A 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 discoveries of Herschell , and other astronomers. / By William Guthrie, Esq. ; The astronomical parts corrected by Dr. Rittenhouse. ; In two volumes. Volume I[-II].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guthrie, William, 1708-1770, author.

Contributor:

Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796.

Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 27077.

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 28782.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography.

Astronomy.

Genre:

Subscription lists (Publishing)

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volume) : illustrations, charts

Edition:

The first American edition, corrected, improved, and greatly enlarged.

Other Title:

New system of modern geography.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed by Mathew Carey., Feb. 1. M.DCC.XCIV[-April 27, M.DCC.XCV]. [1794-1795]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

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.

Vol. 1: 572 pages, [2] leaves of plates; volume 2: xi, [1], 704, 43, [1] pages, [2] folded leaves.

Errors in paging: volume 1, pages 435, and volume 2, pages 237-240 misnumbered 439, 187-190.

Subscribers' names, volume 2, pages [v]-xi.

Directions to the binder regarding the placement of maps, volume 2, pages [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).

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 27077).

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 28782).

Cited in:

Evans 27077

Evans 28782

Forbes, D.W. Hawaii, 236

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