Item #793 A Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Lower Hall of the Central Department, in the Classes of History, Biography, and Travel. Including the Histories of Literature, Art, Sects, Etc., Politics, Geography, Voyages, Sketches, and Manners and Custom. Together with Notes for Readers Under Subject-Reference. Second, or Consolidated Edition. Boston Public Library.
New Methodology for Cataloguing the Collection Instituted by Justin Winsor

A Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Lower Hall of the Central Department, in the Classes of History, Biography, and Travel. Including the Histories of Literature, Art, Sects, Etc., Politics, Geography, Voyages, Sketches, and Manners and Custom. Together with Notes for Readers Under Subject-Reference. Second, or Consolidated Edition.

Boston: Issued by the Library, 1873. Item #793

8vo. 270 x 170 mm.,  [10 ½ x 7 inches].304 pp.  Contemporary black morocco spine over marbled paper boards, vellum tips; original wrappers bound-in.  Some minor rubbing to leather, paper stock toned with age, otherwise a very good copy.


“This catalogue is a combination of the old Finding List for History and Politics, with that for Travel and Biography; and with them are incorporated such parts of the List of Poetry, Miscellanies and Collections, as properly belong here.”  The Preface describes the organization of the catalogue and the improved catalogue methods that were employed by the BPL.  This new methodology was the result of the national trend begun in city libraries to better communicate holdings with sister institutions and patrons.  In Boston it was organized and implemented by Justin Winsor, Superintendent of the Public Library.

Price: $275.00