[Rarebooks] FS: 1st English trans. of Lenglet Dufresnoy's book with fine engraved maps. 1742

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Lenglet Dufresnoy, Nicolas. GEOGRAPHIA ANTIQUA ET NOVA, or, A System of Antient and Modern Geography: with a Sett of Maps Engraven from Cellarius's: Designed for the Use of Schools, and of Gentlemen... With Great Additions and Improvements... To Which Is Added a Large Index. London: John and Paul Knapton. 1742. Lg. 4to. vi,(6),157,(3)pp. Index. With 33 fine copper engraved folding maps, mounted on paper guards, following the text. Orig. calf. Short splits at the extremities, but perfectly sound. A very nice, clean copy.	$1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
The uncommon first English language translation by Philip Morant, with additions to the text not found in the French original. Another English edition appeared in 1768.