THE GENERAL GAZETTEER; OR, COMPENDIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE EMPIRES, KINGDOMS, STATES, PROVINCES, CITIES, TOWNS, FORTS, SEAS, BARBOURS, RIVERS, LAKES, MOUNTAINS, CAPES, &c. IN THE KNOWN WORLD
by BROOKES, R
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No d/w
- Seller
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Skreen, Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
London: J. Johnson, Clarke & Sons., 1809. Book. Fair. Full Leather. Fourteenth Edition.. xvi + unpaginated gazetteer (approx. 600 pages); With the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country; the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the trade, manufactures, and curiosities, of the cities and towns, with their longitude and latitude, bearing and distance in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished. Illustrated by eight (fold-out)maps, with considerable additions and improvements; Covers rubbed and worn at edges and spine cracked along hinges with some loss to head and tail; Slight trace of insect damage to front pastedown and first 20 pages; Previous owner's stamp to front pastedown and bookplate of Lady Charlotte Crofton; Digital photos available on request; Size: 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Weathered Stone Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005057
- Title
- THE GENERAL GAZETTEER; OR, COMPENDIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE EMPIRES, KINGDOMS, STATES, PROVINCES, CITIES, TOWNS, FORTS, SEAS, BARBOURS, RIVERS, LAKES, MOUNTAINS, CAPES, &c. IN THE KNOWN WORLD
- Author
- BROOKES, R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No d/w
- Edition
- Fourteenth Edition.
- Publisher
- J. Johnson, Clarke & Sons.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1809
- Keywords
- BROOKE'S GAZETTEER;
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Skreen, Sligo
About Weathered Stone Books
In operation since 1982 as The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin until 2005. Then in USA as Wandering Star Books an online bookseller also conducting appraisals for private collectors and institutions. Now back in Ireland and living in beautiful Sligo with views of the Atlantic and selling online.
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