BOOK
Title:
A brief memoir concerning Abel Thomas, a minister of the gospel of Christ in the Society of Friends
Creators:
Benjamin & Thomas Kite (Firm) | David Center for the American Revolution | Durham Monthly Meeting Friends Library
BOOK
Title:
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. : Volume I
Creators:
Bache, Franklin, 1792-1864 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Carbone, Denise | Muhlenberg, Henry, 1753-1815 | Muhlenberg, Heister | Cadwalader, Henry | Bond, Phineas, 1749-1815 | Drummond, Sue Carrie | Cessan, Mary J. | American Philosophical Society | William & Thomas Bradford (Firm) | S & K (Philadelphia) | Princeton University | New York State Library | APS Museum Exhibition: "Dr. Franklin, Citizen Scientist" Philadelphia, PA 2020-2021
Publication:
Printed by William and Thomas Bradford, at the London Coffee house, Philadelphia, MDCCLXXI (1771)
Notes:
Signatures: a-b⁴ c⁴(c3 + chi1) d² ²b-c⁴ ²d² A² B-P⁴ o-oi⁴ Q-2U⁴ (Signed $, $2; L3 missigned M) Principally scholarly papers contributed to the Society. Errors in paging: p. 317-324 misnumbered 316-323. Plates engraved by Henry Dawkins and James Smither. Regulations and list of members, p. [v-xxiv], first count. Copy 1 and 3 have added members information on a singleton leaf after the "c" gathering. Copy 1: "Transactions/American Philosophical Society/1, 1769-1771" on spine; William Vaughan (former owner; edition autographed); Stamp of APS on title page; Trimmed pages. Copy 2: Penciled marginalia on member's list; Bookplate of APS
"Franklin Bache. Given to me by W. Vaughan, Feb 28, 1824"; Trimmed pages. Copy 3: "Transactions/1771" on spine; "Proposed and set on foot, 1744, by B.F. - dormant some years: resumed in 1768 - united to a new one 1769" on title page in Franklin's hand; Foxing throughout.; Trimmed pages. Copy 4: "sewn 2 up or 2 down"; deckled edges; Brown spots on pages 188-197; in Spawn wrappers. Copy 5: "New York State Library" blind stamped on front and back cover; Elizabeth Foundation, Library of the College of New Jersey (bookplate)
"New York State Library Duplicate Sold" t.p. verso; "Copy 5 of Vol. 1 and 2 received on exchange from Princeton university [for other copies] Feb. 1945. They contain the Princeton bookplate, and library stamp of the New York state library." Copy 6: Hiester Muhlenberg (Gift); Henry Muhlenberg (former owner); lacking title page; lacking all plates; Trimmed pages. Copy 7: "sewn 2 up or 2 down"; deckled edges; untrimmed bolts; "This & the succeeding 3 volumes to be handsomely bound in calf skin and lettered thus: Transactions of the Am : Philos: Soc: / Vol 1/"; "N.B. In cutting the edges of this volumes, care must be had to take off as little as possible. It being printed on a smaller sized paper than the succeeding ones." Copy 8: Phineas Bond (former owner); Henry Cadwalader (gift) Copy 9: No spine title; "Mary J. Cessan" on endpapers A copy of Volume one was entombed in the cornerstone of Library Hall in 1958.
Extent:
[i-iii], iv, [v], vi-xii, [xiii], xiv--xxii, [xxiii], [3], xxiv-xxviii, [i], ii-xx, [1] 2-116, [1], 2-72, [117], 118-280, [281], 282-302, [303], 304-316, 316, 317-323, 325-340. illustrations (engravings) ; 25-30 cm.
PAMPHLET
Title:
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Volume I, 2nd ed
Creators:
American Philosophical Society | Dawkins, Henry, -1786? | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796 | Aitken, Robert, 1735-1802 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Publication:
Printed by R. Aitken & Son, at Pope's head in Market street, Philadelphia, MDCCLXXXIX (1789).
Notes:
Signatures: [a]-c4, A-H4, I2, K-3E, 3F2
Extent:
volumes : plates (some color), maps, plans, tables, diagrams 25-30 cm
BOOK
Title:
An epitome of the physiology, general anatomy, and pathology of Bichat
Creators:
Henderson, Thomas, 1789-1854 | Bichat, Xavier, 1771-1802 | Bailey, John R. (John Read), 1833- | Rosenberg, Charles E. | Carey, Lea & Carey | Medical Society of the County of Kings (Kings County, N.Y.) Library
Publication:
Carey, Lea & Carey, Chestnut street, Philadelphia, 1829.
Extent:
326 pages ; 22 cm
