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PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH. A Descriptive System of Biography; with a Catalogue of All the Names Inserted in It, and the Dates Annexed to Them. A New Edition, with Improvements. Philadelphia: Akerman & Hancock for Mathew Carey, 1803. 1st American edition. 8vo. 62, 4 pp. Folding chart of biography. Contemp. calf backed marbled boards. Offset on title from chart, but very nice. $350.00

 

S & S 4910. Very scarce late miscellaneous work by the prolific scientist and philosopher, written with the purpose of aiding in the organization and study of great discoveries.