The American Gazetteer: Exhibiting, in Alphabetical Order, a Much More Full and Accurate Account Than has been Given, of the States, Provinces, Counties, Cities, Towns...on the American Continent, also of the West India Islands, and Other Islands Appendant to the Continent, and Those Newly Discovered in the Pacific Ocean...with a Particular Description of the Georgia Western Territory..
by Morse, Jedidiah
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor (One map is not present; front cover is missing; rear cover heavily worn and detached; spine is heavily worn/chipped/scuffe
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: J. Stockdale, 1798. 2nd Edition, Corrected. Hardcover. Poor (One map is not present; front cover is missing; rear cover heavily worn and detached; spine is heavily worn/chipped/scuffed/smudged; textblock is broken into three pieces; maps are edgeworn, with some tearing at the folds, but on the whole, they're intact; maps are toned and foxed; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is toned and foxed.). Leather boards; viii, 634 pp.; 6 maps (some folded). This is a scarce item, especially with most maps still included. Maps included are "A New Map of North America, Showing All the New Discoveries, 1798," folded; "A Map of South America and the Adjacent Inlands, 1798"; "Map of the Northern Part of the United States of America" (folded); "Map of the Southern Part of the United States of America" (folded); "Chart of the New Discoveries East of New Holland and New Guinea" (folded); and "West Indies from the Best Authorities" (folded). The Map of the Northern Part of the U.S. has many closed tears at the folds and edges, where the bookblock is broken. Remaining maps are in better condition.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 199135
- Title
- The American Gazetteer: Exhibiting, in Alphabetical Order, a Much More Full and Accurate Account Than has been Given, of the States, Provinces, Counties, Cities, Towns...on the American Continent, also of the West India Islands, and Other Islands Appendant to the Continent, and Those Newly Discovered in the Pacific Ocean...with a Particular Description of the Georgia Western Territory..
- Author
- Morse, Jedidiah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor (One map is not present; front cover is missing; rear cover heavily worn and detached; spine is heavily worn/chipped/scuffe
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition, Corrected
- Publisher
- J. Stockdale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1798
- Keywords
- Maps and Atlases, United States ; United States ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maps and Atlases;
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