Essai Géographique Sur Les Isles Britanniques.
By BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas] [1703-1772].
4to. pp. 3 p.l., 471. additional engraved title. 5 engraved maps with outline colour (2 folding), & 36 engraved plans & views in the text (incl. vignette on title, a full-page plan of London & 1 illus. not noted on index leaf). contemporary mottled calf, gilt back (spine ends & corners worn, joints cracked, small dampstain to lower inner margin of some leaves). First Edition. The work is divided into three parts, the first being a geographical description of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the second a routier or guide to the coasts, and the third an analysis of Bellin's maps of the British Isles. The attractive engraved vignettes by Choffard, Delacrox and Haussard depict plans and views of major cities. Cohen-De Ricci 129.
Published by: Paris: Didot, 1757., 1757
Vendor: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB)
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By BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas] [1703-1772].
4to. pp. 3 p.l., 471. additional engraved title. 5 engraved maps with outline colour (2 folding), & 36 engraved plans & views in the text (incl. vignette on title, a full-page plan of London & 1 illus. not noted on index leaf). contemporary mottled calf, gilt back (spine ends & corners worn, joints cracked, small dampstain to lower inner margin of some leaves). First Edition. The work is divided into three parts, the first being a geographical description of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the second a routier or guide to the coasts, and the third an analysis of Bellin's maps of the British Isles. The attractive engraved vignettes by Choffard, Delacrox and Haussard depict plans and views of major cities. Cohen-De Ricci 129.
Published by: Paris: Didot, 1757., 1757
Vendor: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB)
