Containing a Physical, Political, and Statistical View of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States, Etc. etc. IN the known world; INCLUDING THE MOST RECENT DISCOVERIES AND POLITICAL ARRANGEMENTS. WITH A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY, AND A USEFUL COMPENDIUM OF ASTRONOMY, MINERALOGY, ETC. To which is subjoined a Historical Appendix, comprising a concise narration of the wars consequent of the French Revolution, till the Treaty of Paris, 1815. Embellished with appropriate engravings, and illustrated by correct statistical tables, and a complete atlas. In Five Volumes. [Engraved title: A NEW AND COMPLETE SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY].

THE GLASGOW GEOGRAPHY,

Verlag: Printed by Edward Khull and Co. for W. Somerville A. Fullarton J. Blackie, and Co., Glasgow, 1819

FIRST EDITION. 5 VOLUMES. 8vo. 5.5 x 8.75 inches. Vol. I, xi + 702 pp. Vol. II, iv + 879 pp. Vol. III, vi + 944 pp. Vol. IV, vi + 863 pp. Vol. IV, iv + 328 pp. + History of the Wars of the French Revolution (1820), xxvii + 511 pp. with separate title page, register and pagination. Illustrated by 31 folding maps and 28 engraved plates, including engraved title at beginning of Vol. I. A well illustrated survey of the world as known in 1819. Vol. I covers universal history and the continents of Africa and Asia; Vol. II, Europe, including Russia, Turkey and the British Isles; Vol. III, the rest of Europe- Spain and Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Prussia.; Vol. IV, America, Canada, the USA and Spanish America and Vol. V, Portuguese America, the West Indies and Astronomy and Geography. Also included with the last volume is the long history of the recent French Wars (1820) which was also published separately. This first edition of the Geography is scarce and COPAC records only two copies, in the British Library and the National Library of Scotland. TOPOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY TOPOGRAPHY 19TH CENTURY FOLDING MAPS TOPOGRAPHY. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 27755

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Titel: Containing a Physical, Political, and ...
Verlag: Printed by Edward Khull and Co. for W. Somerville A. Fullarton J. Blackie, and Co., Glasgow
Erscheinungsdatum: 1819