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Catalogue of the library of the United States : to which is annexed a copious index, alphabetically arranged.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Standardized Title:
- Catalog. 1815
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Early printed books--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- Early printed books.
- Legislative libraries--Washington (D.C.)--Catalogs.
- Legislative libraries.
- Library of Congress--Catalogs.
- Library of Congress.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([5], 170, xxxii p. )
- Other Title:
- Catalogue of the library of the United States
- Catalogue of the Library of the Congress of the United States of America.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington [D.C.] : Printed by Jonathan Elliot, 1815.
- Contents:
- Encyclopédie méthodique.
- Notes:
- A catalog of the Thomas Jefferson collection, in 6,500 volumes, purchased by the Congress in 1815 to replace the library destroyed in 1814.
- Classified; the classification based on that of Jefferson, of which a tabulated scheme is given (p. 1, 3-4). Compiled by Mr. George Watterston, librarian.
- Includes "Rules and regulations" (p. xxiii-xxviii) and "Abstract of laws concerning the Library of Congress" [1802-1812] (p. xxix-xxxii)
- Sabin, Bibliotheca americana (v. 4, no. [15564]), also quotes title (no. 15565): "Catalogue of the library purchased by Congress from Thomas Jefferson, late president of the United States." No record of such a copy is to be found in the Library.
- Includes indexes.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 15564.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG05-B10506
- OCLC:
- 85802170
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