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. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts and one hundred and twenty engravings on steel.
Member of the Royal Geographical Society
Category
Books
Date
1851 - 1856
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3114643
Summary
Bibliographic description
14v. . ill.., maps . 28cm.. Vols. 3 & 5, 11-13 extra-illustrated; cuttings in v.6 & 9. - Map in v.5, p.328 is 'Map of the Feioom constructed in 1824 by J.G. Wilkinson Esqr'. Provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full black blind-embossed cloth; as issued.
Makers and roles
Member of the Royal Geographical Society