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Guthrie, a historian and political journalist, wrote several books, including his "Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar," which was first published in London in 1770 and was his most popular book. <ref> W. Guthrie, Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar, 1770, 4) </ref>
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}}[[wikipedia:William Guthrie (historian)|William Guthrie]] (1708? &ndash; 1770) was a historian and political journalist originally from Forfarshire in Scotland. His formal education occurred at [[wikipedia:King's College, Aberdeen|King's College]].<ref>David Allan, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/11792 Guthrie, William (1708?–1770)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed October 24, 2013.</ref> Labeled in the twentieth-century as one of the "bibliographic dinosaurs of Georgian geography”, he wrote for “a general public interested in the new learning and world-wide commerce."<ref>Alan Downes, "[http://www.jstor.org/stable/1797275 The Bibliographic Dinosaurs of Georgian Geography (1714-1830)]," ''The Geographical Journal'' 137, no. 3 (Sep., 1971): 383, accessed October 11, 2013.</ref>
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Guthrie published his most successful work, ''Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar'' in 1770, the year of his death. In this 700-page tome, Guthrie "developed a fluent simplification of Scottish Enlightenment historical and political analysis."<ref>Allan, "Guthrie, William."</ref> This work saw several later editions (rather than revisions) and was eventually translated into French. The first American edition, ''A New System of Modern Geography'' printed for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Carey Mathew Carey], owes much of its expansion to the bookseller John Knox.<ref>Robert Watt, ''Bibliotheca Britannica, or A General Index to British and Foreign Literature'' (Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Company, Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green; and Hurst, Robinson & Co., London, 1824), 1:452.</ref>  
  
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Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Guthrie’s geography 2.v. 4to." This was one of the titles kept by [[Thomas Jefferson]]. He later sold a copy of the first American edition to the Library of Congress in 1815. Both the [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on November 11, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing include this edition (1794-1795) based on Millicent Sowerby's entry in ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson''.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'',(Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:89-90 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=104 [no.3826]].</ref> While the Jefferson volumes no longer exist to conclusively verify the edition or signs of Wythe ownership, the Wolf Law Library's [[George Wythe Collection]] includes the edition recommended by Sowerby.
  
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'''Published:''' Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, 1794-1795.
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Bound in contemporary American tree sheep with the smooth spines gilt-ruled in six compartments. Red morocco lettering-piece in the second, small green morocco numbering-piece in the fourth. Includes previous owner's signature, "J. Hunter", on each title page and the inscription "Ex libris Ja. Hunter, 28 June 1799, Price 16 <illegible>" on the front pastedown of volume one.
  
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157637698344726 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991017498619703196 William & Mary's online catalog.]
  
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*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/GuthrieNewSystemOfGeography1794Vol1.pdf Volume I] (47MB PDF)
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Latest revision as of 09:28, 23 June 2023

by William Guthrie

A New System of Modern Geography
GuthrieNewSystemOfModernGeography1794-95v2.jpg

Title page from A New System of Modern Geography, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.

Author William Guthrie
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Published Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey
Date 1794-1795
Edition First American
Language English
Volumes 2 volume set
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Desc. 4to (27 cm.)
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William Guthrie (1708? – 1770) was a historian and political journalist originally from Forfarshire in Scotland. His formal education occurred at King's College.[1] Labeled in the twentieth-century as one of the "bibliographic dinosaurs of Georgian geography”, he wrote for “a general public interested in the new learning and world-wide commerce."[2]

Illustration comparing the Brahean and Copernican systems, volume one.

Guthrie published his most successful work, Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar in 1770, the year of his death. In this 700-page tome, Guthrie "developed a fluent simplification of Scottish Enlightenment historical and political analysis."[3] This work saw several later editions (rather than revisions) and was eventually translated into French. The first American edition, A New System of Modern Geography printed for Mathew Carey, owes much of its expansion to the bookseller John Knox.[4]

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as "Guthrie’s geography 2.v. 4to." This was one of the titles kept by Thomas Jefferson. He later sold a copy of the first American edition to the Library of Congress in 1815. Both the Brown Bibliography[5] and George Wythe's Library[6] on LibraryThing include this edition (1794-1795) based on Millicent Sowerby's entry in Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson.[7] While the Jefferson volumes no longer exist to conclusively verify the edition or signs of Wythe ownership, the Wolf Law Library's George Wythe Collection includes the edition recommended by Sowerby.

Inscription, front pastedown, volume one.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in contemporary American tree sheep with the smooth spines gilt-ruled in six compartments. Red morocco lettering-piece in the second, small green morocco numbering-piece in the fourth. Includes previous owner's signature, "J. Hunter", on each title page and the inscription "Ex libris Ja. Hunter, 28 June 1799, Price 16 <illegible>" on the front pastedown of volume one.

Images of the library's copy of this book are available on Flickr. View the record for this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

Full text

Illustration of an Armillary Sphere, volume one.

See also

References

  1. ↑ David Allan, "Guthrie, William (1708?–1770)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, accessed October 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ Alan Downes, "The Bibliographic Dinosaurs of Georgian Geography (1714-1830)," The Geographical Journal 137, no. 3 (Sep., 1971): 383, accessed October 11, 2013.
  3. ↑ Allan, "Guthrie, William."
  4. ↑ Robert Watt, Bibliotheca Britannica, or A General Index to British and Foreign Literature (Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Company, Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green; and Hurst, Robinson & Co., London, 1824), 1:452.
  5. ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.
  6. ↑ LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on November 11, 2013.
  7. ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,(Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:89-90 [no.3826].

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