Dictionnaire géographique portatif, ou Description de tous les royaumes, provinces, villes, patriarchats, évéchés, duchés, comtés, marquisats, villes impériales et anséatiques… etc.,

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8vo., Contemporary full calf with raised bands, red edges. 18.2×11.5×3.7 cm. Jean-Jaques Schorndorf. Basle. 1755. xxiv, 676 pp. One folding world map. Good plus, hinges weakening, shelfwear to corners. Contents tight and bright. French text. Former owner signature on half title: “Regiment Suisse de Castella, Peters Cap.” . A popular geographical dictionary with place names listed alphabetically. Folding map shows the great lakes extending nearly to a fanciful large “Bay of the West” in the Pacific Northwest. weight: 1.3 lb.