Gordon, Patrick; Geography Anatomiz’d: Or The Compleat Geographical Grammar. Being a Short and Exact Analysis of the Whole Body of Modern Geography after a New and Curious Method. Comprehending I. A General View of the Terraqueous Globe....II. A Particular View of the Terraqueous.....Collected from the best Authors, and Illustrated with Dirverse Maps. The Second Edition, Much Improved and Enlarged. London, Printed for Robert Morden and Thomas Cockerill, 1699. Small quarto, pp. half title, title, 14, 402, 16 double page engraved maps.
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This rare second edition is complete and in an 18th century full calf with gilt ruled covers and panels, gilt spine titles and panels, gilt text block edges, marbled end sheets. The binding is tight and clean with minor corner bumping, book plate of noted physician Otto Orren Fisher on paste down, text and maps exceptionally clean and bright. In very good condition.
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An English geographer and Fellow of the Royal Society, Gordon is best known for his geography text “Geography Anatomiz’d” which was first published in 1693 and went through numerous editions. The work was a requirement in schools throughout England. After providing an overview to geography and its methodology. Within this part is a map of the world. Parts 2 through 4 cover Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Each part includes maps with the part on America containing a map showing California as an island. The earliest editions of this work are very rare.