[Next Project] An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice by William Godwin

[Weijia Cheng]

Transcription: https://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Godwin/pjtp.html

Scans: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023724

Cover art PD proof: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Magazine_of_Art/BOyjvQWfLKkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=william+godwin+northcote&pg=PA83&printsec=frontcover

Cover art image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamGodwin.jpg

Some preliminary comments: For the transcription and scans, I chose the transcription and scans of the first edition from 1793. There were second and third editions in 1796 and 1798 which included some new material but also self-censored the text of the first edition. I think that the radical political philosophy of this book is what makes it interesting as a historical text in the first place, so I propose treating the first edition as authoritative.

[Weijia Cheng]

I submitted the art to the database. When I put the link to the ebook URL in after I initially submitted it, I think it might have marked the painting as reviewed? In any case my proof should be double-checked.

Created a repo and will proceed with the plan I originally laid out unless otherwise instructed: https://github.com/weijia-cheng/william-godwin_an-enquiry-concerning-political-justice

[Alex Cabal]

OK, make a production note of the editions and that's also worth
mentioning in the long description.

On 12/12/24 7:29 AM, Weijia Cheng wrote:
> I submitted the art
> <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/james-northcote/william-godwin> to

> the database. When I put the link to the ebook URL in after I initially
> submitted it, I think it might have marked the painting as reviewed? In
> any case my proof should be double-checked.
>
> Created a repo and will proceed with the plan I originally laid out
> unless otherwise instructed:
> https://github.com/weijia-cheng/william-godwin_an-enquiry-concerning-political-justice
>
> On Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 1:05:58 PM UTC-5 Weijia Cheng wrote:
>
> Transcription: https://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Godwin/pjtp.html
> <https://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Godwin/pjtp.html>
> Scans: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023724
> <https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023724>
>
> Cover art PD proof:

> https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Magazine_of_Art/BOyjvQWfLKkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=william+godwin+northcote&pg=PA83&printsec=frontcover <https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Magazine_of_Art/BOyjvQWfLKkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=william+godwin+northcote&pg=PA83&printsec=frontcover>

> Cover art image:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamGodwin.jpg
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamGodwin.jpg>
>
> Some preliminary comments: For the transcription and scans, I chose
> the transcription and scans of the first edition from 1793. There
> were second and third editions in 1796 and 1798 which included some
> new material but also self-censored the text of the first edition. I
> think that the radical political philosophy of this book is what
> makes it interesting as a historical text in the first place, so I
> propose treating the first edition as authoritative.
>

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[Alex Cabal]

Actually, I think we should go with the 3rd edition. It was published by
him in his lifetime which makes it the edition he thought most
representative of his ideas. However it would still be interesting to
note the textual history in the long description.

On 12/12/24 7:29 AM, Weijia Cheng wrote:
> I submitted the art

> <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/james-northcote/william-godwin> to

> the database. When I put the link to the ebook URL in after I initially
> submitted it, I think it might have marked the painting as reviewed? In
> any case my proof should be double-checked.
>
> Created a repo and will proceed with the plan I originally laid out
> unless otherwise instructed:
> https://github.com/weijia-cheng/william-godwin_an-enquiry-concerning-political-justice
>
> On Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 1:05:58 PM UTC-5 Weijia Cheng wrote:
>
> Transcription: https://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Godwin/pjtp.html
> <https://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Godwin/pjtp.html>
> Scans: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023724
> <https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023724>
>
> Cover art PD proof:

> https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Magazine_of_Art/BOyjvQWfLKkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=william+godwin+northcote&pg=PA83&printsec=frontcover <https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Magazine_of_Art/BOyjvQWfLKkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=william+godwin+northcote&pg=PA83&printsec=frontcover>

> Cover art image:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamGodwin.jpg
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamGodwin.jpg>
>
> Some preliminary comments: For the transcription and scans, I chose
> the transcription and scans of the first edition from 1793. There
> were second and third editions in 1796 and 1798 which included some
> new material but also self-censored the text of the first edition. I
> think that the radical political philosophy of this book is what
> makes it interesting as a historical text in the first place, so I
> propose treating the first edition as authoritative.
>

[Weijia Cheng]

Ok, in that case:

Transcription: http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/godwin/PJfrontpiece.html
Scans: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008421359

The transcription is of the 4th edition, printed in 1842 after his death. I don't think a transcription of the 3rd edition exists, but the 4th edition, as far as I can tell, is basically a reprint of the 3rd edition with modernized typesetting. The approach then would be to use the 4th edition transcription and do a close side-by-side reading with the 3rd edition scans.

[Alex Cabal]

OK. I doubt there's a reason for a close side by side reading, I can't
imagine that the 4th edition would have anything if it was posthumous.

> https://github.com/weijia-cheng/william-godwin_an-enquiry-concerning-political-justice <https://github.com/weijia-cheng/william-godwin_an-enquiry-concerning-political-justice>

> >
> > On Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 1:05:58 PM UTC-5 Weijia Cheng
> wrote:
> >
> > Transcription: https://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Godwin/pjtp.html
> <https://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Godwin/pjtp.html>
> > <https://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Godwin/pjtp.html
> <https://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Godwin/pjtp.html>>
> > Scans: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023724
> <https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023724>
> > <https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023724
> <https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023724>>
> >
> > Cover art PD proof:
> >

> https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Magazine_of_Art/BOyjvQWfLKkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=william+godwin+northcote&pg=PA83&printsec=frontcover <https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Magazine_of_Art/BOyjvQWfLKkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=william+godwin+northcote&pg=PA83&printsec=frontcover> <https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Magazine_of_Art/BOyjvQWfLKkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=william+godwin+northcote&pg=PA83&printsec=frontcover <https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Magazine_of_Art/BOyjvQWfLKkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=william+godwin+northcote&pg=PA83&printsec=frontcover>>

> > Cover art image:
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamGodwin.jpg
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamGodwin.jpg>
> > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamGodwin.jpg
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamGodwin.jpg>>
> >
> > Some preliminary comments: For the transcription and scans, I chose
> > the transcription and scans of the first edition from 1793. There
> > were second and third editions in 1796 and 1798 which included some
> > new material but also self-censored the text of the first edition. I
> > think that the radical political philosophy of this book is what
> > makes it interesting as a historical text in the first place, so I
> > propose treating the first edition as authoritative.
> >
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