A short account of the solar system, and of comets in general
Subtitle: together with a particular account of the comet that will appear in 1789
By: By Bartholomew Burges
Edition: (The second edition. Corrected.)
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 21722
Publisher: Printed by B. Edes & Son, no. 7, State-Street.
Published: 1789
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 17
Subjects: Comets
Notes: Dedicated to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and to the Philosophical Society of Pennsylvania.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing edition statement.

Signatures: [A]⁴ B⁴ C² (C2 verso blank).

"Explanation of the moveable diagram"--p. 17; followed by an explanation of the diagram of the solar system (engraved by John Norman), p. [18]. The latter explanation appears in the first edition (Evans 21721) under the heading "Explanation of the large plate." The first edition was evidently issued with the diagram of the solar system, and the second edition with the diagram and accompanying volvelle; however, no copy of the second edition with the diagram and volvelle has been located.

Prospectus for the author's The American seaman's daily assistant, p. [19].

Evans 21722