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Inquire within : a social history of the Providence Athenaeum since 1753 / Jane Lancaster.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating Z733 .P95
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lancaster, Jane.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Providence Athenaeum--History.
- Providence Athenaeum.
- Libraries--Rhode Island--Providence--History.
- Libraries.
- Subscription libraries--Rhode Island--Providence--History.
- Subscription libraries.
- History.
- Providence (R.I.)--Social life and customs.
- Providence (R.I.).
- Providence (R.I.)--History.
- Rhode Island--Providence.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvi, 219 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimiles ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Social history of the Providence Athenaeum since 1753
- Place of Publication:
- Providence, RI : The Providence Athenaeum, [2003]
- Contents:
- A collection of usefull and edifying books, 1753-1831
- Decline and rebirth, 1831-1835
- The Athenaeum in Providence, 1836-1849
- Victorian grandeur, 1850-1895
- A home library, larger and better arranged, 1895-1970
- Freeing the spirit of the Athenaeum, 1970-2003.
- Notes:
- "Design: Malcolm Grear Designers"--t.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Jones Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 0972410902
- 0972410910
- OCLC:
- 52062351
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