[Rarebooks] For Sale: Beazley, The Dawn of Modern Geography, 3 volumes, Inscribed

[Norman Kane]

BEAZLEY, C. RAYMOND.   THE DAWN OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY. A HISTORY OF 
EXPLORATION & GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE . . .  WITH REPRODUCTIONS OF THE 
PRINCIPAL MAPS OF THE TIME.   [THREE VOLUMES.]  London:Henry Frowde, 
n.d.; London: John Murray, 1901; Oxford: Clarendon Press, 
1906.  Thick 8vos, original matching publishers' cloth with gold 
stamping, ends of spines a little worn, otherwise excellent. 
COMPLETE  with the many maps and plates, as listed.  SIGNED comment 
by Beazley regarding his concept of the work, and with an added quote 
in his hand from Verlaine.  (Covers the period from the conversion of 
the Roman Empire to the early years of the 15th Century: the 
achievements & writings of the Christian, Arab & Chinese travellers & 
students; Norsemen; the Crusades; Jewish travellers; diplomatic 
travel; the Polos & their successors; maritime exploration;
pilgrim travellers; commercial travel ; geographical theory; &c; 
&c.  A major work.)      $375.00               (Trade Discount 10 %)


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