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.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsG5753 K4 P3 1743+ Oversize
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.Bound with: Ankographia, sive, convallium descriptio / Christopher Packe. Canterbury : J. Abree, 1743.Cased with the map: A new philosophico chorographical chart of East-Kent / Christopher Packe. [S.l.] : C. Packe, 1743.Genealogical material relating to Christopher Packe has been placed in the Object File. It includes a legal document on vellum dated 1690 & labeled "Herbert Randolph's additional settlement on his wife." Randolph was Packe's father.This copy belonged to Sir Richard Colt Hoare & was sold at the Stourhead House library auction Aug. 3, 1883 (lot no. 1094).
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)