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Compendium of ancient geography / by Monsieur d'Anville, of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres at Paris, and that of sciences at Petersburg; secretary to his Serene Highness the late Duke of Orleans. ; Translated from the French. ; Illustrated with maps, carefully reduced from those of the Paris atlas, in imperial folio; ; with a map of Roman Britain, from the learned John Horsley, M.A. F.R.S. and with prolegomena and notes by the translator. ; Calculated for private libraries, as well as for the use of schools. ; [Nine lines of quotations in English and Latin] ; Vol. I[-II].

Author/creator Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Format Electronic and Book
EditionFirst American, from the last London edition.
Publication InfoNew-York : Published by R. M'Dermut and D.D. Arden, no. I, City Hotel, Broadway, 1814.
Description2 volumes ; 22 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Uniform titleGéographie ancienne obérgée. English
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 30695. ^A575643
General noteMaps issued separately under title: Atlas to the ancient geography, by M. d'Anville: containing ten maps. ... (Shaw & Shoemaker 30694).
General note"John Forbes, printer."--versos of title pages.
General noteVol. 1: [3], vi-xxxi, [1], 440 p.; v. 2: 439, [1] p.
General note"Written works of the same author ..."--v. 1, p. xxix.
General note"R. M'Dermut & D.D. Arden, wholesale and retail booksellers ... keep for sale all the books used in colleges, academies, and common grammar schools ... They are now publishing by subscription ... Dr. Gillies' History of ancient Greece ..."--v. 2, p. [440].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographic references and indexes.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 30695
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 30695).
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