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The present state of Scotland : Enlarged, corrected, and amended from above one thousand errors in the former editions.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection DA855 .S92 1738
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Symson, Matthias, M.A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scotland--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Scotland.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, ii, 253 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm. (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Brotherton, A. Bettesworth, and C. Hitch, G. Strahan, W. Mears, R. Ware, E. Symon, and J. Clarke, 1738.
- Notes:
- Also issued as part of 'The present state of Great Britain, and Ireland, in three parts. The eighth edition corrected and enlarged', London, 1738.
- An enlargement of the work originally by Guy Miège.
- "Whoever compares this, with the former editions, will readily think it a new book, rather than a new edition of the old one"--Preface.
- Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 3000 copies printed.
- Signatures: A² B-R⁸.
- Signatures from Maslen & Lancaster.
- Local Notes:
- Bound with: Miège, Guy. Present state of Ireland. [London : s.n., 1738] -- Present state of His Majesty's dominions in Germany. London : [s.n.], 1737.
- Cited in:
- Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 2494
- ESTC T083703
- OCLC:
- 316743956
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