Geography For Children; or, A Short and easy method of Teaching and Learning Geography: Designed principally for the Use of Schools. Whereby Even Children may in a short Time know the Use of the Terrestrial Globe and Geographical Maps, and all the considerable Countries in the World; their Situation, Boundaries, Extent, Divisions, Islands, Rivers, Lakes, Chief Cities, Government and Religion. Divided into Lessons, by way of Question and Answer: with a new general Map of the World, and also a List of Maps necessary for Children. Translated from the French of Abboy Lenglet Du Fresnoy, and now greatly augmented and improved throughout the Whole. The Fifteenth edition. To which is prefixed, A Method of learning Geography without a Master, for t
Published by J. Johnson & E. Newbery, 1716
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Seller: Refuge Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.Refuge Books
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VG. Leaves cut and rebound in grey paper boards, new paper spine label, new endpapers, new binding tight, edges trimmed/cut so that current margins are uncomfortably reduced to nearly no margin along fore-edge in places. Two foldout maps: I. "Three different positions of the Sphere" foldout frontis, II. Foldout map of the World. Lacks orrery. Abbé Pierre Nicolas Lenglet du Fresnoy (1674-1755). [Price, bound, 1s. 6d.] on title page. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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- Geography For Children; or, A Short and easy method of Teaching and Learning Geography: Designed principally for the Use of Schools. Whereby Even Children may in a short Time know the Use of the Terrestrial Globe and Geographical Maps, and all the considerable Countries in the World; their Situation, Boundaries, Extent, Divisions, Islands, Rivers, Lakes, Chief Cities, Government and Religion. Divided into Lessons, by way of Question and Answer: with a new general Map of the World, and also a List of Maps necessary for Children. Translated from the French of Abboy Lenglet Du Fresnoy, and now greatly augmented and improved throughout the Whole. The Fifteenth edition. To which is prefixed, A Method of learning Geography without a Master, for t
- Author
- du Fresnoy, Pierre Nicolas Lenglet
- Publisher
- J. Johnson & E. Newbery
- Publication year
- 1716
- Condition
- VG
- Binding
- HC no DJ
- Edition
- 15th edition, 1787.
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- Children
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Refuge Books: Used & Rare. Buying and selling books in historic east Nashville, TN since 2012. Specializing in fiction/literature, history, biography, Civil War, books on books, theology, Louisiana, the Inklings, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, Wendell Berry, Flannery O'Connor, Frederick Buechner, and much more. Inquiries are always welcome. Instagram: @refugebooks
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