THE GIRARD COLLEGE AND ITS FOUNDER: Containing The Biography Of Mr. Girard.
by Arey, Henry W
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(Stereotyped by J. Fagan for) C. Sherman, Printer, Philadelphia: ., 1852 pp. (4), 5-85, (2) Names of the Board of Directors and Officers + Portrait frontis and view of college. Frontis very foxed. Early manuscript ownership of Isaac Wayne Holstein, December 10th AD 1852 on first fly leaf. Manuscript insert of the building committee, Girard college and Penna hospital in manuscript and short hand notations. Light foxing. 12mo. 195 mm. Original green embossed cloth binding, mildly rubbed. Title continues: 'The History Of The Institution, Its Organization And Plan Of Discipline, With The Course Of Education, Forms Of Admission Of Pupils, Description Of The Buildings, etc.etc. And The Will Of Mr. Girard'. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. Stephen Girard (1750-1831), born in Bordeaux France, arrived in Philadelphia in 1776. Through international shipping and merchant activities he became one of the richest men of his time. Starting in 1811 he made an additional fortune as America's first Private Banker. In this role he helped finance the U.S. through the War of 1812. With the assistance of noted attorney William J. Duane, (1780-1865), in the 1820s, he wrote a long will and testament, outlining every detail of how his fortune would be used. He delighted in keeping the document secret, knowing that everyone wondered what would happen to his fortune. Immediately after his death in 1831, the provisions of his will were made public. In addition to extensive personal and institutional bequests, he left the bulk of his fortune to the city of Philadelphia to build and operate a residential school for impoverished orphans. This innovative social vision was considered extremely unusual both then and now: to use the Girard fortune not to endow another so-called "Ivy League" college or university but to assist children in need. In 1831, the bequest was the largest single act of philanthropy up to that time in American history, and the basis for Girard College. Nice copy. PAIMP 23. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.
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- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
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- Title
- THE GIRARD COLLEGE AND ITS FOUNDER: Containing The Biography Of Mr. Girard.
- Author
- Arey, Henry W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- (Stereotyped by J. Fagan for) C. Sherman, Printer, Philadelphia: .
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS EARLY AMERICAN AMERICANA PHILADELPHIA EDUCATION GIRARD COLLEGE STEPHEN BIOGRAPHY AND ITS FOUNDER FIRST EDITION BINDING ARCHITECTURE IMPRINT 1852
- Bookseller catalogs
- PENNSYLVANIA; EDUCATION; EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS;
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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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