Vulgar errors ancient and modern, attributed as imports to the proper names of the globe, clearly ascertained: with approximations to their natural descents. Investigating the origin and uses of letters - Moses's hitherto misunderstood account of Eden - Biblical long-lost names - unknown names of heathen gods, of nations, provinces, towns, &c. with a critical disquisition of every station of Richard of Cirencester and Antoninus in Britain ... to which ias added Richard's original work.
Exeter: printed for G. Dyer [for] Longman [et al.], 1816. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], lxxxv*, [1] errata, lxxvi, [2] blank, [2], 230, [2] blank, [25]; sectional title dated 1814 for Principles of Atheism and Deism proved to be unfounded; later quarter maroon niger morocco over red cloth-covered boards, gilt lettered direct on spine; fine. Dyer (1743-1820) was an Exeter antiquary and bookseller and "was the leading tradesman of that class in the west of England. His catalogues are still held in high value ... and he is said to have been the owner of a circulating library, the choicest and perhaps most extensive of any in the whole kingdom except the metropolis" (DNB). Item #34060
Price: $225.00
