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A New System of Geography: or, A General Description of the World.
by D. Fenning, J. Collyer, and others

published at the Looking-Glass, Pater-noster-Row, London, 1765

Original copperplate engravings nearly 260 years old • Chain-laid paper

Sheet size is approximately 8.5 inches wide by 14 inches high, with some variance due to trimming

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The Genius of the Work instructing Youth...
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The Genius of the Work instructing Youth...

FRONTISPIECE
light age toning
$119.99
 
The Goddess Vesta presenting to the Figure of Geography...
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The Goddess Vesta presenting to the Figure of Geography...

FRONTISPIECE
damp staining to lower and left margin, dog-ear crease lower left
$119.99
 
The Goddess Vesta presenting to the Figure of Geography...
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A Gentoo Woman burning herself on the Funeral Pile of her Husband

paper loss to lower right corner
$119.99
 
A Nuremburg Marriage
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A Nuremburg Marriage

text offsetting/transfer
$119.99
 
Marriage Ceremony of the Russians
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Marriage Ceremony of the Russians

some age toning/foxing
$119.99
 
Lady Mary Wortley visits the Sultana Hafiten
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Lady Mary Wortley visits the Sultana Hafiten

some light age toning/foxing
$119.99
 
The Ordeal Trial practis'd by the Gentoos
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The Ordeal Trial practis'd by the Gentoos

some light age toning/foxing, paper wrinkle lower left corner
$119.99
 
The Swing by which the principal Persons in India pass away much of their Time
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The Swing by which the principal Persons in India pass away much of their Time

light damp stain lower margin (easily covered once mounted/matted)
$119.99
 
Ceremony of Treading on the Crucifix...Nagasaki, Japan
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Ceremony of Treading on the Crucifix...Nagasaki, Japan

spot in left margin
Act of trampling the Images of Our Saviour & the Virgin Mary...
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Act of trampling the Images of Our Saviour & the Virgin Mary...Nagasaki, Japan

damp stain in lower margin, well outside image area
$119.99
 
Vasquez de Gama introduced to the Amorin (or King) at Calicut in India
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Vasquez de Gama introduced to the Amorin (or King) at Calicut in India

some grubiness in upper margin, age toning around edges of paper
$119.99
 
The Grand Seignior in an elegant Turkish Habit...
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The Grand Seignior in an elegant Turkish Habit...

some spotting, soft crease lower left corner
$119.99
 
Processioin of the Penitent Prostitutes at Naples
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Processioin of the Penitent Prostitutes at Naples

some browning of paper and light text offset/transfer
$119.99
 
Ceremony upon the Overflowing of the Nile at Cairo
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Ceremony upon the Overflowing of the Nile at Cairo

original printing ink smear at bottom of image, crease upper left corner
$119.99
 
Wm Tell's bold Answer ro the Tyrant, after having shot the Apple from his Son's Head
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Wm Tell's bold Answer ro the Tyrant, after having shot the Apple from his Son's Head

text offset/transfer
$119.99
 
Boadicea haranguing the Britons
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Boadicea haranguing the Britons

text offset/transfer
$119.99
 
Mr Doughty beheaded by order of Sir Francis Drake, at Port St Julian on the Coast of Patagonia
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Mr Doughty beheaded by order of Sir Francis Drake, at Port St Julian on the Coast of Patagonia

damp stains in margins
$119.99
 
Begging Devotees who stroll thro' China...
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Begging Devotees who stroll thro' China...

minor rumpling and unobtrusive natural paper wrinkles
$119.99
 
A Woman and Boy of Patagonia in South America receiving beads, &c. from Commodore (now Admiral) Byron...
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A Woman and Boy of Patagonia in South America receiving beads, &c.
from Commodore (now Admiral) Byron...

stabilized paper puncture (above palm tree on right side, minor rumpling
$119.99
 
An Image worshipped by the Chingulas as the Deity who presides over Health, Wisdom, Plenty, &c.
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An Image worshipped by the Chingulas as the Deity who presides over Health, Wisdom, Plenty, &c.

some staining, grubbiness
$119.99
 
Affecting interview of two Moskito Men...Island of Juan Fernandez...
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Affecting interview of two Moskito Men...Island of Juan Fernandez...

light staining/foxing
$119.99
 
Gonzalo Pizzaro beheaded at Cuzco
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Gonzalo Pizzaro beheaded at Cuzco

light staining/foxing
$119.99
 
Gonzalo Pizzaro beheaded at Cuzco
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Gonzalo Pizzaro beheaded at Cuzco

same as print to left, but from Moore's Voyages and Travels (1779), hand-colored and mounted/matted
$199.99
 
A Sachem exhorting the Indians to War
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A Sachem exhorting the Indians to War

very mild foxing
$119.99
 
M. Bougainville hoisting French Colours on a Small Rock, in Maghellan Streights
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M. Bougainville hoisting French Colours on a Small Rock, in Maghellan Streights

old acidic tape stain on tear in right margin (tape has been removed and replaced with archival tape)
$119.99
 
Murther [Murder] of the Duke of Burgundy
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Murther [Murder] of the Duke of Burgundy

text offset/transfer
$119.99
 
Claas the Hottento, surrenders himself Prisoner to the Dutch Ensign
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Claas the Hottentot, surrenders himself Prisoner to the Dutch Ensign

damp stain lower edge, well outside image area
$119.99
 
Commemoration of Abraham's sacrificing his Son
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Commemoration of Abraham's sacrificing his Son

damp stain lower edge, well outside image area; closed tear to right margin outside of image area
$119.99
 
The King of Jagra summon'd before Numbo Jumbo
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The King of Jagra summon'd before Numbo Jumbo

 
$119.99
 
Festival or Sacrifice in Honour of Confucius
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Festival or Sacrifice in Honour of Confucius

typical browning to outside edges of paper
$119.99
 
Tentes des Tartares, Chariots & Chapelles des Tartares
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Tentes des Tartares, Chariots & Chapelles des Tartares

from a different, unidentified source (probably Illustrations de Voyage par la Moscovie en Perse et aux Indes orientales, published in 1718)
$119.99
 
View of the Island of Fogo (Fuego) or Fire
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View of the Island of Fogo [Fuego] or Fire

Puerto Grande or Harbour of St Vincent, from Nieuhoff

from a different, unidentified source, circa 1700-1710
$85
 
Tahiti
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A Young Woman of Otaheite [Tahiti] bringing a present
A woman of Otaheite [Tahiti] dancing
An Otahetian [Tahitian] in the Dress of his Country
A New Zealand Warrior completely Armed

from Jackson's edition of Paynes New System of Universal Geography (ca. 1760)

SHEET SIZE = ABOUT 8 X 10.5 INCHES

$119.99
 
 
 

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