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The New Universal Gazetteer; or, Geographical Dictionary: Containing A Description of All the Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Forts, Seas, Harbours, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, and Capes, in The Known World; With the Government, Customs, Manners, and Religion of The Inhabitants; The Extent, Boundaries, and Natural Productions of Each Country; The Trade, Manufactures, and Curiousities of The Cities and Towns, Collected from the Best Authors; Their Longitude, Latitude, Bearings, and Distances, Ascertained by Actual Measurement, on the Most Authentic Charts. Together With an Atlas, Containing Twenty-Six Whole-Sheet Maps. Atlas to Cruttwells Gazetteer 26 Folding Maps of The World, Complete

Cruttwell, The Rev. Clement · Dublin, London

Author
Cruttwell, The Rev. Clement
Date
1800
Place
Dublin, London
Publisher
John Sockdale, G.G. & J. Robinson
Language
English
Binding
4to.(8.5" x 10.5") 1032 pp. Full brown mottled calf. Spine with gilt lettering to red leather with fancy gilt borders. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss to tips. Rear board lacking top half of leather, both joints split, covers held by cords. Armorial bookplate of Alexander Crofts to front pastedown. Four pages of A List of The Subscribers Names, text in two columns. Dampstain to bottom 1/5 of pages 333-352, foxing throughout, but darker towards front and rear of text. Last couple of text pages partially disbound towards head. Pencilled notes to rear free endpaper. For the Folio Atlas, each bound map measuring 18.75" x 14.75". Lacking Title Page, this folio features the 26 listed double-page copper engraved maps with contemporary hand-colored territorial borders. Bound in quarter mottled tan leather with tiny corners over marbled boards. Spine with double gilt rule bands and gilt title to red leather towards head. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with tiny loss to one tip. Head and foot of spine with tiny closed tears, small loss to head. Boards scuffed and rubbed in places, extremities rubbed with loss of paper to board edges. Upper corner of first free endpaper with loss (see pic). Among the maps, "The World" and "Poland" are creased at the fold, some offsetting to maps. Overall, a beautiful large Atlas of maps from the 18th century.
Format
Fine, copper plate engravings
Category
Religion & Theology
Record
S.I.8502

The New Universal Gazetteer; or, Geographical Dictionary: Containing A Description of All the Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Forts, Seas, Harbours, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, and Capes, in The Known World; With the Government, Customs, Manners, and Religion of The Inhabitants; The Extent, Boundaries, and Natural Productions of Each Country; The Trade, Manufactures, and Curiousities of The Cities and Towns, Collected from the Best Authors; Their Longitude, Latitude, Bearings, and Distances, Ascertained by Actual Measurement, on the Most Authentic Charts. Together With an Atlas, Containing Twenty-Six Whole-Sheet Maps. Atlas to Cruttwells Gazetteer 26 Folding Maps of The World, Complete. 1800. Dublin, London: John Sockdale, G.G. & J. Robinson.

4to.(8.5" x 10.5") 1032 pp. Full brown mottled calf. Spine with gilt lettering to red leather with fancy gilt borders. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss to tips. Rear board lacking the top half of leather, both joints split, covers held by cords. Armorial bookplate of Alexander Crofts to front pastedown. Four pages of A List of The Subscribers' Names, text in two columns. Dampstain to the bottom 1/5 of pages 333-352, foxing throughout, but darker towards the front and rear of the text. The last couple of text pages are partially disbound towards the head. Pencilled notes to rear free endpaper. For the Folio Atlas, each bound map measures 18.75" x 14.75". Lacking a Title Page, this folio features the 26 listed double-page copper-engraved maps with contemporary hand-colored territorial borders. Bound in quarter mottled tan leather with tiny corners over marbled boards. Spine with double gilt rule bands and gilt title to red leather towards the head. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with tiny loss to one tip. Head and foot of spine with tiny closed tears, small loss to the head. Boards scuffed and rubbed in places, extremities rubbed with loss of paper to board edges. Upper corner of first free endpaper with loss (see pic). Among the maps, "The World" and "Poland" are creased at the fold, with some offsetting to the maps. Overall, a beautiful, large Atlas of maps from the 18th century.

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