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Guthrie’s hist. of England & the Continuation.
5. v.
fol. 54. A.C.-1702.
1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 98, as above, with the reading
History and
45 A C 2 v.
GUTHRIE,
William.
A General History of England . . . By William Guthrie, Esq. . . . Vol. I [-III].
London: Printed by
Daniel Browne, for
T. Waller,
1744,
1747,
1751.--[Ralph, James]
The History of England . . . By a Lover of Truth and Liberty . . .
London: Printed by
Daniel Browne, for
F. Cogan, and
T. Waller,
1744-46.
DA435 .R26
First Edition; together 5 vol. Folio. vol. I, 379 leaves; vol. II, 623 leaves; vol. III, 706 leaves; [vol. IV] 544 leaves; [vol.
V] 562 leaves; engraved portraits, maps, printed tables; titles printed in red and black, text in double columns. The titles
vary according to the contents of the volumes; the imprints also vary;
Browne’s name is omitted from vol. II and III of the earlier and
Cogan’s name appears only in vol. I of the later work.
Lowndes II, 950, IV, 2041.
Halkett and Laing III, 66.
In a working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue the latter part of the entry has been corrected in ink to 5 v,
with
Qy in the margin. In the later catalogues (in alphabetical order) the two histories have separate entries, and only that of
Guthrie is credited to the Jefferson collection.
William Guthrie, 1708-1770, Scottish historian and miscellaneous writer. This work represents the first attempt to base history on parliamentary
records.
James Ralph, 1705?-1762, was born in Pennsylvania or New Jersey, and, a friend of Benjamin Franklin, accompanied him to England, where
he remained for the rest of his life. His history was undertaken in part to refute those of Burnet and Oldmixon.
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(
~p
) Burnet’s hist. of his own times.
2. v.
fol. 1643-1715.
1815 Catalogue, page 17. no. 99, Bishop Burnet’s history of his own times, 1643-1715, 2 v fol.
BURNET,
Gilbert.
Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. Vol. I. From the Restoration of King Charles II. to the Settlement of King William and Queen Mary at the Revolution: To which is
prefix’d A Summary Recapitulation of Affairs in Church and State from King James I. to the Restoration in the Year 1660. [Vol.
II. From the Revolution to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht, in the Reign of Queen Anne. To which is added,
The Author’s Life, by the Editor.]
London: vol. I. Printed for
Thomas Ward,
1724; vol. II. Printed for the Editor, by
Joseph Downing and
Henry Woodfall,
1734.
DA430 .B955
First Edition. 2 vol. folio. vol. I, 426 leaves; vol. II, 394 leaves; lists of subscribers at the beginning of each volume.
Lowndes I, page 320.
Grose 153.
This book is on Jefferson’s lists of recommended historical reading.
Gilbert Burnet, 1643-1715, bishop of Salisbury. This work is a posthumous publication and contains a life of the author by the editor, his
youngest son Thomas, afterwards Sir Thomas Burnet, and a list of Bishop Burnet’s works.
The subscribers’ names include Mr. Daniel De Foe Jun., John Carter, Esq., Secretary of Virginia, the Rev. Mr. Orem of New
York, William Smith of New York, Esq., Thomas Hollis, Esq.
The Daniel De Foe named here was the eldest son of the writer Daniel Defoe. He eventually emigrated to Carolina.
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