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2d ed. with the author's corrections and additions, and a catalogue of American publications previous to the Revolution of 1776 ; published under the supervision of a special committee of the American antiquarian society ... |
| Description |
2 v., plates : port. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Archaeologia americana. Transactions and collections of the American Antiquarian Society ; vol. V-VI
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Library of American civilization ; LAC 20054-55.
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| Note |
In this edition the account of printing in the Old World is omitted. |
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Committee of publication: Samuel F. Haven, Nathaniel Paine, and Joel Munsell. Notes by members of committee and other contributors are distinguished by their initials. |
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Master microform held by: LrI. |
| Contents |
I. Preface. Memoir of Isaiah Thomas by his grandson Benjamin Franklin Thomas. History of printing in America. App. A: History of printing in [Spanish] America. Communicated by John R. Bartlett [with lists of books printed in Mexico and Peru before 1600] App. 2-I. -- II. History of printing (con't): History of newspapers. Booksellers in the colonies, from the first settlement of the country to the commencement of the Revolutionary War, in 1775. Appendixes. Catalogue of publications in what is now the United States, prior to the Revolution of 1775-6 [comp. by Samuel Haven, Jr. (also issued separately)] Index. |
| Reproduction |
Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, 1970. 2 microfiches ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 20054-55). |
| Subject |
Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831.
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Printing -- History -- America.
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Printers -- America.
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American newspapers.
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Booksellers and bookselling -- America.
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American literature -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 -- Bibliography
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Spanish American literature -- Bibliography.
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| Added Author |
Thomas, Benjamin Franklin, 1813-1878.
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Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886.
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Haven, Samuel F. (Samuel Foster), 1806-1881.
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American Antiquarian Society.
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