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[Geography - Dictionary]
Nouveau dictionnaire universel de géographie ancienne et moderne [...]. 1804
Lyon, Rusand et Cie; Brussels, Le Charlier, 1804
Startbod: €
65
€ 80 / 120
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3 vol., 8vo: [8]-655, [4]-674, [4]-416-cciv pp.; 2 fold. maps (marg. browning on half-titles and last ff.).
Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt ruled flat spines, red leather title labels, red sp. edges (sl. rubbed, sl. cracking on spines, a few scratches on one board, one joint starting to split, corners sl. bumped). Good set.
First edition, issue with a variant of the title for the Belgian market. Ill. with 2 maps, both dated 1804: a mappa mundi and a map of France.
Ref. UniCat (1 copy: KBR, without vol. 1).
Prov. Baron Eugène de Thysebaert (bookpl.)