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THE GAZETEER'S; OR, NEWSMAN'S INTERPRETER; BEING A GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ALL THE CONSIDERABLE PROVINCES, CITIES, PATRIARCHSHIPS, BISHOPRICKS, UNIVERSITIES, DUKEDOMS, EARLDOMS, AND SUCH LIKE,IMPERIAL AND HANTA TOWN, PORTS, FORTS, CASTLES &TC. IN EUROPE bound with THE GAZETEER'S; OR, NEWSMAN'S INTERPRETER; BEING A GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ALL THE EMPIRES, KINGDOMS, ISLANDS, PROVINCES PENINSULAS: AS ALSO, OF THE CITIES, PATRIARCHSHIPS, BISHOPRICKS, UNIVERSITIES, DUKEDOMS, EARLDOMS, AND SUCH LIKE,IMPERIAL AND HANTA TOWN, PORTS, FORTS, CASTLES &TC IN ASIA, AFRICA, AND AMERICA... THE SECOND PART
by Echard, Laurence
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London, England / Belfast, Ireland: Francis Joy, 1740. Fifteenth Editon / Eighth Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good Plus. 12mo, 6.6 in. x 4.2 in. Unpaginated. Two 1740 publications bound together, each with its own title page. Handsomely rebound in three quarter calf with decorative gilt rule over marbled boards. Gilt title to black panels, gilt fleurons to alternate panels, and five raised bands to spine. Subscriber's list. Clean, unmarked interior. Two books in one: First part: Europe; Second part: Asia, Africa & America.
Laurence Echard (c. 1670-1730) was an English historian and clergyman. He wrote a History of England that was a standard work in its time.
Laurence Echard (c. 1670-1730) was an English historian and clergyman. He wrote a History of England that was a standard work in its time.
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- THE GAZETEER'S; OR, NEWSMAN'S INTERPRETER; BEING A GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ALL THE CONSIDERABLE PROVINCES, CITIES, PATRIARCHSHIPS, BISHOPRICKS, UNIVERSITIES, DUKEDOMS, EARLDOMS, AND SUCH LIKE,IMPERIAL AND HANTA TOWN, PORTS, FORTS, CASTLES &TC. IN EUROPE bound with THE GAZETEER'S; OR, NEWSMAN'S INTERPRETER; BEING A GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ALL THE EMPIRES, KINGDOMS, ISLANDS, PROVINCES PENINSULAS: AS ALSO, OF THE CITIES, PATRIARCHSHIPS, BISHOPRICKS, UNIVERSITIES, DUKEDOMS, EARLDOMS, AND SUCH LIKE,IMPERIAL AND HANTA TOWN, PORTS, FORTS, CASTLES &TC IN ASIA, AFRICA, AND AMERICA... THE SECOND PART
- Author
- Echard, Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Leather-bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifteenth Editon / Eighth Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Francis Joy
- Place of Publication
- London, England / Belfast, Ireland
- Date Published
- 1740
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