A New Geographical and Historical Grammar: Wherein the Geographical Part is Truly Modern; and the Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World is so Interspersed, as to Render the Study of Geography Both Entertaining and Instructive. Containing, I. A Description of the Figure and Motion of the Earth. II. Geographical Definitions and Problems, Being a Necessary Introduction to This Study. III. A General Division of the Globe into Land and Water. IV. The Situation and Extent of the Several Countries Contained in Each Quarter of the World; Their Cities, Chief Towns, History, Present State, Respective Forms of Government, Forces, Revenues, Taxes, Revolutions, and Memorable Events. Together With An Account of the Air, Soil, Produce,.

SALMON, THOMAS

Published by William Johnston, London, 1756

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[SALMON, THOMAS (1679-1767)]. A New Geographical and Historical Grammar: Wherein the Geographical Part is Truly Modern; and the Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World is so Interspersed, as to Render the Study of Geography Both Entertaining and Instructive. Containing, I. A Description of the Figure and Motion of the Earth. II. Geographical Definitions and Problems, Being a Necessary Introduction to This Study. III. A General Division of the Globe into Land and Water. IV. The Situation and Extent of the Several Countries Contained in Each Quarter of the World; Their Cities, Chief Towns, History, Present State, Respective Forms of Government, Forces, Revenues, Taxes, Revolutions, and Memorable Events. Together With An Account of the Air, Soil, Produce, Traffic, Curiosities, Arms, Religion, Language, Universities, Bishopricks, Manners, Customs, Habits, and Coins, in Use in the Several Kingdoms and States Described. By Mr. Salmon. Illustrated With a Set of Twenty-Three New Maps of the Several Countries, Drawn by the Direction of Mr. Salmon, and Ingraved by Mr. Jefferys, Geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. London: printed for William Johnston, at the Golden-Ball in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLVI. [1756].

THE FOURTH EDITION, with very great additions and improvements. Leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (21 x 13 x 5 cm); pp. 640,[16]. English text. Bound in contemporary full calf; initial and terminal blanks; half-title; title-page printed in red and black; 23 engraved plates of maps (22 of these folding); head- and tail-pieces; tables in the text; rear index in columns. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure. Light rubbing to the spine ends. Interior well-preserved with some light toning, the world sphere map with a small tear. A handsome and complete copy.

Notes: An excellent, complete copy of this highly influential 18th-century textbook written by the English historical writer Thomas Salmon (1679?1767). First published in 1749, the work was designed to shift geography away from dry, purely mathematical data into an engaging narrative format that combined physical layouts with political and cultural histories. [ESTC N20269].

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A New Geographical and Historical Grammar: Wherein the Geographical Part is Truly Modern; and the Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World is so Interspersed, as to Render the Study of Geography Both Entertaining and Instructive. Containing, I. A Description of the Figure and Motion of the Earth. II. Geographical Definitions and Problems, Being a Necessary Introduction to This Study. III. A General Division of the Globe into Land and Water. IV. The Situation and Extent of the Several ...

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