A system of geography: . or, a new & accurate description of the earth in all its empires, kingdoms and states. Illustrated with history and topography, and maps of every country, fairly engraven on copper ...
Herman Moll (1654-1732)
Category
Books
Date
1701
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3009417
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],4,[32],26,[4],126,125-145, 152-217,216-221, 226-302,295-444, [2],230,[28]p.,plates . ill..,maps . fol... Adv. leaves misbound after preface. Meller notes "pages disordered" on pages after p. 296. Provenance: Manuscript on flyleaf in an early eighteenth-century hand: John Meller. Bookplate: Erthig (anonymous armorial). Binding: Sprinkled, panelled calf, blind tooling on covers, blind double fillet on spine, gilt roll tool on board edges, remains of red sprinkled edges (gilt spine title faded).
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Herman Moll (1654-1732)