Lights and Shadows of Asiatic History: by the Author of Peter Parley's Tales
Boston: J.E. Hickman, [1844]. Near contemporaneous reprint. 8vo. 320pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece of a Chinese encampment, additional title with vignette, illustrations in text. Publisher's blind-decorated cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Losses at ends of spine, corners bumped, two gatherings sprung, some browning and spotting. Item #401160
Goodrich's text opens with an early history of Asia, and is followed by chapters on Babylon, Hindostan, Persia, Zorosaster, the destruction of Jerusalem, Palmyra, the Saracens, Ghingis Khan, Marco Polo, Siberia, Ceylon, Japan and more. The first edition (Sabin 27906) was published in Boston the same year by a different publisher.
Price: $40.00