Accession number:
PML 195907
Published:
Leipzig : Zur Messe bey Haude und Spener von Berlin, [1785?]
Description:
[38], 64, [8], 272 p., 12, [7] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (some hand col.), hand col. map ; 11 cm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
Engraved t.p. signed "J.W. Meil del., D. Berger sc. 1784"; plates 1-12 engraved by J. Penzel after Chodowiecki.
Signatures: 1-3⁴ 4⁶ (-4₆) 5², A⁶ (-A₆) B-D⁸ E⁸ (-E₈), ²A-R⁸.
"Iahrbuch der merkwürdigsten neuen Weltbegebenheiten für 1786 enthaltend die Geschichte der wichtigsten Staats- und Handelsveränderungen von Ostindien," with preface signed by M.C. Sprengel: [4] p. This is followed by: "Gegenwärtiger Zustand von Ostindien": 272 p. Title on folded map: "Charte von Ost Indien," dated 1785.
Errata on p. 272.
Binding:
Stained vellum tooled in gilt.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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