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Book - Reference Travel/History/Cartography, Mr Salmon (Thomas Salmon) et al, Modern History or, the Present State of All Nations. Vol III, 1746
... Johnson’s famous Dictionary during this exact time frame. Thomas Shewell was Longmans business partner during a brief window in the mid-1740s (roughly 1745–1747). Imprints bearing both Longman and Shewell specifically isolate a publication to this short period.
The work was first published and issued in serial format and smaller octavo sets starting in the 1720s, then expanded into a comprehensive...Johnson’s famous Dictionary during this exact time frame. Thomas Shewell was Longmans business partner during a brief window in the mid-1740s (roughly 1745–1747). Imprints bearing both Longman and Shewell specifically isolate a publication to this short period.
The work was first published and issued in serial format and smaller octavo sets starting in the 1720s, then expanded into a comprehensive ...
This 1746 3rd Edition of Thomas Salmon’s Modern History is a fantastic slice of Enlightenment era geography and publishing history. It sits at a fascinating intersection of early modern travel literature, top tier cartography, and the rise of one of London's most famous publishing houses.
Thomas Salmon’s Modern History: or, the Present State of All Nations was an ambitious encyclopedic project. Rather than focusing strictly on dynastic timelines, Salmon took a modern geographical and ethnographic approach.
For each region covered, he detailed its geography and climate, along with its natural resources, plants, animals, and minerals. Culture and society were covered by focusing on local habits, dress, religious rites, laws, customs, and architecture. Economy and trade were also detailed, including the arts, sciences, husbandry, and commercial manufactures.
Hard cover book,Modern History: or, the Present State of All Nations Vol III
Author: Mr Salmon (Thomas Salmon)
Illustrator: Herman Moll
Publisher: T Longman and T Shewell, London.
Date: 1746 (MDCCXLVI), 3rd Edition
Further Information: Set of Three Volumes. Hard covered book has reinforcing on the spine and corners. The cover is very well worn and has remnants of a coloured design. The fly page is printed in red and black ink and has a long description of the contents. Inside the cover is printed a Coat of Arms, there is a stocker on the inside cover. non-fictionThis 1746 3rd Edition of Thomas Salmon’s Modern History is a fantastic slice of Enlightenment era geography and publishing history. It sits at a fascinating intersection of early modern travel literature, top tier cartography, and the rise of one of London's most famous publishing houses.
Thomas Salmon’s Modern History: or, the Present State of All Nations was an ambitious encyclopedic project. Rather than focusing strictly on dynastic timelines, Salmon took a modern geographical and ethnographic approach.
For each region covered, he detailed its geography and climate, along with its natural resources, plants, animals, and minerals. Culture and society were covered by focusing on local habits, dress, religious rites, laws, customs, and architecture. Economy and trade were also detailed, including the arts, sciences, husbandry, and commercial manufactures.flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, pattison collection, ralph eric pattison, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, mechanics’ institute library, warrnambool library, free library, corangamite regional library service, mr salmon, thomas salmon, 18th century, 1746, history, geography, social studies, culture, maps, modern history, present state of all nations vol iii, herman moll, t longman and t shewell, social history, cartography
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