
Lot 96•
BOWEN (EMANUEL) A Complete System of Geography], 74 mapsm [?1747]
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[BOWEN (EMANUEL)
A Complete System of Geography], without text, 74 engraved maps, of which 46 double-page, 3 defective (Europe, Savoy/Piemont, and Iceland), 3 split at fold with small losses, contemporary calf-backed boards, worn, upper cover detached [cf. Phillips I 630, citing 22 maps that "relate to America", all present in this copy], folio (415 x 285mm.), [?1747]
Footnotes
Includes a general map of America, "New Spain with California, New Mexico...", "Louisiana with part of Florida and Canada", "North and South Carolina, Georgia", "Virginia & Maryland", "New Jersey, Pensylvania New York and New England", "... principal towns and harbours.... Spaniards in America and West Indies", and others of the Americas, 2 world maps (including twin-hemisphere), China, Asia, East-Indies, North Pole.