Cosmography and geography : in two parts: the first, containing the general and absolute part of cosmography and geography, being a translation from that eminent and much esteemed geographer, Varenius. Wherein are at large handled all such arts as are necessary to be understood, for the true knowledge thereof. To which is added the much wanted schemes, omitted by the author. The second part being a geographical description of the world, taken from the notes and works of the famous Monsieur Sanson, late geographer to the French King. To which are added about an hundred cosmographical, geographical and hydrographical tables of several kingdoms and isles in the world, with their chief cities, seaports, bays, etc. drawn from the maps of the said Sanson
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Type of record: Book
Title: Cosmography and geography : in two parts: the first, containing the general and absolute part of cosmography and geography, being a translation from that eminent and much esteemed geographer, Varenius. Wherein are at large handled all such arts as are necessary to be understood, for the true knowledge thereof. To which is added the much wanted schemes, omitted by the author. The second part being a geographical description of the world, taken from the notes and works of the famous Monsieur Sanson, late geographer to the French King. To which are added about an hundred cosmographical, geographical and hydrographical tables of several kingdoms and isles in the world, with their chief cities, seaports, bays, etc. drawn from the maps of the said Sanson
Other titles: A geographical description of the world
Classmark: Large Whitaker Collection 41
Additional creator(s): Sanson, Nicolas (1600-1667) (Other); Blome, Richard (1705) (Other); Speed, John (1552?-1629) (Other); Roycroft, Samuel (Other); Varenius, Bernhardus (1622-1650) (Other)
Related people: Sanson, Nicolas; Blome, Richard; Speed, John; Roycroft, Samuel; Varenius, Bernhardus
Publisher: Printed by Samuel Roycroft, for Richard Blome
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1693
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 v ([12], 364, 4 leaves of plates; [2], 493 p., 50 leaves of maps (24 double))
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/299129
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991003986289705181
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The Preface to the reader signed: Richard Blome.
"A geographical description of the world taken from the works of the famous Monsieur Sanson... by Richard Blome" has special t.p. with imprint date, 1680.
Reprints the county maps from Speed's Maps Epitomiz'd, 1685. The dedications have been removed from a number of the maps. Cf. Whitaker: The Harold Whitaker Collection... Univ. of Leeds, 1947, p. 38.
Indexed in: Wing V104; this edition not known to Chubb.
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