THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTER AND GUARDIAN FOR 1844 Vol. 8 New Series Vol. 28 From The Commencement

J. Mason: London, 1844. Hardcover. Good. Item #21-8292

12/12 plates, text illus., 7.5 x 4.5", 1/2 leather, spine with gilt lettering and dec marbled boards and endpapers, 442pp including index. Covers very well worn, leather scuffed/scraped and missing small pieces, spine torn, outer/inner hinges cracked, contents toned, scattered foxing, staining to first few pp. Textblock tight. Plates of/stories on Battle Abbey; William Cecil, Lord Burleigh; Frederick, King Of Bohemia; etc. Other articles: "The Andansonia An Enormous African Tree" (the Africans would hollow out the tree and put in the bodies of their enemies), "Dante Alighieri, The Italian Poet". Regular features include "Brief Astronomical Notices", "Notices Of Animal And Vegetable Nature", "Juvenile Obituary". SWAF. SCARCE.

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