Title: An Abridgement of the American Gazetteer, Exhibiting, in Alphabetical Order, a Compendious Account of the States, Towns, Provinces, . . . Indian Tribes, etc. on the American Continent and its Appendant Islands, including the West Indies Author: Morse, Jedidiah Place: Boston Publisher: Thomas & Andrews Date: 1798 Description: 388 pp. (Small 8vo), period tree calf, morocco lettering piece. Nicely printed and bound abridgement of "The American Gazetteer," printed by Isaiah Thomas. Last 10 pages includes a table of post-offices and instructions to postmasters. Jedidiah Morse was the father of Samuel F.B. Morse, and author of the first geography published in America, in 1784: "Geography Made Easy." Lot Amendments Condition: Vertical crack the length of spine with no loss of material; small chip to spine head; lacking frontispiece map; binding still attractive; text quite clean, good. Item number: 171076
Title: An Abridgement of the American Gazetteer, Exhibiting, in Alphabetical Order, a Compendious Account of the States, Towns, Provinces, . . . Indian Tribes, etc. on the American Continent and its Appendant Islands, including the West Indies Author: Morse, Jedidiah Place: Boston Publisher: Thomas & Andrews Date: 1798 Description: 388 pp. (Small 8vo), period tree calf, morocco lettering piece. Nicely printed and bound abridgement of "The American Gazetteer," printed by Isaiah Thomas. Last 10 pages includes a table of post-offices and instructions to postmasters. Jedidiah Morse was the father of Samuel F.B. Morse, and author of the first geography published in America, in 1784: "Geography Made Easy." Lot Amendments Condition: Vertical crack the length of spine with no loss of material; small chip to spine head; lacking frontispiece map; binding still attractive; text quite clean, good. Item number: 171076
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