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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, Aberdeen.<ref>David Allan, [http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/11792 Guthrie, William (1708?–1770)" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed 24 Oct 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> | + | {{BookPageInfoBox |
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| + | |shorttitle=A New System of Modern Geography: or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar, and Present State of the Several Nations of the World | ||
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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, Aberdeen.<ref>David Allan, [http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/11792 Guthrie, William (1708?–1770)" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed 24 Oct 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> | ||
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 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> | 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 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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A New System of Modern Geography: or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar, and Present State of the Several Nations of the World
by William Guthrie
| A New System of Modern Geography: or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar, and Present State of the Several Nations of the World | |
 Title page from A New System of Modern Geography: or, A Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar, and Present State of the Several Nations of the World, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
| Author | William Guthrie |
| Published | Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey |
| Date | 1794 |
| Edition | First American |
| Language | English |
William Guthrie (1708?–1770) was a historian and political journalist originally from Forfarshire in Scotland. His formal education occurred at King’s College, Aberdeen.[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]
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]
Published: Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, 1794-1795.
Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library
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.
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References
- ↑ David Allan, [http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/11792 Guthrie, William (1708?–1770)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed 24 Oct 2013.
- ↑ Alan Downes, "The Bibliographic Dinosaurs of Georgian Geography (1714-1830)," The Geographical Journal 137, No. 3 (Sep., 1971), 383, accessed October 11, 2013.
- ↑ Allan, "Guthrie, William."
- ↑ 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.
