Vosgien - Dictionnaire Géographique Portatif ou description des Royaumes... - 1767

A very old work by Vosgien titled "DICTIONNAIRE GÉOGRAPHIQUE-PORTATIF, or description of the Kingdoms, Provinces, Cities, Patriarchates, Evêchés, Duchies, Counties, Marquisates, Imperial and Hanseatic Cities, Ports, Fortresses, Citadels and other notable places of the four parts of the World…"
Published in 1767 by Les Librairies Associées, Paris.
Complete with the large World Map folded multiple times at the head of the volume and the large map of Europe folded.
Period binding in marbled calf. Spine with five raised bands, highly ornate and gilded, bearing the gold title on a red-brown morocco inlay, remains of gilded fillet on the edges, marbled endpapers.
Translated from the English in the thirteenth edition by Laurent Echard, with additions and considerable corrections by Vosgien
Robust book in good condition, indeed very good for its age, interior very fresh.
Time-worn wear to the headcaps and corners.
Dimensions: 17.5 cm x 11.5 cm, 816 pages.
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