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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Guthrie_%28historian%29 William Guthrie] (1708?–1770) was a historian and political journalist originally from Forfarshire in Scotland. His formal education occurred at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_College,_Aberdeen 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> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Guthrie_%28historian%29 William Guthrie] (1708?–1770) was a historian and political journalist originally from Forfarshire in Scotland. His formal education occurred at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_College,_Aberdeen 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> | ||
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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 Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file.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. | + | 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'' 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 4:89-90 [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]] does include the edition recommended by Sowerby. |
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Revision as of 20:13, 3 March 2014
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 | |
 Title page from A New System of Modern Geography, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. | |
| Author | William Guthrie |
| Published | Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey |
| Date | 1794-1795 |
| Edition | First American |
| Language | English |
| Volumes | 2 volume set |
| Desc. | 4to (27 cm.) |
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]
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 does include the edition recommended by Sowerby.
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.
View this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
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.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ LibraryThing, s. v. "Member: George Wythe", accessed on November 11, 2013.
- ↑ E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 4:89-90 [no.3826].
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