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The habitable world described, [electronic resource] : or the present state of the people in all par...

The habitable world described, [electronic resource] : or the present state of the people in all par...

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The habitable world described, [electronic resource] : or the present state of the people in all parts of the globe, from north to south; shewing the situation, extent, climate, productions, animals, &c. of the different Kingdoms and States; including all the new discoveries: Together with the genius, manners, customs, trade, religion, forms of government, &c. of the inhabitants, and every thing respecting them, that can be either entertaining or informing to the reader, collected from the earliest and latest accounts of historians and travellers of all nations; with some that have never been published in this kingdom; and, nothing advanced but on the best authorities. With a great variety of maps and copper-plates, engraved in a capital stile, the subjects of which are mostly new, and such as have never yet been given in any English work. By the Rev. Dr. John Trusler. Vol. I.

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The habitable world described, [electronic resource] : or the present state of the people in all parts of the globe, from north to south; shewing the situation, extent, climate, productions, animals, &c. of the different Kingdoms and States; including all the new discoveries: Together with the genius, manners, customs, trade, religion, forms of government, &c. of the inhabitants, and every thing respecting them, that can be either entertaining or informing to the reader, collected from the earliest and latest accounts of historians and travellers of all nations; with some that have never been published in this kingdom; and, nothing advanced but on the best authorities. With a great variety of maps and copper-plates, engraved in a capital stile, the subjects of which are mostly new, and such as have never yet been given in any English work. By the Rev. Dr. John Trusler. Vol. I.

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London : printed for the author, at the Literary-Press, No. 14, Red-Lion-Street, Clerkenwell; and sold by all booksellers, MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]

Date

MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]

Record Identifier

74VvbRe3Pl5A

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991014817569702626

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English

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[2],334p.,plates : maps ; 8°.

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Publisher

London : printed for the author, at the Literary-Press, No. 14, Red-Lion-Street, Clerkenwell; and sold by all booksellers, MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]

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The habitable world described, [electronic resource] : or the present state of the people in all parts of the globe, from north to south; shewing the situation, extent, climate, productions, animals, &c. of the different Kingdoms and States; including all the new discoveries: Together with the genius, manners, customs, trade, religion, forms of gov...

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General note

Pp. 129-334, sigs. I-Y, are another issue of the edition of vol. 1 in which the imprint gives the address of the Literary-Press as "No. 62 Wardour-Street, Soho".

Reproduction of original from British Library.

With an additional titlepage, engraved, bearing the same address and date.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T122426.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VvbRe3Pl5A

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MMS ID

991014817569702626