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Historical nuggets. Bibliotheca americana, or A descriptive account of my collection of rare books relating to America. / Henry Stevens.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Reference Collection Z1207 .S8432 v.1-2 v.1 v.2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stevens, Henry, Jr., 1819-1886.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- America--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- America.
- Genre:
- Bibliographies.
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 18 cm
- Other Title:
- Bibliotheca americana.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, 1862.
- Notes:
- Paged continuously.
- Half-title and running title: Bibliotheca americana.
- First printed in 1857 and a few copies circulated. Collection put up at auction in 1861 by Puttick and Simpson (catalog issued under title Bibliotheca americana) Now reissued.
- In 1885 Stevens & son issued, under same title, two "specimen parts" (A-Backus, 160 p.) of a new catalog ("second series"), planned to be complete in eight volumes; no more were published.
- OCLC:
- 2167314
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