Circa 1790 A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography

Description: A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography, Antient and Modern… Thomas Bankes, Edward Warren Blake, Alexander Cook, Thomas Lloyd, Embellished with nearly Two Hundred Engravings, consisting of Views, Antiquities, Customs, Ceremonies, besides Whole Sheet Maps, Plans, Charts, &c. Executed in a much superior stile than any Thing that has ever appeared in this Kingdom. Printed for C. Cooke, London, circa 1790, Volume I: 1-460 pp, Volume II: 460-990 pp, full original leather, 15.5 x 10.25”, elephant folios. In good condition. Spines handsomely rebacked with original spine labels reattached. Very nice and sturdy. Light wear to extremities with moderate scuffing to corners. Original leather is peeling along edges. A fine leather was used for this binding. Remnants from a bookplate on pastedowns. Interiors are bright and clean. Light offsetting from plates with minor instance of age stain. Free of known markings. Lacking map of West Indies 517 pp, Map of United States, 492 pp. all else complete. Folding maps are in good working order. Internally fresh and attractively bound. A solid set. Please see photos. Early edition. Collated, not quite complete. This book went through six editions in the 1790’s and was revised to reflect new discoveries and English interest in the colony of New Holland. Much of the content deals with the South Pacific, Cook’s Voyages, and Australia (New Holland). Many of the illustrations were derived from Cook’s voyages, and were the most generally available representations of the natives of the Pacific Northwest including the Salish, Tasmania, New Zealand, Hawaii & the Pacific accessible to the public at the time. RAREB1790TXYR

Price: 2500 USD

Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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