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Title: A New System of Modern Geography: or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World.... Author: Guthrie, William Place: London Publisher: C. Dilly & G. Robinson Date: 1788 Description: xii, 869, [1], [25] pp. With 24 folding copper-engraved maps by Thomas Kitchin & others, hand-colored in outline; copper-engraved plate of an armillary sphere. (4to) 11x8¾, period calf. Guthrie's famed geography with finely engraved maps Thomas Kitchin John Barber and others. Included are maps of the world, the Europe and its various countries and regions, Asia, the East Indies, North America, the British Dominions in North America, West Indies, etc. With the armorial bookplate of William Wilshere. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers detached, leather dry and brittle; a few maps with stub tears; light to moderate foxing; internally very good. Item number: 203624