Geographical Fun: Being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries. With an Introduction and Descriptive Lines. By "Aleph." London: Hodder and Stoughton, 37, Paternoster Row
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | unmediated; volume |
| Extent | 1 volume : 12 maps ; 29 x 24 cm. |
| Place | England |
| Place | London |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton |
| Publication date | 1868; 1868 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Harvey, William (pseudonym "Aleph") 1796-1873. | |
|---|---|---|
| Associated with | Lancaster (Tennant), Lilian, 1852-1939. |
Subjects
| Subject | Atlases > 19th century |
|---|---|
| Subject | Pictorial maps > 19th century |
| Subject | Historical geography > Maps > 19th century |
| Genre | Text |
| Genre | Atlases. |
| Genre | Maps |
| Genre | Pictorial maps. |
Bibliographic information
| Note | Geography Book. |
|---|---|
| Note | References: Slowther, Catherine. 1981, September. Compass Points, in The Map Collector, Issue No. 16:48-50. |
| Note | The plates in this volume are based on pictures drawn by Lilian Lancaster in her fifteenth year to amuse and entertain her sick brother. Lilian had a very successful stage career but eventually returned to illustration under her married name, L. Tennant. She illustrated the 1912 volume "Stories of Old" by E.L. Hoskyn, see Pub List No. 12068.000. Maroon cloth-covered boards with beveled edges and gilt decoration. Front cover text in gilt, "Geographical Fun. Humourous Outlines of Various Countries." Front cover has large label with color plate for Prussia. |
| Local note | Pub list no.: 12069.000. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/sh720np3990 |
| Location | electronic resource |
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