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The General Gazetteer; or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary in Miniature…

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  • London:: W. Palmer,, 1806.
By Brookes, Richard
12mo, period tree calf, spine tooled in gilt, morocco lettering piece, marbled endpapers, illustrated with 6 folding maps, [4], 356 pp. Just a bit of rubbing to joints and extremities, old ink signature to title; otherwise very good to near fine. This is a charming little gazetteer with folding maps of easter and western hemispheres, Africa , Asia, North and South America (on one sheet), and Europe. Thousands of locations are described, from Aa (a river in Dutch Brabant) to Zwoli (a town in the United Provinces). On the verso of the front free endpaper is an early 7 line notation regarding the measurement of longitude.

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