STRAY LEAVES FROM THE BOOK OF NATURE

Published by G. P. Putnum & Co, New York, 1855

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8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maximilian Schele De Vere was a professor of modern languages at the 1st edition. A Very Good copy. 8vo., 291 pp. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth, with the front board decorated in blind. Title and leaf decoration on the spine in gilt. Remnants of a sticker at the foot of the spine. End papers toned. Book plate on the front paste down. Text clean and bright. An attractive copy. *** University of Virginia and a founding member of the American Philological Society. After studying languages in Germany, Schele De Vere edited a German-language newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and then studied Greek at Harvard. In 1844, he joined the faculty at the University of Virginia, teaching there for more than fifty years. He supported the Confederacy during the American Civil War (1861-1865), serving as captain of a home guard unit. Before and after the war he published regularly, including translations, collections of essays, and textbooks-Encyc. Virginia***.

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Title
STRAY LEAVES FROM THE BOOK OF NATURE
Author
M. Schele De Vere, of the University Of Virginia
Publisher
G. P. Putnum & Co, New York
Publication year
1855
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Cloth
Edition
1st Edition.
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