The new universal geographical grammar : wherein the situation and extent of the several countries are laid down according to the most exact geographical observations, and the history of all the different kingdoms of the world is interspersed in such a manner, as to render the study of geography both useful and entertaining ... : together with an account of the air, soil, produce, traffic, curiosities, arms, religion, language, universities, bishoprics, manners, customs, habits, and coins, of the several kingdoms and states treated of.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salmon, Thomas, 1679-1767.

Contributor:

Alves, Robert, 1745-1794.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography--Early works to 1800.

Geography.

World history--Early works to 1800.

World history.

Penn Provenance:

Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor)

Scattergood, Joseph (autograph)

Elkinton, Joseph S. (autograph)

Physical Description:

xii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 7-643 pages, 15 unnumbered pages, 33 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm (8vo)

Edition:

A new edition, with large additions / the whole being an improvement and continuation of Mr. Salmon's grammar brought down to the present year by Robert Alves ..., illustrated with a new and correct set of thirty three maps, &c. of the countries described, being ten more than in any preceding edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Printed for Charles Elliot, 1786.

Contents:

(from t.p.) I. A description of the figure and motion of the earth

II. Geographical definitions, problems, and general divisions of the earth, being a necessary introduction to this study

III. A particular description of the countries contained in each quarter of the world, their cities, chief towns, respective forms of government, forces, revenues, taxes, and history.

Notes:

Half title: Salmon's geographical grammar, improved, and brought down to the [year] 1786.

First published under title: A new geographical and historical grammar.

Contains:

Salmon's geographical grammar, improved, and brought down to the [year] 1786.

OCLC:

17382180