[Complete manuscript copy of Geography Anatomiz'd: Or, the Geographical Grammar.]

£500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

[ Bound with :] [Miscellany.] In English and French. Most sections are on geography, but includes entries on other topics as well. 72pp. Sections entitled, among others: “A Model of an Affidavid to be made on the Assignment of a Long Annuity and lodge in the Exchequer”; “Recepte pour faire une bonne huile pour des Enfans noués ou qui ont la foiblesse de Rein” (involving boiling live frogs in oil and applying the resulting concoction on the child); descriptions of cities in Belgium; “Passages taken from the Art of Criticism, or the Method of making a right Judgement upon Subjects of Wit and Learning, Composed by the famous Father Bohours”; “Passages transcribed from Mr. Francois Berniers Travels in the Great Mogol”; pages on the history of Egypt; pages on the history of Greece; and many excerpts from Charles Rollin’s Histoire ancienne .

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