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Transactions of th American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge . London: Small, 1818. Quarto, volume one, with the large folding geological map of the U.S., hand-colored, with other full-page and folding illustrations, including insects, inventions, a woman with a large tumor, and two animal skulls "found in a morass called Big Bone Lick" by Thomas Jefferson, and others; original boards heavily damaged, contents with spotting and water staining, map with some strong old folds, 10 x 8 in.


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Date:
2013-11-17

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