Twelfth edition; quarto (215 x 133 mm); binder’s instructions calling for twentytwo plates (twenty-one folding engraved maps, attributed to Thomas Kitchin, and a full-page engraving of a sphere), all present, with an additional ‘Chart of the World describing the latest Discoveries of Capt. Cook’. Contemporary mottled calf, black morocco label and gilt decoration to spine; extremities slightly worn and boards a touch rubbed. London : Charles Dilly, [et al.], 1790.
Uncommon edition of this popular geographical text, illustrated with a suite of maps after Thomas Kitchin, Geographer to the King.
ESTC notes only two copies in British locations: the BL and Bodleian.
