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4to (27 x 22 cm). Mit 2 gest. Front., 25 kolorierten gef. Kupferkarten u. 52 Kupfertaf. XX, 816, 768 S., 2 Bl. Ldr. d. Zeit m. blindgeprägt. Deckeln u. u. Rücken. Wohl 1802 zuerst erschienene universale Weltgeschichte mit Reisen und Entdeckungen mit zahlreichen Illustrationen. Seltene Ausgabe aus diesem Verlag (nicht bei KVK, da kein Tafelverzeichnis vorliegt, kann Vollständigkeit nicht garantiert werden, es sind aber offensichtlich keine Seiten oder Tafeln entfernt worden). - Einbände stärker lädiert, Fehlstelle am Rücken v. Bd. 2, Vordergelenk dort angebrochen. Wenige Bl. verknickt, nur im Rande etw. stockfleckig, sonst vorwiegend sauber u. wohlerhalten. gr.

SPLENDID ENGRAVED MAPS & PLATES. Two volumes. Folio in 2s. [4], xx, [5]-774; [2], 1105, [1] pp. 2 engraved frontispiece plates in each vol., 1 frontis. folding engraved atlas of the world in each vol., 89 engraved plates including maps (many large folding) & scenes, index; light foxing, final blank torn (vol. II). Original full tree calf, gilt spines, gilt-stamped black calf labels; joints split, extremities rubbed. Very good. EARLY EDITION of this monumental survey of the world in a beautiful period tree-calf binding. Encompassing all areas of science, history, anthropology and geography, this extraordinary work attempts to capture the totality of human endeavor, and discovery. Richly illustrated with 95 engraved plates including many large folding maps, and scenes including: London from Waterloo Bridge, Stonehenge, Trajan's Column, ruins of Athens, the Copernican solar system, an armillary sphere, an offering before Captain Cook, Niagara Falls, the pyramids of Egypt, Rome, Paris, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, and many more. REFERENCES: BMC (Microprint edition), vol. 13, p. 1107. [FULL TITLE: A New System of Universal Geography; or, An Authentic History and Interesting Description of the Whole World, and its Inhabitants: Comprehending a Copious and Entertaining Account of all the Empires, Kingdoms, States, Republics, and Colonies, of Asia, Africa, America, and Europe; as Consisting of Oceans, Continents, Islands, Promontories, Capes, Bays, Peninsulas, Isthmuses, Gulphs, Lakes, Rivers, Canals, Harbours, Mountains, Volcanoes, Deserts, &c. with Their Respective Situations, Extent, Latitude, Longitude, Boundaries, Climate, Air, Soil, Metals, Minerals, Vegetable Productions, and Every Curiosity, Natural and Artificial, Worthy of Notice Throughout the Face of Nature, Both by Land and Water. Likewise, An Exact Account of the Population, Military and Civil Governments, Revenues, Laws, Trade, Commerce, Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, Agriculture, Religion, Customs, Language, manners, Genius, Habits, Ceremonies, Amusements, and General Character and Pursuits of the Various Nations of the Earth. Including, Details of the Most Remarkable Battles, Sieges, Sea-Fights, and Revolutions, that have Taken Place in Different Parts of the Habitable Globe. With Faithful Accounts of all the new Discoveries that have Been Made by the Most Celebrated Navigators of Various Nations, from Columbus, the First Discoverer of America, to the Death of the Renowned Captain Cook, and Those Who Have Succeeded him, to the Present Time. Also, Interesting Extracts from the Most Authentic Narratives of Modern Travellers, and the Missionaries who have Been Sent Out by Different Societies; Forming a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels, Illustrative of the Present State of the Known World. To Which will be Subjoined, a Useful Compendium of Astronomy, with Remarks on the Use of Globes, &c. The Whole Concluding with a Copious Index, upon a Plan Entirely New, and Designed to Form a General Gazetteer of the World. [2 volumes].].

Brown hardback leather cover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. G : in good condition. Cover worn with loss to leather. Front board loose. Worming (extinct) to prelims. Occasional foxing and marks. 390mm x 260mm (15" x 10"). 990pp, [vi] + plates. 90 b/w plates + 18 b/w maps (8 fold-out). . And Containing a Complete Genuine History and Description of the Whole World, . with an Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of Navigation throughout the Known World. 2 volumes bouns as 1. William Cooper His Booke. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas.

Hard Cover. Zustand: G+. First Edition. Undated, but 1787-1788. 2 vols. Elephant Folio. original full calf gilt, spine labels (rubbed & worn, rebacked with original spines laid-down, hinges slackening, cloth tape strengthening to hinges, both volumes, some chipping to leather, amateurish repairs, internally clean & complete); pp. [iv], 1-460, with frontispiece, 94 plates (full-page, 1/2 page &1/4 page) on 51 sheets, 6 folding maps/charts + 1 full page; [ii (title, last blank)], 461-990 (page 663 erroneously labelled 635), [4 (list of Subscribers), misbound between p.988 & 989], 2 [Directions to the Binder for placing the cuts]), with 70 plates (full-page & 1/2 page) on 39 sheets, 6 folding maps/charts + 10 full page (see Alan Frost in La Trobe Journal No. 8, October 1971 for a history of the book, highlighting differences in content and pagination between editions). Very heavy set (9 kg), additional postage may be required for international and domestic delivery. A good copy of an early issue, intact but would benefit from some restoration. Ex-libris Charles Scobie (ANARE, Macquarie Island, 1948), with his ownership signature and date (29-5-1941) to rear pastedown.

