John Pinkerton: Modern Geography. A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies; with the Oceans, Seas, and Isles; in all Parts of the World: Including the Most Recent Discoveries, and Political Alterations. Digested on a new Plan. By John Pinkerton. The Astronomical Introduction by the Rev. S Vince, A.M. F.R.S. and Plumian Professor of Astronomy, and Experimental Philosophy, in the University of Cambridge. With Numerous Maps, Revised by the Author. To the whole are added, a Catalogue of the best Maps, and Books of Travels and Voyages, in all Languages: And an ample Index. A New Edition, Greatly Enlarged. In Three Volumes

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John Pinkerton : Modern Geography. A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies; with the Oceans, Seas, and Isles; in all Parts of the World: Including the Most Recent Discoveries, and Political Alterations. Digested on a new Plan. By John Pinkerton. The Astronomical Introduction by the Rev. S Vince, A.M. F.R.S. and Plumian Professor of Astronomy, and Experimental Philosophy, in the University of Cambridge. With Numerous Maps, Revised by the Author. To the whole are added, a Catalogue of the best Maps, and Books of Travels and Voyages, in all Languages: And an ample Index. A New Edition, Greatly Enlarged. In Three Volumes

T. Cadell and W. Davies, et al., London, c. 1807

Contemporary full brown calf, spine in six compartments of raised gilt bands, gilt motifs encased in gilt-tooled borders, black morocco labels on two and three. , Extremities worn, joints starting on all volumes, occasional browning, copper engraved maps have left offsets on facing text pages. Final leaf of first volume loose. Otherwise, in good condition. , 4to, P. Volume 1. frontis, title, printer’s imprint, preface iii-xiv, advertisement xv-xxvii, blank, memoir on geography xxix-xlviii, contents, blank, introduction i-cxxviii, contents cxxix-cxxxi, author’s note, 1-739; Volume 2. frontis, title, blank, contents iii-v, errata, memoir i-lii, 1-820; Volume 3. title, blank, contents (3), errata, 1-1006, advertisement (2)., Complete with 50 maps and a folding chart, divided as follows: Volume 1 with double page map of the world’s hemispheres as frontispiece, a folding chart, and 21 other maps; Volume 2 with double page Mercator projection map as frontispiece and 10 other maps, one of which being double-page; Volume 3 with 17 maps. NB: The first volume lists Portugal and Spain’s maps on separate lines, but they refer to only one map: although it may seem that 51 maps are called for, the complete number is 50., Volume : Three volumes

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