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new system of modern geography: or, A geographical, historical, and commercial grammar; and present state of the several nations of the world
... To which are added, I. A geographical index, with the names and places alphabetically arranged. II. A table of the coins of all nations, and their value in dollars and cents. III. A chronological table of remarkable events, from the creation to the present time. IV. The late discoveras printed], and other astronomers
The first American edition, corrected, improved, and greatly enlarged.
2 volumes : illustrations, charts ; 28 cm. (quarto)
By William Guthrie, Esq. ; The astronomical parts corrected by Dr. Rittenhouse. ; In two volumes. Volume I[-II].
Evans attributes the American part of the work to Jedidiah Morse.
Imprint of volume 2 (Evans 28782) varies: Printed for Mathew Carey. Colophon of volume 2: Printed by R. Folwell, for Mathew Carey.
Volume 1: 572 pages, [2] leaves of plates; volume 2: xi, [1], 704, 43, [1] pages, [2] folded leaves.
Errors in paging: volume 1, page 435, and volume 2, pages 237-240 misnumbered 439, 187-190.
Subscribers' names, volume 2, p. [v]-xi.
Directions to the binder regarding the placement of maps, volume 2, p. [xii]. In addition to the two astronomical charts, 45 maps (15 for volume 1; 30 for volume 2) were issued. They are seldom found bound with the present work, but were issued separately as: The general atlas for Carey's edition of Guthrie's geography, Philadelphia, 1795 (Bristol B9043).
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 27077).
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 28782).