At the instance of Benjamin Franklin : a brief history of the Library Company of Philadelphia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolf, Edwin, 1911-1991, author.

Van Horne, John C., author.

Green, James N., author.

Korey, Marie Elena, author.

Contributor:

Library Company of Philadelphia, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library Company of Philadelphia--History.

Library Company of Philadelphia.

History.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia--Members--Works.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

111 pages, 1 unnumbered page : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Revised and enlarged edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Library Company of Philadelphia, [1995]

Notes:

"This work is a revised and much expanded version of At the instance of Benjamin Franklin, by Edwin Wolf 2nd published ... in 1976 ... the new edition also contains passages from The Wolf years ... by Marie E. Korey published in 1984. The sections on the more recent history ... were written by John C. Van Horne and James Green ..."--Page [112].

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

ISBN:

0914076906

9780914076902

OCLC:

35806919