Hardcover. 2nd or 3rd edition. Likely to be an original subscriber's copy, listed as "Wilson - Crown Court, Broad St.", likely to be "John Wilson" whose red gilt leather ownership label is mounted into the front board, with special blind tooled lines surrounding it. A second or third edition, published between 1789 & 1791, according to research by Alan Frost published in the LaTrobe Journal of the State Library of Victoria, No. 8, 1971. A very bright unsophisticated copy of this work, which has become increasingly scarce. Ferguson 59 describes a 1 volume edition & cites only the Mitchell Library copy. Many of the illustrations were derived from Cook's Voyages, and were the most generally available representations of the natives of the Pacific Northwest, Tasmania, New Zealand, Hawaii & the Pacific accessible to the public at the time. It is these contemporary images which make this work scarce as so many have been broken up. Folio. Frontispiece, title page, (verso blank), (i) Royal Licence, (ii) Address to the Reader, (1)-990 Texts, etc. +2 pp Directions to the Binder, 2 pp A List of Subscribers, Complete with 90 plates & 22 maps (the map of Great Britain has original hand color; the map of Europe has been hand colored, not unpleasantly but not professionally). Maps and plates are in very good + condition with no refolding or cracking which is usual in this work. Bound in period reversed calf, red gilt title label on spine. Matching early reverse calf strengthening of outer hinge, a couple of splits on leather of spine and very chipped at top and bottom, o/w a very nice copy. "The geography books which appeared in the closing decades of the eighteenth century. are of considerable significance to students of the history of ideas, for the light they shed on English interest in geography and geographical exploration at the end of the eighteenth century. One of the most imposing of these usually quite imposing books is Thomas Bankes, Edward Warren Blake, and Alexander Cook's A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography. A massive folio volume this was a popular work, running to six editions in the ten years from 1787 to 1797."(Frost, Thomas Bankes's Complete System, The La Trobe Journal, 1971). Extedned title - All the late important Discoveries made by the English, and other celebrated Navigators of various Nations, in the different Hemispheres, from the Celebrated Columbus, the first Discoverer of America, to the Death of our no less celebrated Countryman Captain Cook, & c. and the Latest Accounts of the English Colony of Botany Bay:.

pp. (ii), 460; (ii), (461)-970, (ii) Directions to Binder. 22 engraved maps, some folding, by THOMAS BOWEN and 90 engraved plates. Lacking 9 maps [New Discoveries : World : World Chart : Africa : Europe : South America : Great Britain : Asia : Russian Empire] and both frontispieces and 1 plate, with 2 plates erroneously listed. Contemporary calf worn but joints intact, final text leaf to v.I lacking lower half, one other text leaf torn across without loss, a few corners torn, 2 plates damaged with loss at the top margin, occasional marginal tear and loss, offered as a good reading copy.

Three important Alexander Hogg engravings of New South Wales, in a disbound chapter, complete in itself. This is the chapter on Australia with subheadings: 'New Holland' (Australia), 'New South Wales', 'Botany Bay', 'Port Jackson', 'Late Accounts respecting the colony at Port Jackson, as far as Dec. 16, 1791', and 'Norfolk Island'. Includes three important Alexander Hogg copper plate engravings: 1. "A View in Port Jackson, New South Wales", T. Webley sculp, Pub. by Alexr. Hogg May 1, 1793. This engraving was first used to illustrate the title page for 'Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales', by Surgeon General John White, published in London in 1790. It depicts indigenous Australians involved in fishing, with one of the canoes with a fire burning inside on a flat stone, so that fish could be cooked as soon as it was caught. Trove 47997. 2. "Captains Hunter, Collins & Johnston, with Governor Phillip, Surgeon White, & c. Visiting a Distressed Female Native of New South Wales, at a Hut near Port Jackson" (published by Alexr. Hogg). Trove 7890412. 3. "A Man, woman & Children of New South Wales", Drawn from a Sketch taken on the Spot, Goldar, sculp, published by Alexr. Hogg. After the engraving by William Blake in 'An historical journal of the transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island' by John Hunter. Trove 8953998. Disbound section, complete in itself, 4to, pages 9 - 32, with 3 full page b&w plates. A four inch tear at p 19; the third plate detached, slt dusty at edges, o/w very good. We cannot ascertain what this is disbound from, but appears not to be from Bankes or Millar, as it measures only 26.5 cm tall.