A COMPENDIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, CONTAINING, A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST REMARKABLE PLACES, ANCIENT AND MODERN, IN EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, & AMERICA,

London: W. Peacock, 1795. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good plus. Item #42965

Lengthy title continues: "Interspersed with Historical Anecdotes, to which are added, a Chronological Table from the Creation to the Present Time; A Monthly List of all the Fixed Fairs in England and Wales; and, A Table of the Coins of the Various Nations, and their Values in English Money, To the whole is prefixed, and Introduction, exhibiting a view of The Newtonian System of the Planets, etc.." iv, 33 numbered pages, all other pages unnumbered, plus all seven color outlined folded maps throughout. All edges in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Professionally rebacked in burgundy leather with black leather title label sometime in the past. Contemporary burgundy morocco boards remain. Lower cover edges rough, else a very good plus copy.

Price: $295.00