An entertaining account of all the countries of the known world. Describing the different religions, habits, Tempers, Customs, Traffick, and Manufactures. of their inhabitants; the Remarkable Curiosities, amongst Them, either of Art, or Nature; The great Variety of strange Land and Sea-Animals; extraordinary Plants, Minerals, &c. adorn'd, occasionally, with cuts of the Habits of the several People, uncommon Animals, Ceremonies, Buildings, &c. all curiously engraved.

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MDCCLII. [1752]-55
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Sherborne : printed for R. Goadby, in Sherborne; and sold by W. Owen, Bookseller, at Temple-Bar, London, MDCCLII. [1752]-55.

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2v. (490,[8]p.),plates ; 80.

Edition

The fourth edition.

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ESTC T113017

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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