Modern History : or the present state of all nations Volume VI. Describing their respective Situations,Persons,Habits,Buildings,Manners,Laws and Customs,Religion and Policy,Arts and Sciences,Trades,Manufactures and Husbandry,Plants,Animals and Minerals.Containing the Present State of the Russian or Muscovite Empire ; and of the Kingdoms of Sweden,Denmark and Norway treating also of Greenland and other Countries near the Pole ; and shewing that Greenland is probably contiguous both to Asia and America and that there is Land and not Sea about the Pole.It contains also some Account of the Whale and Herring Fisheries and shews the Advantage that would accrue to Britain by the Encouragement of them.Illustrated with Cuts and Maps,accurately Drawn

Salmon, Thomas:

Published by Printed for James Crokatt London, 1728., 1728

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[6] 461 [18] Seiten. Vorliegend Band 6 der Reihe.Die sieben Kupfer zeigen : Map of Russia - The ancient Habits of the Russian Ladies - The Habits of the Laplanders - The Map of Sweden - The Habits of the Swedes - The Map of Denmark - The Map of Greenland and the Countries near the North Pole.Gestochenes ExLibris (Henry Charles Honvard of Greystock in Cumberland) auf Innendeckel.Einbanddeckel stark beschabt (Bezugspapier stellenweise nicht mehr vorhanden) Rücken brüchig und teils angeplatzt (nicht lose aber dadurch Vorderdeckel leicht gelockert) Faltbare Kupferkarten im Randbereich stellenweise knickspurig.Innen sauberes und komplettes Exemplar mit allen Kupfern.Sehr selten. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600 8° (20 cm) Leder der Zeit mit fünf Bünden und rotem Buchschnitt.

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• Title: Modern History : or the present state of all nations Volume VI. Describing their respective Situations,Persons,Habits,Buildings,Manners,Laws and Customs,Religion and Policy,Arts and Sciences,Trades,Manufactures and Husbandry,Plants,Animals and Minerals.Containing the Present State of the Russian or Muscovite Empire ; and of the Kingdoms of Sweden,Denmark and Norway treating also of Greenland and other Countries near the Pole ; and shewing that Greenland is probably contiguous both to Asia and ...
• Publisher: Printed for James Crokatt London, 1728.
• Publication Date: 1728
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: The Second Edition.
• Weight: 600 grams
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