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SHOBERL, Frederic [Ed]
The World in Miniature. Illyria and Dalmatia; containing a description of the manners, customs, habits, dress, and other peculiarities characteristic of their inhabitants, and those of the adjacent countries. 2 Volume set
Dalmatia is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. In classical antiquity, Illyria was a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, approximately the area of northern and central Albania down to the Aoös valley.
- Published
- London: R. Ackermann, c 1821.
- References
- Abbey Travel 6 (part); Tooley 515.
- Plates
- 8
- Binding/Size
- Xs=12mo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: R. Ackermann, c 1821.
- Ref
- 308
Illustrations: 27 hand-coloured plates (6 missing) Dimensions: 160 x 100 mm (6 x 4 inches) Appearance: Quarter-leather cover. Good condition without dustwrapper. Very rubbed and bumped blue paper boards. A rubbed and scuffed red leather spine. Slightly foxed in places. Uncut pages. Binding tight in volume 1. Binding loose at the top section in volume 2. Back board of volume 2 split from contents. Illustrated with thirty-two coloured engravings. Plates missing vol 1: pp 41 105109 vol 2: pp102 pp147. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontis. Slavon / Wende / Illyrien. 2. A Man of the Geilthal. 3. A Woman of the Geilthal. 4. A Woman of Istria. 5. A Japide Woman. 6. A Wipachian Woman. 7. A Gothscheer Woman. 8. A Morlachian.
