[Rarebooks] FS: "The Habitable World Described..." by John Trussler. 10 vols. 1788-90 w/maps

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Trusler, John. THE HABITABLE WORLD DESCRIBED... Including All the New Discoveries... With a Great Variety of Maps and Copper-Plates... London: For the Author. 1788-1790. 8vo. 10 volumes (#1-#10 of 20). Added engraved titles. Profusely illustrated with engraved plates, folding maps, and folding plans of major cities (see below). Cont. full calf, gilt spines. Spines & hinges rubbed. Some outer hinges cracked, but holding okay. This set with the following defects: Volume 9 lacks (never bound in) gathering H (8 leaves of text); one map and 3 plates are not present.; BUT WITH the valuable folding plans of Moscow, St. Petersburgh, Peking, Stockholm, Upsalla, Vienna, Belgrade, and Hanover; and folding country maps of Thibet, Persia, Poland, Hungary and Germany; the  Berings' Straights, Russia, Norway Denmark, and the North Pole.    $500.00 (trade discount allowed).  Note:  at this price per volume, someone should want this for the maps, plans and engravings?

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