Shelfmark
CS.1417.10 - CS.1417.23
Title
A Gazetteer of the world : or, Dictionary of geographical knowledge, compiled from the most recent authorities, and forming a complete body of modern geography -- physical, political, statistical, historical, and ethnographical / edited by a member of the Royal Geographical Society.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Edinburgh : A. Fullarton & Co., 1853?
Physical description
14 v. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Note
"Illustrated with numerous woodcuts and one hundred and twenty engravings on steel." on t.p.
Note
Appendices on the last volume: [I]. A list of geographical names showing the ancient, mediæval, and modern designations borne by the same place -- II. Reversed modern, ancient, and mediæval index -- III. On the pronounciation of modern geographical names -- VI. General principles of pronounciation of the more important European and Oriental languages -- V. Outlines of general ethnology.
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College on the front pastedown.
Binding
Original cloth binding with blind frames and title on covers; blind decorations and gold titling on spine; one additional flyleaf at the beginning and the end of the volumes.
Copy-specific note
At the beginning of v. 1 presentation of the volumes dated 1853. At the end of v. 14, presentation of the 1857 reprint with title pages of seven volumes.
Subject
Geography Dictionaries.
Subject
Gazetteers.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
A. Fullarton & Co. publisher.
Added Entry-Uncontrolled Related/Analytical Title
Dictionary of geographical knowledge.
Added entry--place
Scotland Edinburgh.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53078