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Catalogue of the Library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Part I: History Biography and Manuscripts
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Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, Printers, 1849. 8vo. 250 x 150 mm., [9 ¾ x 6 inches]. 36 pp. Original plain wrappers; chipped at edges, a few minor chips to spine; paper stock soiled with age. Ownership inscription of "John M. Read, Esq /South Sixth Street." Stamp of NY State Library dated March 2, 1949 and withdrawn stamp on rear wrapper. First published catalogue of the Historical Society. After being organized in 1825 the first collection of the library consisted of some "sixty volumes and some boxes of public documents from Washington." The collection was housed in a room which was part of the American Philosophical Society until 1844 when it moved to the Athenaeum Building on South Sixth Street. Five years later, "The Library now amounts to about 1750 volumes, divided into ten classes, History, Biography, Manuscripts, Pamphlets, Periodicals, Voyages and Travels, Newspapers, Public Documents of Pennsylvania, Public Documents of the United States, and Miscellaneous." This portion of the catalogue includes books classed as History, Biography and Manuscripts.
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- Catalogue of the Library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Part I: History Biography and Manuscripts
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- Philadelphia
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- Merrihew & Thompson, Printers
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- Philadelphia
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- 1849
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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.
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