A dissertation upon the surface of the earth as delineated in a specimen of a philosophico-chorographical chart of East-Kent : herewith humbly presented to, and read before the Royal Society, Nov. 25, 1736 : in a letter to Cromwel Mortimer ... / by Christopher Packe ...
Published / Created:
London : Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1737.
Physical Description:
18 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
This copy includes 2 copies of the folded plate, "A specimen of a philosophico-chorographical chart of East-Kent." One is printed in green, the other in brown. Both have some added hand-coloring in green. See p. 109 in Packe's Ankographia for discussion of the difficulties of printing in colors.
Subject Terms:
Cock, F. William -- Bookplate. | Pembroke, G. P. A. -- Autograph. | Hoare, Richard Colt, Sir, 1758-1838 -- Provenance. | Stourhead (England). Library -- Provenance. | Geography -- England -- Kent -- 17th-18th centuries. | Physical geography -- England -- Kent. | Kent (England) -- Description and travel. | Earth -- Surface.
Contributors:
Mortimer, Cromwell, d. 1752. | Royal Society (Great Britain)