LENGLET DUFRESNOY (Nicholas)

Geography for Children: or, A Short and Easy Method of Teaching and Learning Geography: Designed Principally for the Use of Schools. Whereby Even Children may in a short Time know the Use of the Terrestrial Globe and Geographical Maps... Translated from the French of Abbot Lenglet du Fresnoy.

London: Printed for J. Johnson and E. Newbery, 1791. Sixteenth edition, 12mo, xii, 154, [2]pp., 2 folding maps (one with hole to hold), contemporary hessian binding. Provenance: Early ownership inscription 'E. Franklin 1791, Bombay on the coast of Deccan, Asia.' Roscoe, J212(3).

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Du Fresnoy, Lenglet; Oswald Edwards, ed.

Du Fresnoy's Geography for Youth; or, a Short and Easy Method of Teaching and Learning Geography

Dublin, Ireland, Printed by A. Stewart, . Fifteenth Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Very Good interior, and having been lovingly rebound in new full green leather with stamped borders and flourishes by the master binder Pat Bruno in 2000. Contains a folding map of the world, a fold-out illustration of the artificial sphere including the Ptolomean system and the Tychghonick system. The illustration is a perfect facsimile of the original. Former gilt lettering on spine has rubbed away. The publication date for this stated Fifteenth Edition is not stated, but on p. 44 the union of Ireland and England is suggested to be occurring, which did in fact occur in 1800. Translated from the French of Abbe Lenglet Du Fresnoy, though it is not stated by whom. The sub-title for this handsome little tome continues thusly: "Designed Principally FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS. Whereby Even Children may, in a short time, keep the Use of the Terrestrial Globe and Geographical Maps, and all considerable Countries in the World, their Situation, Boundaries, Extent, Division, Islands, Rivers, Lakes, Chief Cities, Government and Religion. Divided Into Lessons, By Way of QUESTION AND ANSWER. With the new General Map of the World . . . " 180 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Keywords: geography latitude|longitude|terrestrial globe|maps|mapmaking|Oswald Edwards