BOOK OF THE WORLD 1853-1854

Book of the world. News from the natural sciences, historiography of countries and peoples, lives of illustrious people, travels, descriptions of interesting localities ..., Parts 1-2. Warsaw 1853 and 1954, publ. by S. H. Merzbach. 26 cm, pp. [4], 110, [2]; 111-398, [2], col., lithographs 22, intaglio 21, lithographs b/w. 2, map (loss ¼), total 45 engravings. Binding in period fawn, gilt, soiling, discoloration of pages, traces of dampstaining in places, block loosened in one place.