CORK PRINTING. A New And Easy Introduction To Universal Geography (Extremely rare Cork printing)

In A Series Of Letters To A Youth At School: Describing the Figure, Motions, and Dimensions of the Earth, the different Seasons of the Year, the Situation and Extent of several Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Provinces ... by the Rev. R. Turner ... Illustrated with copper plates and a new set of maps drawn and engraved by the best artists on purpose for this work. By The Rev. R. Turner, Jun. L.L. D. Late of Magdalen-Hall, Oxford. Ninth Edition. With twenty-one engraved maps (including large folding frontispiece) & five engraved plates.

Cork: Printed by Michael Harris, 1800. 12mo. pp. viii, 232. Bound at the Abrams Bindery in modern half brown morocco on marbled boards, title in gilt on original red morocco label on spine. A fine copy. No copy located on JISC.
Arranged in a series of letters, Turner's work is aimed at the school-child, and discusses both political and physical geography, with reference to customs, religions and manners of various areas.
Appearing here for the first time are a folding double-hemisphere world map showing the the tracks of James Cook's three voyages, a plate of a geographical clock with volvelle showing the hour of the day in any part of the world, as well a terrestial globe. The maps and plates were drawn by the author and engraved by Terry.

[L4 6C]