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A short account of the solar system, and of comets in general: together with a particular account of the comet that will appear in 1789. by Bartholomew Burges.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1788 Dwi Af. 324.3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burges, Bartholomew 16339
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 16,[4]p., [1]folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 8°.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Printed and sold by B. Edes & Son, no. 7, State-Street, --1789.
- Notes:
- "Dedicated to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the State of Massachusetts, and to the Philosophical Society of Pennsylvania"--p. [2].
- "Errata."--p. 16.
- "Explanation of the large plate."--p. [19]. The plate, a diagram of the solar system, was engraved by John Norman.
- Prospectus for the author's The American seaman's daily assistant, p. [20].
- Local Notes:
- Library copy: -plate
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with Dwight, Triumph, q.v.; number 2 in table of contents; item 3 in volume.
- Modern half sheep; bound with other works; number 4 in table of contents; item 1 in volume; MS table of contents in modern hand bound in front. Purchased from Dufief, 1801-1803, by William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia; sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to Historical Society.
- Cited in:
- Evans 21721
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