Kurtzes und accurates Systema Der Neueren Geographie Nach einer neuen und curieusen Methode, In sich fassende I. Eine generale Besichtigung des Globi Terraquei, oder ein Compendium des wahren Fundaments in der Geographie ... II. Eine particulaire Besichtigung des Globi Terraquei ... : Zu eines jeden Gebrauch [Brief and accurate system of modern geography, By a new and curious method.]
by Patrick Gordon; Johann Bernhard Heinzelmann
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Hanover: Ben Nikolaus Förster, 1718. Leather bound. Very good. A lovely old copy of of "A Brief and accurate system of modern geography, By a new and curious method." Translated and expanded by Johann Bernhard Heinzelmann from the sixth edition of Patrick Gordon's "Geography anatomized." Covers countries, customs, religions, and currency of the time and places.Bound in calfskin, with repaired cracking at the joint and wear to leather on front cover. Spine titled in faded gilt lettering. Missing the first free endpaper. Page edges stained with age. Double sheet title page in red and black ink. Part II divided by a double page illustration. Final page of the "Register" missing 1" circular section. Fraktur typeface. Text in German. 964 pp. octodecimo 4" x 6" tall
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- Kurtzes und accurates Systema Der Neueren Geographie Nach einer neuen und curieusen Methode, In sich fassende I. Eine generale Besichtigung des Globi Terraquei, oder ein Compendium des wahren Fundaments in der Geographie ... II. Eine particulaire Besichtigung des Globi Terraquei ... : Zu eines jeden Gebrauch [Brief and accurate system of modern geography, By a new and curious method.]
- Author
- Patrick Gordon; Johann Bernhard Heinzelmann
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ben Nikolaus Förster
- Place of Publication
- Hanover
- Date Published
- 1718
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Geography & Travel;
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