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Bibliotheca Americo-septentrionalis : being a choice collection of books in various languages, relating to the history, climate, geography, produce, population, agriculture, commerce, arts, sciences, etc. of North America, from its first discovery to its present existing government : among which are many valuable articles and rare together with all the important official documents published from time to time by the authority of Congress = Collection d'ouvrages, écrits en diverses langues, qui traitent de l'histoire, du climat, de la géographie, des productions, de la population, de l'agriculture, du commerce, des arts, des sciences, etc. de l'Amerique Septentrionale : elle renferme un grand nombre de livres précieux qu'il serait difficile de se procurer ailleurs, et les pièces officielles les plus importantes, publieés de temps à autre, par ordre du Congrès des Etats-Unis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Warden, David Bailie, 1772-1845.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- North America--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- North America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (147 [i.e., 145] p. )
- Other Title:
- Bibliotheca Americo-septentrionalis
- Place of Publication:
- [Paris : s.n.], 1820 (Paris : Impr. de Nouzou)
- Contents:
- History, geography, etc.
- Books relating to the Indians, etc., etc.
- Agriculture
- Commerce
- Medicine
- Politics
- Miscellaneous
- Botany
- Philosophical, miscellaneous, etc., etc.
- Poetry
- Biography
- Laws, official documents, and state papers
- Maps
- St. Domingue
- Supplement
- Natural history
- Addenda
- Notes.
- Notes:
- "The collector, during his residence for many years in the metropolis of France, spared neither pains nor expense to render the collection, what he flatters himself it will be found, the most complete of any in the possession of an individual. Two hundred copies of this catalogue will be delivered to the purchaser of this library, which will not be disposed of in parts."--Advertisement, p. [3]
- Error in pagination: p. 93-94 have been omitted but with no loss of text content.
- Attributed to David Baillie Warden by Sabin and NUC pre-1956.
- Some parallel English and French text.
- Lists 1,200 volumes and some maps; purchased by Samuel A. Eliot (for $5,000) and presented to Harvard College in 1823.
- Includes index.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 101354.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG01-B1558
- OCLC:
- 85797106
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