A geographical, historical and political description of the empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia : with a gazetteer of reference to the principal places in those countries
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Type of record: Book
Title: A geographical, historical and political description of the empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia : with a gazetteer of reference to the principal places in those countries
Classmark: Large Geography H-2 STO
Creator(s): Stockdale, John (1749?-1814)
Additional creator(s): Playfair, William (1759-1823) (Other)
Publisher: Printed for J. Stockdale
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1800
Language: English
Size and medium: 390 pages, viii,87 pages, 24 plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/206715
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010459689705181
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Dedication "To their Majesties and their Royal Family", signed: John Stockdale.
Preface by publisher.
The statistical tables have separate title-pages and pagination.
Compiled and translated almost entirely from W. Jäger's "Geographisch-historisch-statistisches zeitungs-lexikon," and issued as a reference book to Chauchard's "General map of the empire of Germany [etc.]" cf. Pref.
The supplementary table is by William Playfair.
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