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Columbus and Columbia An Authentic History of the Man and the Nation.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Misc Print Collection oversize box 3 no 13
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Publishers and publishing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Booksellers and bookselling--Colportage, subscription trade, etc.
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- United States--History.
- United States.
- America--Discovery and exploration.
- America.
- Columbus, Christopher.
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.).
- World's Columbian Exposition.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Genre:
- History.
- Prospectuses.
- Publishers' advertisements.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet ([2] pages) : illustrations ; 56 x 42 cm
- Other Title:
- At head of title: The Great Memorial Volume of American History and our Marvelous National Progress, Celebrating the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the Columbian Discovery
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Standard Publishing Co., 41 North Sixth Street, [1892]
- Notes:
- Prospectus for a subscription publication, illustrated with wood engravings.
- "Book 1. Review of our Country, by Hon. James G. Blaine, Secretary of State. Book 2. A New Life of Columbus, by J. W. Buel, the celebrated American author and traveler. Book 3. A Complete History of America, from the Landing of Columbus to the Present Time, by Prof. John Clark Ridpath, the famous American historian. Book 4. An Official Pictorial History of the Columbian Exhibition, by Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, Secretary and Solicitor General of the World's Fair."
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2022 from Rulon-Miller Books.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 1371107327
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