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Title
The solar system displayed.
Contributor Names
Burges, Bartholomew.
Norman, John, 1748?-1817.
Created / Published
Boston : J. Norman & c., 1789.
Subject Headings
-  Solar system--Maps--Early works to 1800
-  Astrology--Maps
-  Solar system
Genre
Celestial charts
Notes
-  "To the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the State of Massachusetts & to the Philosophical Society of Pennsylvania this plate is most humbly dedicated by their most obedient humble servant Bartholomew Burges."
-  Appears in: A Short Account of the Solar System and of Comets in General (Boston: B. Edes, 1789).
-  Includes illustrations of terrestrial and celestial globes and "A Table of the Diameters, Periods & c of the several Planets in the Solar System."
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  LC copy stamped in blue ink on verso: 5986. Minor discolorations throughout. Mounted on cloth.
Medium
1 chart ; 51 x 42 cm
Call Number/Physical Location
G3180 1789 .B9
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3180.ct003817
Library of Congress Control Number
2013593138
Language
English
Online Format
image
Description
"To the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the State of Massachusetts & to the Philosophical Society of Pennsylvania this plate is most humbly dedicated by their most obedient humble servant Bartholomew Burges." Appears in: A Short Account of the Solar System and of Comets in General (Boston: B. Edes, 1789). Includes illustrations of terrestrial and celestial globes and "A Table of the Diameters, Periods & c of the several Planets in the Solar System." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy stamped in blue ink on verso: 5986. Minor discolorations throughout. Mounted on cloth.
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https://lccn.loc.gov/2013593138
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