A new system of modern geography, or, A geographical, historical and commercial grammar and present state of the several kingdoms of the world : containing, I. the figures, motions and distances .. : to which are added, I. a geographical index ... II
A new system of modern geography, or, A geographical, historical and commercial grammar and present state of the several kingdoms of the world : containing, I. the figures, motions and distances .. : to which are added, I. a geographical index ... II...
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Good. Two quarto volumes in contemporary full leather bindings. Volume I: 572 pp, with two engraved plates (one folding). Joints cracked, with some old repair work visible, some loss of leather at head of spine, otherwise sound. Volume II: xi, (i), 704, (43) pp, with one folding chart (of 2)--Lacking most of the Table of Exports. Front joint partially cracked. Ownership signatures in each volumes of Amos Slaymaker, a Revolutionary War veteran and member of ember of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. This edition includes 341 pages on the United States, in contrast to the thirty-nine pages of the fifth London edition. Evans 27077: "The American part of the work (pp. 206--588) was furnished, page by page, by Jedidiah Morse. The directions to the binder indicate that forty-seven maps were issued to subscribers with the work...but these are seldom, or never found bound with the work." Sabin 29327.
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Fair. Volume 2 only. Bound in full leather, joints starting, erosion to the corners and spine ends, heavy rubbing. Minor writing in the prelims. Pages are tanned and foxed. Over 500, 000 Internet Orders FIlled.
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Poor. Hildesheim, Germany and New York: Mathew Carey, 1794. First American edition, 1794. Worn, incomplete copy of volume I. Includes title page through page 564, with pages 565-572, two plates and rear cover absent. Text includes introduction, European countries and Russia. Front cover detached, text block sound, pages age-toned and a little edgeworn but clean with only light occasional foxing, final page soiled and edge chipped but without loss of text. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Poor. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall.
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