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245 02 $aA New geographical, commercial, and historical grammar, and present state of the several empires and kingdoms of the world :$bcontaining I. the distances, figures, and revolutions of the celestial bodies ... : to with is added, I. A geographical index ... II. A table of coins of all the different nations ... III. A chronological table of remarkable events ... /$cthe whole executed on a plan similar to that of W. Guthrie, Esq. by a society in Edinburgh ; the astronomical part collected from the works of James Ferguson ... enriched with the late discoveries of Dr. Herschel, and other eminent astronomers ; embellished with an elegant set of maps ... exhibiting more fully the new geographical discoveries than those to be met with in any former publication.
250 $aSecond edition.
260 $aEdinburgh :$bPrinted for Alexander Kincaid, and sold by all the booksellers,$c1792.
300 $a2 v. :$bill., maps ;$c22 cm (8vo)
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500 $a"Of this popular grammar, Knox, the bookseller, is said to be the real compiler."--cf. Watt, Bibliotheca Britannica, 1824, v. 1, p. 452.
500 $a"A chronological table of remarkable events from the creation to the present time:" v. 2 at end.
500 $aErrata: v. 2 before the chronological table.
500 $aOther "new" editions have title "A new system of modern geography," "A system of modern geography," "A new geographical, historical, and commercial grammar," "A universal geography."
650 0 $aGeography$vEarly works to 1800.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85053987
700 1 $aGuthrie, William,$d1708-1770.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50017530
700 1 $aFerguson, James,$d1710-1776.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85049037
700 1 $aHerschel, William,$d1738-1822.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79083314
700 1 $aKnox, John,$d1720-1790.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85828514
710 2 $aPhilosophical Society of Edinburgh.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91018751
752 $aGreat Britain$bScotland$dEdinburgh.$2naf
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