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A new geographical, historical and commercial grammar : and present state of the several kingdoms of the world ... / by William Guthrie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guthrie, William, 1708-1770.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 17691.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geography.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition, improved.
- Manufacture:
- Philadelphia : Brown & Merritt.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Johnson & Warner, and for sale at their book stores, 1809.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Contents:
- A geographical index, with the names of places alphabetically arranged
- - A table of the coins of all nations
- - A chronological table of remarkable events from the Creation to the present time.
- Notes:
- "The astronomical parts by James Ferguson, F.R.S. ; to which have been added, the late discoveries of Dr. Herschel and other eminent astronomers."
- Of this popular grammar, Knox, the bookseller, is said to be the real compiler. --- Watt, Bibliotheca britannica, 1824, v.1, p. 452.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 17691).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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