COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Universe plate
Obj Height cm:
23
Obj Width cm:
33
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
Volume 1. Five figures of planet system, showing Brahean System, Copernican System, Orthographic Projection on the Meridian, Stereographic Projection on the Plane of the Meridian.
Reference:
Howes C135.
Full Title:
(Universe plate). J.T. Scott Sculp. (to accompany) A New System of Modern Geography: or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Nations of the World. ... By William Guthrie, Esq.
List No:
2647.008
Series No:
8
Pub Date:
1795
Pub Title:
A New System of Modern Geography: or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Nations of the World. ... By William Guthrie, Esq. ... Volume II. The First American Edition, Corrected, Improved, and Greatly Enlarged. Philadelphia: Printed by Mathew Carey. April 27. M.DCC.XCV.
Pub Reference:
Howes C135.
Pub Note:
2 volume text. Accompanied by separate atlas (see our "The General Atlas For Carey's Edition Of Guthrie's Geography improved, " 2931.000). Volume one published 1794, volume two in 1795. The sections on the United States are greatly enlarged and provided by J. Morse (see preface volume two). Some copies had the maps bound in the text, others (as in this case) had a separate atlas folio. Bound in full leather with "Guthrie, Geography. Improved," on the spine.
Pub List No:
2647.000
Pub Height cm:
27
Pub Width cm:
22
Image No:
2647008
Publisher Location:
Philadelphia
Publisher:
M. Carey
Type:
Atlas Map
Type:
View
Subject:
Celestial
Engraver or Printer:
Scott, Joseph T.
Publication Author:
Carey, Mathew
Publication Author:
Guthrie, W.
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Author:
Carey, Mathew
Author:
Guthrie, W.
Date:
1795
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