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A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenaeum
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A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenaeum; compiled and annotated by Appleton P.C. Griffin ; in four parts ... with an Appendix, The inventory of Washington's books drawn up by the appraisers of his estate; with notes in regard to the full titles of the several books and the later history and present ownership of those not in the Athenaeum collection, by William Coolidge Lane ...
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : The Boston Athenæum, 1897-[1900].
Physical Description
xi, 566, [5], 85, [2] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., port., facsims. 24 cm.
Notes
"Inventory of Washington's library, re-arranged, annotated, and extended / by William C. Lane": p. [477]-566.
Includes a later index, with t.p.: "A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenaeum / compiled and annotation by Appleton P.C. Griffin ; with an appendix by William Coolidge Lane ; index by Franklin Osborne Poole. The Boston Athenaeum, 1900"; 85 p. at end.
A considerable portion of the books left to Geo. C. Washington were sold by him to Henry Stevens in 1847 or 1848, and by the latter to the Boston Athenæum in 1849; cf. "Introduction," p.vii.
List of "Subscribers to the Fund for the Purchase of the Books from Washington's Library, now in the Boston Athenaeum"--P. [iii].
"Notes" and "Corrections of Errata in the Washington Catalogue" on p. [2] at end. "Additional Note" tipped in between p.[1] and p.[2] at end.
Variant and related titles
Inventory of Washington's Library.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Contents
I. Books from the library of General George Washington. II. Other books from Mount Vernon. III. The writings of Washington. IV. Washingtoniana.
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Annotations (Provenance) - 20th century.
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
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