price
7/- is entered in Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue.
William Guthrie, 1708-1770, Scottish miscellaneous writer, settled in London in 1730 and was the author of a number of books, of which this
was the most important and was reprinted in many editions.
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Pinkerton’s geography.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 117, no. 113, as above.
PINKERTON,
John.
Modern Geography. A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies; with the Oceans, Seas, and Isles; in all Parts
of the World: including the most recent Discoveries, and political Alterations. Digested on a new Plan. By John Pinkerton. The Astronomical Introduction by the rev. S. Vince, A.M. F.R.S. and Plumian Professor of Astronomy, and Experimental Philosophy in the University of Cambridge. The Article
America, corrected and considerably enlarged, by Dr. Barton, of Philadelphia. With numerous Maps, drawn under the Direction and with the latest Improvements, of Arrowsmith, and engraved by the first American Artists. To the whole are added, a Catalogue of the best Maps, and Books of Travels and
Voyages, in all Languages: and an ample Index. Vol. I [-II].
Published by
John Conrad, & Co.
Philadelphia;
M. & J. Conrad & Co.
Baltimore;
Rapin, Conrad & Co. Washington City [and others].
H. Maxwell, printer,
1804.
G115 .P65
2 vol. 8vo. 344 and 347 leaves; atlas of plates, 1 vol. 4to. In volume II pages 394 to 554 relate to America. On page 611
begins a Note, concerning the Article America, signed by Benjamin Smith Barton, and dated from Philadelphia, April 7th, 1804. Pages 617 to 634 contain a Catalogue of Maps, and of Books of Voyages and
Travels. In the Atlas of plates 27 maps relate to America, in addition to the 2 maps of the world at the beginning.
Barton’s note concerning the article
America begins:
The article America, in Mr. Pinkerton’s excellent system of Modern Geography, having been found, in many respects, extremely
defective and erroneous, it was deemed proper by the editors of the Philadelphia edition, to endeavour to render that article
more worthy of the public notice. I was induced to undertake the task, not sufficiently aware, at the time, of the difficulties
with which it was attended . . .
Jefferson’s
Notes on the State of Virginia
was one of the source-books used by him, and other references to Jefferson occur. On page 425 Barton has appended a footnote
to the notice of him as the present President:
Mr. Jefferson is a native of Virginia, where he was born about the year 1741. Previously to his election to the important
station which he now holds, he had filled several distinguished places, both in the individual government of his native state,
and in that of the United States. He had been governor of Virginia, embassador from the United States to the court of France,
and Secretary of State to the United States. His Notes on the state of Virginia exhibit Mr. Jefferson in a very favourable
point of view as a man of various and correct knowledge. In science, his favourite pursuits are natural philosophy (including
mathematics) and natural history. B.
Jefferson’s manuscript and the 1815 Library of Congress Catalogues call for the edition in 2 volumes 8vo, described here. In the 1831 Catalogue,
the letter J designating Jefferson’s copy was inadvertently placed beside the first edition, London, 1802, published in 2
volumes quarto, and the error repeated in the later catalogues.
John Pinkerton, 1758-1826, Scottish antiquary and historian.
Samuel Vince, 1749-1821, English mathematician and astronomer, was Plumian professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy in the University
of Cambridge from 1796 to his death in 1821.
Several works by
Benjamin Smith Barton are in this catalogue, for which see the Index.
Aaron Arrowsmith, 1750-1823, English cartographer and geographer.
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