A New System of Modern Geography (Vol. I) by William Guthrie (First American Edition), 1794 📜🎨🇺🇸 Botanical Art and this book's original hardcover

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A New System of Modern Geography (Vol. I) by William Guthrie (First American Edition), 1794 📜🎨🇺🇸 Botanical Art and this book's original hardcoverThis is a top shelf example of Volume I from the First American Edition of William Guthries A New System of Modern Geography. Printed in Philadelphia in 1794 by the pioneering Mathew Carey, this book is a heavy record of the intellectual growth of the United States following the Revolution. The volume is a documented component of early American science, featuring corrections by the premier astronomer Dr. David Rittenhouse. It stands as a high value