Brookes's General gazetteer improved; or, A new and compendious geographical dictionary; : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, ports, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world; : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country; ... and the various events by which they have been distinguished. : Including a detail of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland: : together with a succinct account of, at least, one thousand cities, towns, and villages in the United States, .... : Illustrated by eight maps, neatly executed. / Originally written by R. Brookes, M.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brookes, R. (Richard), active 1721-1763.

Contributor:

Carpenters' Company Library Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Johnson & Warner., Publisher.

Brooks, John H., Former owner.

Betts, John Brooks, d. 1931., Former owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography--Dictionaries.

Geography.

Genre:

Gazetteers.

Physical Description:

xvi, [770] p., [10] folded leaves of plates : maps (some folded) ; 22 cm.

Edition:

The second American edition, from the latest European, with great additions and improvements in every part.

Other Title:

General gazetteer improved

New and compendious geographical dictionary

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia] : Published by Johnson and Warner, Philadelphia, and Richmond, Virginia., 1812.

Notes:

Includes 8 engraved maps on [10] leaves.

"Appendix. Containing the names of a number of American towns, counties, townships, &c. with their number of inhabitants in 1810" is on [9] p. at end and contains A-L only, but is apparently complete.

Local Notes:

Title is held at Carpenters' Hall in the Library of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. Access to the books is restricted and available to researchers only by permission requested in advance.

Carpenters' Company copy signed: John Brooks and John H. Brooks, Nov. 25th, 1818; also inscribed: Jno. B. Betts, May 25, [18]94? (John Brooks Betts was a Carpenters' Company member first elected in 1864); accession number 2145; recorded in 1894 Carpenters' Company Library inventory as no. 1177.

Cited in:

Shaw & Shoemaker 24939

OCLC:

226967104