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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2291
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books and reading.
- Private libraries.
- Genre:
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- library catalogs.
- Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Antiquates Fine and Rare Books (Dorset, England), 2023.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (56 pages) : paper ; 19 x 13 cm
- Production:
- England?, circa 1840s.
- Summary:
- This volume contains a catalog of a private library consisting of over 1,635 volumes on seventy shelves. From pages 1-30, volumes are described by shelf with a short title and often abbreviated author along with number of volumes. From pages 31-55, volumes are described by topics, including history, biography, voyages and travels, poetry, divinity, novels and tales, philosophy, and miscellaneous. These volumes also include a short title and often abbreviated author along with number of volumes. The bulk of the books focus on history and biography. This is an unbound single gathering of 26 leaves with horizontal red ruling at the top and bottom.
- Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Bookseller's description laid in.
- Cited as:
- Library Catalog (Ms. Codex 2291). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
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