The General Gazetteer; or Compendious Geographical Dictionary of the Known World; Together with The Government, Policy, Customs, Manners, and Religion of the Inhabitants

Sixth Edition, improved with additions and corrections. Hardback copy in tan leather boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, no dustjacket as issued. Not library copy, no inscriptions. Missing the 9 maps, wear to boards. Containing a description of all the empires, kingdoms, states, republics, provinces, cities, chief towns, forts, fortresses, castles, citadels, seas, harbours, bays, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, and promontories in the known world; together with the government, policy, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants. The extent, bounds, and natural productions of each country; and the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, bearing and distances in English miles from remarkable places; as also the sieges they have undergone, and the battles that have been fought near them. Including an authentic account of the counties, cities, and market-towns in England and Wales; as also the villages, with he days on which the fairs are kept. (6/7).…