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IV.
AN ENTIRE NEW WORK.
Elegantly printed on an excellent new Letter and fuperfina
Paper, to be compleated in One Hundred Numbers, oi*
the Overplus given Gratis ; every Number to be enriched
with at leaft One beautiful Copper-plate, finely engraved
by a capital Mafter ; the Whole forming the moftfuperb
Set of Prints ever given in a Work of the Kind, in this
or any other Kingdom.
On Saturday next will be publijhed. Price only 6d.
Adorned with a curious Frontifpiecc, drawn by Wale, and
engraved by Burder j and a large whole Sheet Map of the
World, finely ornamented,
NUMBER I. (To be continued Weekly) Df
A NEW AND COMPLETE
SYSTEM of GEOGRAPHY.
Containing a full, accurate, authentic, and intcrefting
Account and Defcnption of Euro'pe, Afia, Africa, and
America 5 as confiding of Continents, Iflands, Oceans, Seas,
Rivers, Lakes, Promontories, Capes, Bays, Peninfulas,
Ifthmufies, Gulphs, &c. and divided into Empires, King¬
doms, States, and Republics: Together with their Limits,
Boundaries, Climate, Soil, Natural and Artificial Curio-
fities'and Productions, Religion, Laws, Government, Re¬
venues, Forces, Antiquities, &c. Alfo the Provinces, Ci¬
ties, Towns, Villages, Forts, Cattles, Hat hours, Sea-Ports,
Aouetm&s, Mountains^ Mines, Minerals, Foflils, Roads,
Public and Private Edifices, Univerfities, &c. contained in
each; and all that is interetting relative to the Cuttoms,
Manners, Genius, Tempers, Habits, Amrfements, Cere¬
monies, Commerce, Arts, Sciences, Manufailures, and
Language of the Inhabitants ; with an accurate and lively
Defcriptton of all the various Kinds of Birds, Bealls,
Reptiles, Fiflics, amphibious Creatures, Inl'e&s, &c. Alfo
a coroife Hiftory of- every Empire, Kingdom, State, &c.
frtil and flu. various Revolutions they have undergone. To which
will be added, a New and Ealy Guide to Geography, and the
Ufe of the Globes.
By Charles Theodore Middleton, Efq.
A(Tifted by feveral Gentlemen eminent for their Know¬
ledge in the Science of Geography.
A» V.
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IV.
AN ENTIRE NEW WORK.
Elegantly printed on an excellent new Letter and fuperfina
Paper, to be compleated in One Hundred Numbers, oi*
the Overplus given Gratis ; every Number to be enriched
with at leaft One beautiful Copper-plate, finely engraved
by a capital Mafter ; the Whole forming the moftfuperb
Set of Prints ever given in a Work of the Kind, in this
or any other Kingdom.
On Saturday next will be publijhed. Price only 6d.
Adorned with a curious Frontifpiecc, drawn by Wale, and
engraved by Burder j and a large whole Sheet Map of the
World, finely ornamented,
NUMBER I. (To be continued Weekly) Df
A NEW AND COMPLETE
SYSTEM of GEOGRAPHY.
Containing a full, accurate, authentic, and intcrefting
Account and Defcnption of Euro'pe, Afia, Africa, and
America 5 as confiding of Continents, Iflands, Oceans, Seas,
Rivers, Lakes, Promontories, Capes, Bays, Peninfulas,
Ifthmufies, Gulphs, &c. and divided into Empires, King¬
doms, States, and Republics: Together with their Limits,
Boundaries, Climate, Soil, Natural and Artificial Curio-
fities'and Productions, Religion, Laws, Government, Re¬
venues, Forces, Antiquities, &c. Alfo the Provinces, Ci¬
ties, Towns, Villages, Forts, Cattles, Hat hours, Sea-Ports,
Aouetm&s, Mountains^ Mines, Minerals, Foflils, Roads,
Public and Private Edifices, Univerfities, &c. contained in
each; and all that is interetting relative to the Cuttoms,
Manners, Genius, Tempers, Habits, Amrfements, Cere¬
monies, Commerce, Arts, Sciences, Manufailures, and
Language of the Inhabitants ; with an accurate and lively
Defcriptton of all the various Kinds of Birds, Bealls,
Reptiles, Fiflics, amphibious Creatures, Inl'e&s, &c. Alfo
a coroife Hiftory of- every Empire, Kingdom, State, &c.
frtil and flu. various Revolutions they have undergone. To which
will be added, a New and Ealy Guide to Geography, and the
Ufe of the Globes.
By Charles Theodore Middleton, Efq.
A(Tifted by feveral Gentlemen eminent for their Know¬
ledge in the Science of Geography.
A» V.
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Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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