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A general atlas being a collection of maps of the world and quarters with a geographical clock and mariners compass.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Oversize Ms. Codex 224
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Language:
English
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Penn Provenance:
  • Sold by Stanley Smith (London), 1961.
Physical Description:
64 leaves : paper, color, illustrations, maps ; 340 x 260 mm bound to 350 x 277 mm
Place of Publication:
[England], [between 1781 and 1783]
Language Note:
English.
Notes:
  • Ms. codex.
  • Title and attribution from title page.
  • Pagination: Paper, 64 leaves; [iv], 1-5, [iii], 6, [iii], 7-10, [ii], 11-12, [ii], 13-14, [ii], 15-16, [ii], 17-18, [ii], 19-20, [ii], 21-22, [ii], 23-24, [ii], 25-26, [ii], 27-28, [ii], 29-30, [ii], 31-32, [ii], 33-34, [ii], 35-36, [ii], 37-38, [ii], 39-40, [ii], 41-42, [ii], 43-44, [ii], 45-46, [ii], 47-50, [ii], 51-52, [ii], 53-54, [ii], 55-56, [ii], 57-58, [ii], 59-60, [ii], 61-62, [ii], 63-64, [i], contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners; [1-128], modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.
  • Script: Written in a cursive script.
  • Binding: Contemporary boards.
  • Origin: Written in England, between 1781 and 1783.
Cited in:
Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 51 (Ms. English 18).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Codex 224
OCLC:
155962881

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