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Creator:
Expilly, M. l'abbé (Jean-Joseph), 1719–1793
Title(s):
Description historique-géographique des isles Britanniques ou des royaumes d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande / par M. l'Abbé Expilly, de la Société Royale des Sciences & Belles-Lettres de Nancy ; avec des cartes géographiques.
Published/Created:
A Paris : Chez Prault Pere, quay de Gesvres, Bauche, quay des Augustins, Desprez, rue saint Jacques, Duchesne, rue saint Jacques, MDCCLIX [1759].
Physical Description:
[4], xvi, 464 pages, [4] folded leaves of plates : maps, 17 cm (12mo)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA13.E97 D47 1759
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes index.
"Chambon, sc."--Maps.
BAC DA13.E97 D47 1759: Plates are hand-colored. Bound in contemporary leather with gold tooling on spine. Autograph on page 1: L'Abbé Expilly.
Subject Terms:
British Isles -- Historical geography.
Expilly, M. l'abbé (Jean-Joseph), 1719-1793 -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Engravings.
Hand coloring.
Contributors:
Prault, Laurent François, 1712-1780, publisher, printer.
Choiseul, Etienne-François, duc de, 1719-1785, dedicatee.
Chambon, Gobert-Denis, -1781, engraver.
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