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DUNN (SAMUEL)
A New Atlas of the Mundane System, or, of Geography and Cosmography... third edition, with additions, corrections and very great improvments, Laurie and Whittle, [c.1790]

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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DUNN (SAMUEL)

A New Atlas of the Mundane System, or, of Geography and Cosmography... third edition, with additions, corrections and very great improvments, 8 double-page engraved celestial charts, 42 double-page engraved maps hand-coloured in outline (some dated 1789), additional manuscript index page, and ink numerals to upper right corner throughout, publisher's details on printed label pasted onto title-page, later half morocco, upper board and preliminaries detached, worn, folio (466 x 312mm.), Laurie and Whittle, [c.1790]

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