Catalogue of the John Boyd Thacher collection of incunabula /
compiled by Frederick W. Ashley.
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Washington :
G.P.O.,
1915-1931.
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| Notes: | Vols. 2 and 3 have title: The collection of John Boyd Thacher in the Library of Congress. Vol. 1 has spine title: The Thacher collection of incunabula. Vols. 2 and 3 have spine title: Collection of John Boyd Thacher. Vol. 3 compiled by Henry Eldridge Bourne, with the assistance of Gertrude Albion MacCormick. "The collection ... deposited in the Library of Congress at various dates between April, 1910, and February, 1921 ... consists of five distinct groups: Incunabula; books relating to the French Revolution; miscellaneous books, including early Americana and Mr. Thacher's bibliographic apparatus; autograph letters and documents of notables of Europe; and autograph letters and documents relating to the French Revolution"--Introd., v. 3. Includes indexes. The following items in v. 2 were permanently returned to the estate in 1934: the Pierre Margry item in the American section (p. 29) and in the Bibliographic works section, the entire list of titles (p. 55-95). Physical description: 3 v. : ill., port., facsims. ; 8vo. more |
| Call Number | View In | Collection | NLI Holdings |
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093 l 2 |
Offsite |
General | [v. I] |
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94404016 |
Offsite |
General | v. II-III |