Compendium of ancient geography, / by Monsieur D'Anville, of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles lettres at parts, and of that of sciences at Petersburg; Secretary to his serene Highness the Late Duke of Orleans. Translated from the French. Illustrated with Maps, Carefully reduced from those of the Paris Atlas, in Imperial Folio; With a Map of Roman Britain, from the learned John Horsely, M. A. F. R. S. And with prolegomena and notes by the translator. Designed for private Libraries, as well as for the Use of Schools. Part I.
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782)
Category
Books
Date
1791
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3013105
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ([4], xxiii, [1], 436, [2], 437-848, [2] p., [10] leaves of plates (folded)) : maps ; 8vo. Provenance: no marks of provenance. Binding: eighteenth-century polished tree calf over boards on three recessed cords, gilt spine tooling, olive-green spine labels, gilt roll on board edges, green sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782), author