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The World displayed, or A curious collection of voyages and travels / selected and compiled from the writers of all nations by Smart, Goldsmith, & Johnson.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Forrest Collection G160 .W93 1795 v.7
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - E.F. Smith Collection G160 .W93 1795 v.3
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1795 - world
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771, compiler.
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774, compiler.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, compiler.
Breck, Samuel, 1771-1862, donor.
Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Voyages and travels.
Penn Provenance:
Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (donor) (Forrest copy)
Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 (stamp) (Forrest copy)
Physical Description:
8 volumes : illustrations, map, portrait ; 22 cm
Edition:
First American edition, corrected and enlarged in eight vols.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Dobelbower, Key and Simpson, 1795-96.
Notes:
This edition contains the same material, with a few additions, as the 20 vol. edition published by T. Carnan and F. Newbery London.
Engraved title-pages.
Numerous errors in paging.
Some plates folded.
Local Notes:
Imperfect: Forrest has only v.7.
Imperfect: Smith has only v.3.
Athenaeum copy: Copy 1: Breck bequest; lacks v. 8; some signatures misbound.
Athenaeum copy: Copy 2: Curwen/McKeen gift.
Cited in:
Evans 29926, 31664
Sabin 105486
Contains:
World displayed.
Curious collection of voyages and travels.
OCLC:
8487133

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