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Author: Edwin Wolf Publisher: American Philosophical Society ISBN: 9780871692573 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 1012
Book Description
Beginning in the 1950s, Edwin Wolf 2nd embarked on a biblio'l. quest to reconstruct the library of Benjamin Franklin, which was the largest & best private library in Amer. at the time of his death & was subsequently dispersed. The contents of Franklin's library were virtually unknown until Wolf identified the unique shelfmarks that Franklin used to organize his books. That discovery allowed Wolf to locate 2,700 titles in 1,000 vols. that Franklin actually owned. Wolf also identified a further 700 titles owned by Franklin. After wolf's death, Kevin Hayes took up the project & brought it to fruition. This catalogue includes almost 4,000 books known to have been owned by Franklin, & the Intro. tells the complete story of Franklin's library, its dispersal, & its reconstruction.
Author: Edwin Wolf Publisher: American Philosophical Society ISBN: 9780871692573 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 1012
Book Description
Beginning in the 1950s, Edwin Wolf 2nd embarked on a biblio'l. quest to reconstruct the library of Benjamin Franklin, which was the largest & best private library in Amer. at the time of his death & was subsequently dispersed. The contents of Franklin's library were virtually unknown until Wolf identified the unique shelfmarks that Franklin used to organize his books. That discovery allowed Wolf to locate 2,700 titles in 1,000 vols. that Franklin actually owned. Wolf also identified a further 700 titles owned by Franklin. After wolf's death, Kevin Hayes took up the project & brought it to fruition. This catalogue includes almost 4,000 books known to have been owned by Franklin, & the Intro. tells the complete story of Franklin's library, its dispersal, & its reconstruction.
Author: Library Company of Philadelphia Publisher: The Library Company of Phil ISBN: 9780914076759 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 38
Author: J. Peakman Publisher: Springer ISBN: 0230512577 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 276
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Mighty Lewd Books describes the emergence of a new home-grown English pornography. Through the examination of over 500 pieces of British erotica, this book looks at sex as seen in erotic culture, religion and medicine throughout the long eighteenth-century, and provides a radical new approach to the study of sexuality.
Author: Edwin Wolf
Author: Edwin Wolf
Author: American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Library
Author: Library Company of Philadelphia
Author: J. Peakman
Author: Schuman's (Firm)
Author: Philip C. Ritterbush
Author: Engineering Societies Library
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain). Library
Author: Davis & Orioli (Firm)
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed books