A short account of the solar system, and of comets in general : together with a particular account of the comet that will appear in 1789. / by Bartholomew Burges.
| Author/creator | Burges, Bartholomew |
| Other author | Norman, John, 1748?-1817, engraver. |
| Other author | American Academy of Arts and Sciences dedicatee. |
| Other author | American Philosophical Society dedicatee. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed and sold by B. Edes & Son, no. 7, State-Street, --1789. |
| Description | 16 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm (8vo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21721. ^A478749 |
| General note | "Dedicated to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the State of Massachusetts, and to the Philosophical Society of Pennsylvania"--p. [2]. |
| General note | "Errata."--p. 16. |
| General note | "Explanation of the large plate."--p. [19]. The plate, a diagram of the solar system, was engraved by John Norman. |
| General note | Prospectus for the author's The American seaman's daily assistant, p. [20]. |
| References | Evans 21721 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21721). |
| Genre/form | Prospectuses. |
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