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 of the planets... To which are added, I. A geographical index... By William Guthrie, esq. The astronomical part by James Ferguson, F.R.S.
William Guthrie (1708-1770)
Category
Books
Date
1780
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 3108748
Summary
Bibliographic description
ix, [3], 795, [1] p., [21] maps (fold.) . ill., maps plates . 4to.. Provenance: Label in red: Scotney Castle Lamberhurst. - Scotney Castle catalogue, 1855. - Inscribed in ink on front pastedown: 'Gulielmus Pitt Amherst / Ex Donis / Georgii Ross. / May 22nd. 1785'. Binding: Eighteenth-century polished calf, golf-ruled spine, red spine-label, gold-lettered. Upper board loose.
Makers and roles
William Guthrie (1708-1770) James Ferguson, FRS (Keith 1710 - London 1776) Thomas Kitchin (1719-1784)