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London: Printed for the Author, by W. Bowyer, 1743-1745. 3 parts in 2 vols. Folio, contemporary speckled calf. First edition. Complete with engraved title-page vignettes and 178 engraved maps, plans, and plates (eight fold-out), including 12 botanical plates by G.D. Ehret. Wear to boards; boards detached from both vols.; text-block vol. 2 beginning to split; bookplate William Charles de Mueron tipped to front pastedowns; offsetting from plates; intermittent foxing.


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