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Storia Universale
Storia Universale
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present, 1736
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London, J. Batley - Symon - T. Osborne and J. Crokatt, 1736-'44. In 2°, 350 x 222 mm.. 24 vols., including the volumes entitled The Modern Part, numerous tables, maps, tipped-in plans, many of which folded, light browning, coeval binding in brown calf with gilt border on plates, spine with six raised bands, title on red label on the spine, red sprayed edges. Bookplate to Admiral Wells masthead.
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FIRST EDITION, A SUPERB SPECIMEN.
A massive history of the ancient world, detailed and complete. Many of the sources cited, and from which the entries in this work have been translated or taken, would suggest that they appeared here in English for the first time.
< p>The "original authors" include George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, John Campbell, John Swinton, etc. With engraved maps, plates (many of architectural subjects) and genealogical charts by E. Bowen, C. Grignion, Blundell, James Basire, J. Clark and others.
A massive history of the ancient world, detailed and complete. Many of the sources cited, and from which the entries in this work have been translated or taken, would suggest that they appeared here in English for the first time.
< p>The "original authors" include George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, John Campbell, John Swinton, etc. With engraved maps, plates (many of architectural subjects) and genealogical charts by E. Bowen, C. Grignion, Blundell, James Basire, J. Clark and others.
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