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Plans et profilz des principales villes de la province de Provence, avec la carte generale & les particulieres de chascun gouvernement d'icelles

Tassin, Nicolas

1981

Facsimile reproduction. Originally published Paris: Tavernier, 1634. Limited edition of 300 copies.

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Surrey

Moncrieff, A R Hope (1846-1927); Palmer, Sutton (1854-)

1906

Plates accompanied by leaves with descriptive letterpress. Title-page dated 1906.

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Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772, on several parts of England : particularly the mountains, and lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland

Gilpin, William (1724-1804)

1792

Half title: Observations on the mountains, and lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland. Wove paper. Vol. 1: xvi, 238 p., [15] leaves of plates; v. 2: [2], 264, xiv, [2] p., [13] leaves of plates.

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Select views in Mysore : the country of Tippoo Sultan

Bensley, Thomas (1760-1835); Home, Robert (1750?-1836?)

1794

Added t.-p. and 12 extra leaves of descriptive text, in Persian.

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The travels of the chevalier d'Arvieux in Arabia the desart

Arvieux, Laurent d' (1635-1702); Abulfeda (1273-1331); De la Roque, Jean (1661-1745)

1732

The general description of Arabia has a separate title-page, dated 1718.

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North America (v.1)

Conder, Josiah (1789-1855); Adlard, Henry; Hall, Sidney (1817-1860)

1829-1830

At head of title: The modern traveller. A popular description, geographical, historical, and topographical, of the various countries of the globe. Author and series vol. from NUC pre-1956. "London...

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North America (v.2)

Conder, Josiah (1789-1855); Adlard, Henry; Hall, Sidney (1817-1860)

1829-1830

At head of title: The modern traveller. A popular description, geographical, historical, and topographical, of the various countries of the globe. Author and series vol. from NUC pre-1956. "London...

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A compleat system of general geography : explaining the nature and properties of the earth (v.1)

Varenius, Bernhardus (1622-1650); Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Jurin, James (1684-1750); Dugdale, Mr; Shaw, Peter (1694-1763)

1736

Subtitle: It's figure, magnitude, motions, situation, contents, and division into land and water, mountains, woods, desarts, lakes, rivers, &c. With particular accounts of the different appearances of...

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A compleat system of general geography : explaining the nature and properties of the earth (v.2)

Varenius, Bernhardus (1622-1650); Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Jurin, James (1684-1750); Dugdale, Mr; Shaw, Peter (1694-1763)

1736

Subtitle: It's figure, magnitude, motions, situation, contents, and division into land and water, mountains, woods, desarts, lakes, rivers, &c. With particular accounts of the different appearances of...

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