SCHOBERL'S WORLD. SCHOBERL, FREDERIC. 1775-1853. Editor. The World in Miniature. China, Austria,...

SCHOBERL'S WORLD. SCHOBERL, FREDERIC. 1775-1853. Editor. The World in Miniature. China, Austria, Turkey, Russia, Hindoostan, England and Scotland. London: R, Ackerman, c. 1823. 30 volumes (only), 12mo (150 x 90 mm). 546 hand-colored engraved plates, some folding. Original boards in various colors, printed paper labels to spines, housed in 6 quarter morocco clamshell cases. Cases rubbed at joints, one with cover detached, boards worn at extremities with some chipping, a few leaves loose, offsetting from plates, minor browning and foxing. FIRST EDITION. Schoberl and Ackermann's series of 'the peculiar manners, customs, and character of the different nations of the globe' including 'such circumstantial details respecting the various branches of the great family of Man, as are not to be found in any of our systems of geography, but are to be gleaned only from careful perusal of the accounts of those by whom they have been visited.' Includes volumes on England, Scotland and Ireland, Spain and Portugal, Russia, Austria, Switzerland, Turkey, Hindoostan (sic), Tibet and India Beyond the Ganges, China, and South Sea Islands. Abbey Travel 6; Colas 2722-2737; Tooley 515. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing