Essays honoring Lawrence C. Wroth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goff, Frederick Richmond, 1916-1982, contributor.

Anthoensen Press, printer.

Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wroth, Lawrence C. (Lawrence Counselman), 1884-1970.

Wroth, Lawrence C.

Bibliography.

bibliographies.

Book collectors.

Genre:

bibliographies.

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 515 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 28 cm

8vo.

Manufacture:

Portland, Maine : Anthoensen Press.

Place of Publication:

Portland, Maine : [publisher not identified], 1951.

Contents:

Richard Eden's copy of the 1533 Decades of Peter Martyr / Elizabeth Baer

Columbus in sixteenth-century poetry / Leicester Bradner

American booksellers' catalogs, 1734-1800 / Clarence S. Brigham

The river in the ocean / Lloyd A. Brown

Novello Cattanio : Un viaggio fatto alli paesi del continente nuovo / Curt F. B̈ühler

The first decade of the Federal Act for Copyright, 1790-1800 / Frederick R. Goff

Not in Harrisse / E.P. Goldschmidt

The Historia de las Indias of Bartolomé de las Casas / Lewis Hanke

The melody of "The Star Spangled Banner" in the United States before 1820 / Richard S. Hill

Tunc et nunc : or the Pepys and Taylor collections of early English books on navigation / William A. Jackson

John Carter Brown and America / George Kubler

William Bradford's book trade and John Bowne, Long Island Quaker, as his book agent, 1686-1691 / Gerald D. McDonald

King James takes a collection / James G. McManaway

The Browns and Brown University / William Greene Roelker

The bibliographical press at Yale University / Carl P. Rollins

The beginnings of systematic bibliography in America, 1642-1799 / Jesse H. Shera

The Boston book trade, 1790-1799 / Rollo G. Silver

Comparative cartography examplified in an analytical & bibliographical description of nearly one hundred maps and charts of the American continent published in Great Britain during the years 1600-1850 / Henry Stevens and Roland Tree

The first printing in Providence / Bradford F. Swan

A half-century of Canadian life and print, 1751-1800 / Marie Tremaine

A patriotic pair of peripatetic printers, the up-state imprints of John Holt and Samuel Loudon, 1776-1783 / R.W.G. Vail

Hispanic Americana in the John Carter Brown Library / Henry R. Wagner

Eighteenth-century American fiction / Lyle H. Wright

The first Maryland tract : a reconsideration of the date of printing of the Maryland Charter / John Cook Wyllie

A list of published writings of Lawrence C. Wroth to December 31, 1950 / Marion W. Adams and Jeannette D. Black.

Notes:

Bibliographical footnotes.

Contents.-Introduction, by W.S. Lewis.-Richard Eden's copy of the 1533 Decades of Peter Martyr, by E. Baer.-Columbus in sixteenth-century poetry, by leaves Bradner.-American bookstores' catalogues, 1734-1800, by C.S. Brigham.-The river in the ocean, by L.A. Brown.-Novello Cattannio: in viaggio fatto alli paesi del countinente nuovo, by C.F. Buhler.-The first decade of the Federal act for copyright, 1790-1800, bt F.R. Goff.-Not in harrisse, by E.p. Golschidmt.-The Historia de las Indias of Bartolome de las Casas, by L. Hanke. The melody of "The Star Spangled Banner" in the United States before 1820, by R.S. Hill.-Tunc et nunc; or, The Pepys and Taylor collections of early English books on navigation, by W.A. Jackson-John Carter Brown and America, by G. Kubler-William Bradford's book trade John Bowne, Long Island Quaker, as his book agent, 1686-1691, by G.D. McDonald.-king james takes a collection, J.G. McManaway.-The Browns and Brown University, By W.G. Roelker.-The bibliographical press at Yale University, by C.P. Rollins.-The beginnings of systematic bibliography in America, 1642-1799, by J.H. Shera.-The Boston book trade, 1790-1799, by R.G. Silver.-Comparative cartography exemplified in an analytical & bibliographical description of nearly one hundred maps and charts of the American continent published in Great Britain during the years 1600-1850, by H. Stevens and R. Tree.-The first printing in providence, by B.F. Swan.-A half-century of Canadian life and print, 1751-1800, by M. Tremaine.-A patriotic pair of peripatetic printers, the up-state imprints of John Holt and samuel Loudon, 1776-1783, by R.W.G. Vail.-Hispanic Americana in the John Carter Brown Library, by H.R. Wagner.-Eighteenth-century American fiction. by L.H. Wright.-The first maryland tract : a reconsideration of the date of printing of the maryland Charter, by J.C. Wyllie.-A list of published writings of lawrence C. Wroth to december 31, 1950 by M.W. Adams and J.D. Black (p. 485-504)

Local Notes:

HSP copy from the Boies Penrose II Collection, 1976, and has Penrose

OCLC:

1703563