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Ancient India, as Described by Ptolemy, Being a Translation of the Chapters which Describe India and Central and Eastern Asia in the Treatise on Geography Written by Klaudios Ptolemaios, the Celebrated Astronomer, with Introductions, Commentary, Map....
by John W. McCrindle
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Front board detached. Faded purple cloth with gilt title to spine. Endpapers slightly darkened by binder's glue bleed. "N. Y. City. Oct. 2. 1917" inscribed on flyleaf. Includes black and white fold-out map of India according to Ptolemy and extensive index. Includes 96 page catalogue of Trubner's Oriental & Linguistic Publications to rear. Wear to head and tail of spine. Clean interior with no previous owners' names or other defacements. Scarce.
6 x 9 in
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- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8895
- Title
- Ancient India, as Described by Ptolemy, Being a Translation of the Chapters which Describe India and Central and Eastern Asia in the Treatise on Geography Written by Klaudios Ptolemaios, the Celebrated Astronomer, with Introductions, Commentary, Map....
- Author
- John W. McCrindle
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Trubner & Co.; Thacker, Spink & co.; B.E.S. Press
- Place of Publication
- London; Calcutta; Bombay
- Date Published
- 1885
- Pages
- 373 [96]
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geography; India;
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William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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About William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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