A Compendious Geographical Dictionary, Containing A Concise Description Of The Most Remarkable Places, Ancient And Modern, In Europe, Asia, Africa And America, Interspersed With Historical Anecdotes;.
Bound in original tree calf with gilt borders; Spine in compartments, decorated gilt with contrasting maroon morocco title label. Marbled endpapers. Extremities a little worn but otherwise a fine crisp copy.
£250.00
Publisher
Printed for W. Peacock and Sons, Salisbury-Square, Fleet-Street; By C. Rickaby, Peterborough-Court,
Place
London
Date
1804
Synopsis
To which are added, tables, showing the state of the representation of ireland in the united parliament; the population of england and wales; and the coins of various nations, with their value in english money; to the whole is prefixed an introduction exhibiting a view of the newtonian system of the planets, etc. the third edition. embellished with maps, including those of australasia and polynesia.
Item Description
8vo. 3.5 x 5.25 inches. 40 + unpaginated [408] pp.
Illustrations
Illustrated by 8 folding hand coloured maps, including frontispiece and folding chart of the solar system.
Notes
A world gazetteer with attractive hand coloured maps of the continents and of Polynesia; the south coast of Australia has yet to be charted. The first edition of this title was published in 1793. This third edition is scarce and COPAC records only two copies at Oxford and the National Library of Wales.
[Stock No. 22354]
