Dictionnaire Geographique-Portatif… Traduit de l'Anglois…
Dictionnaire Géographique-Portatif, ou Description des Royaumes, Provinces, Villes, Evêchés, Duchés, Comtés, Marquisats, Villes impériales, Ports, Forteresses, et autres lieux considérables des quatre parties du Monde… Traduit de l'Anglois, sur la treizième édition de Laurent Echard, avec des additions & des corrections considérables, par Mr. Vosgien, Chanoine de Vaucouleurs. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée de la Géographie ancienne, & d'une Explication des Termes de Marine & de Navigation.
Paris: Chez les Libraires Associés, 1779.
Octavo, with two folding maps; contemporary marbled calf.
A "portable" geographical dictionary
A much-published geographical reference work. Echard's ''A Most Compleat Compendium of Geography" had appeared in multiple editions from the end of the seventeenth century and continued in expanded and updated editions. This French version, with substantial additions by the translator Vosgien, was based on the 13th English edition.
A much-published geographical reference work. Echard's ''A Most Compleat Compendium of Geography" had appeared in multiple editions from the end of the seventeenth century and continued in expanded and updated editions. This French version, with substantial additions by the translator Vosgien, was based on the 13th English edition.
Condition Report: Binding worn at corners and edges.
Price (AUD): $285.00
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