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John Trusler - The Habitable World Described, Volume IV, 1788

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John Trusler (London, 1735 - 1820, Somerset, England)

The Habitable World Described, or The Present State of the People in All Parts of the Globe, from North to South; Shewing The Situation, Extent, Climate, Productions, Animals, &c. of the Different Kingdoms and States; Including All the New Discoveries; Together With the Genius, Manners, Customs, Trade, Religion, Forms of Government, &c. of the Inhabitants, and Every Thing Respecting Them, That Can Be Either Entertaining or Informing to the Reader, Collected from the Earliest and Latest Accounts of Historians and Travellers of All Nations; With Some that Have Never Been Published in this Kingdom; and, Nothing Advanced But on The Best Authorities, with a Great Variety of Maps and Copper-Plates, Engraved in a Capital Stile, the Subjects of which are Mostly New, and Such as Have Never Yet Been Given in Any English Work, Volume IV, 1788

Printed ink on paper , 21.5 x 14 x 3 cm (8 7/16 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)

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