Title: Geography Made Easy: Being an abridgement of the American Geography... Illustrated with eight neat maps and cuts... Author: Morse, Jedidiah Place: Boston Publisher: Isaiah Thomas & Ebenezer T. Andrews Date: 1790 Description: 322 pp. With 8 engraved plates (7 maps, 1 diagram of solar system). (12mo) 17x9,5 cm (6¾x3¾"), period sheep, rebacked with modern leather. Second Edition. Second edition of the first American geography book, following on the 1784 first edition. Includes the two maps that were in the first edition (a double-hemisphere map of the world, and a folding map of the United States) as well as maps of South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, a diagram of the solar system, and a "figure of the Earth" with ships sailing on a globe. Armorial bookplate. Provenance: Maggs, 2/80 References: Howes M-842. Wheat and Brun for maps. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear to covers, nicely rebacked; contents a little browned, U.S. map with some foxing at top edge, a few small brown spots; very good. Item number: 271872
Title: Geography Made Easy: Being an abridgement of the American Geography... Illustrated with eight neat maps and cuts... Author: Morse, Jedidiah Place: Boston Publisher: Isaiah Thomas & Ebenezer T. Andrews Date: 1790 Description: 322 pp. With 8 engraved plates (7 maps, 1 diagram of solar system). (12mo) 17x9,5 cm (6¾x3¾"), period sheep, rebacked with modern leather. Second Edition. Second edition of the first American geography book, following on the 1784 first edition. Includes the two maps that were in the first edition (a double-hemisphere map of the world, and a folding map of the United States) as well as maps of South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, a diagram of the solar system, and a "figure of the Earth" with ships sailing on a globe. Armorial bookplate. Provenance: Maggs, 2/80 References: Howes M-842. Wheat and Brun for maps. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear to covers, nicely rebacked; contents a little browned, U.S. map with some foxing at top edge, a few small brown spots; very good. Item number: 271872
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