Compendium of ancient geography / by Monsieur d'Anville, of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres at Paris, and that of sciences at Petersburg; secretary to his Serene Highness the late Duke of Orleans. ; Translated from the French. ; Illustrated with maps, carefully reduced from those of the Paris atlas, in imperial folio; ; with a map of Roman Britain, from the learned John Horsley, M.A. F.R.S. and with prolegomena and notes by the translator. ; Calculated for private libraries, as well as for the use of schools. ; [Nine lines of quotations in English and Latin] ; Vol. I[-II].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 30695.

Standardized Title:

Géographie ancienne obérgée. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Geography, Ancient.

Geography--Textbooks.

Geography.

Genre:

Textbooks.

Booksellers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- New York.

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 22 cm

Edition:

First American, from the last London edition.

Place of Publication:

New-York: : Published by R. M'Dermut and D.D. Arden, no. I, City Hotel, Broadway., 1814.

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Notes:

Maps issued separately under title: Atlas to the ancient geography, by M. d'Anville: containing ten maps. ... (Shaw & Shoemaker 30694).

"John Forbes, printer."--versos of title pages.

Vol. 1: [3], vi-xxxi, [1], 440 p.; v. 2: 439, [1] p.

"Written works of the same author ..."--v. 1, p. xxix.

"R. M'Dermut & D.D. Arden, wholesale and retail booksellers ... keep for sale all the books used in colleges, academies, and common grammar schools ... They are now publishing by subscription ... Dr. Gillies' History of ancient Greece ..."--v. 2, p. [440].

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Includes bibliographic references and indexes.

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