Description: I have here for sale a RARE book entitled A NEW HISTORICAL AND COMMERCIAL SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY: containing a Comprehensive History and Description of the Present State of All the Kingdoms of the World; including the Most Recent Discoveries of the Latest Voyages and Travellers, the whole forming a Complete Guide to Geography, Astronomy, the Use of the Globes, Maps, etc to which are added A New and Copious Geographical Index, with the Names and Places Alphabetically Arranged; and a Genealogical Table of all the Sovereigns of the World. Printed and published in 1803 by S Russell, Manchester. The book contains the maps of North America and of Asia, also a plate showing the North Gate of Peking, and two plates showing Captain Cook, Stockholm, Rome, Florence. A There are 15 world maps (the World Hemispheres, Europe, Northern Europe, Scotland, England and Wales, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Asia, Africa, North America, West Indies, South America) and 15 b/w engraved plates. The CORRECT MAP OF NORTH AMERICA is an uncommon map. It stretches from Georgia to Maine (Sagadahok) and is based on Robert de Vaugondy's Partie de l'Amérique Septentrionale, qui Comprend le Cours de l'Ohio, la Nlle. Angleterre, la Nlle York, le New Jersey, la Pensylvanie, le Maryland, la Virginie, la Caroline. The Carolinas and Virginia extend to the Mississippi River. Pennsylvania is enlarged and shown taking in part of New York, which in turn encompasses all of New Jersey. New England consists of only Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Lakes Huron, Ontario, and Erie appear in a largely accurate configuration. A large inset entitled "Supplement to Carolina" features the remainder of South Carolina and parts of Georgia. Filled with Indian names. Given that the map's source was 45 years old at the time of publication, this map is strangely out-of-date. Engraved by Holborn. Bound in full leather which is quite worn with tears. Both boards are detached and the binding block is split into many parts, so effectively disbound, although the boards are still present. Spine covering is mostly missing. It could benefit from being completely resewn and rebound. Pages generally clean but title and frontispiece pages are stained. Condition: poor/fair. 693 pages + index. 40 x 25 cm. We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a wide range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if and anything else takes your fancy. Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.
Price: 119.99 GBP
Location: Whitegate, Cheshire
End Time: 2024-11-13T19:53:43.000Z
Shipping Cost: 61.27 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
After receiving the item, your buyer should cancel the purchase within: 30 days
Binding: Leather
Non-Fiction Subject: Geography
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Region: Australia, Oceania
Original/Reproduction: Original
Publisher: S RUSSELL
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1803
