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Title: Geography for Youth, or, a plain and easy introduction to the science of geography , for the use of young gentlemeen and ladies. containing an accurate description of the several Parts of the known world. To which is added Geographical Questions....illustrated by twelve mpas, on which are delineated the new discoveries made by Commodore Byron and the Captains Wallis, Carteret and Cook. The Third Edition. ( Bound with) Catalogue of Books...printed by W. Lowndes.
Description: .: London, printed for W. Lowndes, N° 77, Fleet-Street, 1787, in-8°, (4)nn pp + 260 pp + 12 engraved maps or plates (of which 10 folding). Bound in at the end; ''A catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, Prints, Oratorios and Plays ; printed for and sold by W. Lowndes...London''. (24) nn pp. Bound in contemporary roan, smooth spine , sparsely decorated with only 7 gilt horizontal lines , gilt dentelles to edges. Binding with minimal wear, a fine, crisp and nearly unused copy. The frontispiece folding world map shows the discoveries by J. Procter and Cook's travels in the Endeavour and the Resolution. .

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Price: EUR 275.00 = appr. US$ 298.88 Seller: Antiquariaat Wim de Goeij
- Book number: 39675