A New Geographical and Historical Grammar; Containing the true Astronomical and Geographical Knowledge of the Terraqueous Globe:

SALMON Mr. [Thomas] 1679-1767

Published by C. Bathurst; W. Strahan; J. and F. Rivington; W. Johnston; etc, London:, 1772

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VG, 12th ed, 1772, 25 pls (maps), complete. In contemporary marked reversed calf, some blind edge tooling, corners rubbed. Re-spined, retaining old, raised bands, modern red morocco label with gilt title. Internally, half title, [4], (v-vx), [1], 2-696 pp, 25 pls (maps, B&W & folding), fep top tip removed to remove ink name (1777), title page in red & black inks, 1 plate cropped along border at leading edge, 1 map almost invisibly repaired at margin edge, some light edge browning, some offsetting to eps. (126*211 mm). (ESTCT69010). Salmon, historian and travel writer, accompanied George Anson on his round-the-world voyage. His experiences formed the subject for a series of other titles, among them A New Geographical and Historical Grammar (1749), which ran to thirteen editions by 1785, and The Universal Traveller (1752-3). In addition Salmon contributed surveys of the English, Scottish, and Irish peerages, guides for foreign visitors to Oxford and Cambridge, biographies of men who died in the service of their country, and an essay on marriage. See ODNB. Seller Inventory # 006696

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Title: A New Geographical and Historical Grammar; ...
Publisher: C. Bathurst; W. Strahan; J. and F. Rivington; W. Johnston; etc, London:
Publication Date: 1772
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

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