DUNN, Samuel. A New Atlas of the Mundane System; or, of Geography and Cosmography. London: Robert Sayer, 1788, 2°. 50 double-page engraved maps and plans hand-coloured in outline (some staining). Later morocco-backed cloth boards gilt. cf. Phillips 3515.

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