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Philadelphia and her merchants : as constituted fifty @ seventy years ago, illustrated by diagrams of the river front, and portraits of some of its prominent occupants : together with sketches of character, and incidents and anecdotes of the day / by Abraham Ritter ...
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ritter, Abraham, 1792-1860.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Merchants.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Guidebooks.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Description and travel.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Biography.
- Central business districts--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps.
- Central business districts.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Commerce.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Storekeepers.
- Genre:
- Subscription lists (Publishing) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 19th century.
- Maps.
- Guidebooks.
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Van Kirk, S. Frances (donor) (RBC copy)
- Physical Description:
- 223 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plan, portraits ; 24 cm
- Manufacture:
- Philadelphia : Stereotyped by George Charles, printed by King & Baird.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Published by the author, 1860.
- Notes:
- Errata: p. 223.
- "Subscription list": p. 217-223.
- Errata on p. 223.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy imperfect: the leaf of plates featuring the portrait of Robert Ralston, listed as an illustration on p. 15, and to be bound facing page 183, wanting; replaced with a duplicate of leaf of plates featuring the portrait of John Vaughn, also bound facing p. 177.
- Athenaeum copy: C.2 gift of James Halpin Hill.
- Athenaeum copy: Rebound.
- Cited in:
- Library of American civilization.
- OCLC:
- 1935400
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