Catalogue of the Library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Part I: History Biography and Manuscripts.
Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, Printers, 1849. Item #800 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 Stamp of NY State Library dated March 2, 1949 and withdrawn stamp on rear wrapper.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.
Price: $125.00