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Title Wonders! Descriptive of Some of the Most Remarkable of Nature and Art. St. Michael's Volcano, Pyramids and Sphinx. Giant's Causeway. Palace and Statue of Memnon. Termites, Ant-Hills, and Pyramids. Ice Mountains. Great Wall of China. St. Winifred's Well. Mausoleum of Hyder Ali. Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre. Stonehenge. Pompey's Pillar, and Cleopatra's Needle. Fingal's Cave. Grotto of Antiparos. Colossus at Rhodes. Pont du Gard. Binding Wraps Book Condition Very Good Edition First edition Publisher London J. Harris and Son, Corner of St. Paul's Church-yard 1821 Seller ID 002023 Each of the Seven Wonders or natural phenomenon covered is accompanied by six lines of doggeril. There are 16 pages in all, with printing on one side of the leaves, which measure 17 by 11 cm, or 6.5 by 4 inches. Interesting as an early glimpse on faraway places and strange facets of the natural world and also as early juvenalia. Clean, with a few of the leaves cut tightly, with a few letters partly dropped in the text.
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