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The geographical and historical dictionary of America and the West Indies. : Containing an entire translation of the Spanish work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo, captain of the Royal Spanish Guards, and member of the Royal Academy of Hstory: with large additions and compilations from modern voyages and travels, and from original and authentic information. /
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Printed for James Carpenter, Old Bond-Street; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row; White, Cochrane, and Co. and Murray, Fleet-Street, London; Parker, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge.,
1812-1815.
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Translation of: Diccionario geográfico-historico de las Indias Occidentales o América. Originally published: Madrid, 1786-1789. With half titles. Imprint varies. Volume 3: London: Printed for James Carpenter, Old Bond-Street; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row; White, Cochrane, and Co. Fleet-Street, and Murray, Albemarle-Street; London; Parker, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge. Volumes 4-5: London: Printed for the author, and published by Carpenter and Son, Old Bond-Street; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row; White, Cochrane, and Co. Fleet-Street, and Murray, Albemarle-Street, London; Parker, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge. Printers statements from verso of half titles. Volumes 1-3: Harding and Wright, printers, St. John's Square, London; volume 4: Whittingham and Rowland, printers, Goswell Street, London; volume 5: Printed by Whittingham and Rowland, Goswell Street, London. Volume 1: xl, [3], viii-xx, 574, 2 pages; volume 2: [2], 597, [1], 2 pages; volume 3: [4], 512 pages; volume 4: [2], 636 pages; v. 5: [4], 462, [2], 105, [3] pages, [1] folded leaf. Text printed in two columns. "A general table of the kingdoms and provinces into which Spanish America is divided; and of the viceroyalties, governments, corregimientos, and alcaldias mayores established in them": volume 1, pages [xvi]-xix (2nd count). "List of Alcedo's subscribers": volume 1, pages [xiii]-xv (2nd count). "A general table of the British dominions and governments in North America and the West Indies": volume 1, pages xix-xx (2nd count). Folded leaf (volume 5 facing page 272) contains geographical, historical, and statistical table of islands in West Indies. "Errata": volume 5, page [1] (3rd count). "General appendix to Thompson's Alcedo, or Geographical and historical dictionary of America and the West Indies; forming a vocabulary of provincial and Spanish terms, and a compendious natural history of that hemisphere." (volume 5, pages [1]-105, 4th count), with separate half-title. Publisher's advertisements in volumes 1, 2, and 5. Supplemented by: "Atlas to Thompson's Alcedo; or, Dictionary of America & West Indies; collated with all the most recent authorities, and composed chiefly from scarce and original documents, for that work, by A. Arrowsmith ..." (2 p.l., 5 folded maps. 64 x 53 cm.) published: London, Printed by G. Smeeton, 1816. Maps dated 1814-1817. Call number for LC copy of Atlas is: G1100.A4 1816 fol. Imperfect copy: "Atlas to Thompson's Alcedo ..." not present. Contemporary boards of French Curl marbled paper with brown sheepskin corners; rebacked with brown calf; spine tooled blind, divided by false raised bands and single gold lines, titled direct in gold; new textile headbands and plain endpapers. |
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5 volumes ; 29 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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England -- London. England -- Oxford. England -- Cambridge. |