Bowen (Emanuel). The Maps and Charts to the Modern Part of the Universal History, 1766

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Bowen (Emanuel, et al.). The Maps and Charts to the Modern Part of the Universal History, London: T. Osborne, A. Millar, J. Rivington, B. Law & Co., T. Longman, C. Ware & S. Bladon, 1786, 39 engraved folding maps by E. Bowen & T. Kitchin etc. (including twin-hemisphere world, Africa and America), occasional light toning and minor spotting, front free endpaper detached and frayed, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine (rubbed) and contrasting morocco labels (volume number label torn with loss), centre of each board with blind embossed armorial of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (1728-1798) of Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire, joints cracked and some wear, folio

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This is the atlas volume for the Universal History set, numbered volume 17 to the spine.