Ruinen von Palmyra (Thadmor) in der Wuste in Syrien
The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith
Small engraved portraits on title pages
9 3/8 " H x 12 " W
Uncommon mid 19th century lithographed map
Africa continent Donga Mts. empty interior 1841 Goodrich Bradford Boynton map Americas & Americana Ruinen von Palmyra (Thadmor) inAfrica. (Africa, Cape Colony, Mozambique, Madagascar, Congo, Angola, Guinea, Sudan, Egypt, Abyssinia, Tripoli, Tunis, Algeria, Morocco). Issued 1841, Boston by S. Goodrich. Engraved by Boynton. Uncommon mid 19th century engraved map with original hand color. Note the entirely empty interior, although the apocryphal Donga Mts. (Mts. of the Moon) are named and show as being one of the Nile sources. Lake of other lakes which do exist along the eastern