Item #801 Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Mercantile Library Association of the City of New-York: To which are prefixed, The Constitution, and the Rules and Regulations of the Same. Mercantile Library.
Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Mercantile Library Association of the City of New-York: To which are prefixed, The Constitution, and the Rules and Regulations of the Same.
“A Library and Reading-Room, to be appropriated to the use of young men engaged in mercantile pursuits”

Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Mercantile Library Association of the City of New-York: To which are prefixed, The Constitution, and the Rules and Regulations of the Same.

New York: J. & J. Harper, 1830. Item #801

8vo. 220 x 140 mm., [8 ¾ x 5 ½ inches].  160 pp.  Original stiff boards; a bit chipped at spine, discoloration of the boards to age; some light foxing throughout; a good, sound copy.


Celebratory catalogue of the collections of the Mercantile Library Association, published to commemorate the installation of the Library in its new home at Clinton Hall at the corner of Nassau and Beekman Streets in lower Manhattan.  The Association was organized in 1820 and its first catalogue appeared in 1825 with 106 pp.  This was followed by the 1830 edition and then again in 1837.  With each edition the growth of the library is documented, and the governing rules and by-laws are amended.


This 1830 catalogue is nicely produced, printed on very good paper and organized alphabetically by author.  After the first 116 pages of general literature and history the catalogue continues with sections specifically devoted to the arts and sciences, commerce, law, theology, voyages and travels and lexicography.

Price: $200.00