-axis timeline and the importance of visual tools in education" (Daniel Rosenberg and Anthony Grafton, 'Cartographies of Time: A History of the Timeline,' Princeton Architectural Press, 2010, p. 173). It could be purchased as an accordion form book as here, or on rollers for mounting on the wall. The chart begins with a view of the world from the Eastern Hemisphere (since the discovery of the… Read More