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Call number:
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1-SIZE Z881.B96 J6 1919
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Title:
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Bibliotheca Americana : catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
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Publisher:
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The Merrymount Press; Published by the Library
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Date:
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1919
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Notes:
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Volume 1 printed in 1919, volume 2 printed in 1922, and volume 3 printed in 1931.; Third published catalogue, also known as the "third edition", of the holdings of the John Carter Brown Library.; Prepared under the direction of Worthington C. Ford and Lawrence C. Wroth, librarian of the John Carter Brown Library from 1924-1957.; Volumes 1-2 limited to 250 copies printed. Volume 3 limited to 500 copies printed. Also simultaneously issued as a gift edition, limited to 45 copies, on handmade paper with two copies of the portrait and of the illustration, with and without inscription. Some copies are interleaved.; Volume 1, part 2 contains a description of the library's holdings of the De Bry Great Voyages and Small Voyages on pages [379]-446 and Levinus Hulsius's collection of voyages on pages [447]-470, each with divisional title pages.; Title pages printed in red and black with a vignette of the "Gaudeo" coat of arms of John Carter Brown.; Includes painted portraits and photographs of John Carter Brown, John Nicholas Brown, Nicholas Brown, the John Carter Brown Library building, and the library in the home of John Carter Brown.
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Creators:
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John Carter Brown Library.
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Subject:
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America--Bibliography--Catalogs.; Brown, John Carter,--1797-1874--Library--Catalogs.; Hulsius, Levinus,---1606--Bibliography--Catalogs.; Theodor de Bry (Firm)--Bibliography--Catalogs.; Early printed books--Catalogs.; Library catalogs--Rhode Island--Providence.
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Normalized date:
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1919
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