Publisher's Synopsis
Title: Catalogue of the American books in the library of the British Museum at Christmas MdcccLvi.
Author: Henry Stevens
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.
Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.
Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP03542200
CollectionID: CTRG01-B422
PublicationDate: 18660101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: Page numbers ix-x repeated. Two columns to the page. Includes "Catalogue of the Canadian and other British North American books in the library of the British Museum," "Catalogue of the Mexican and other Spanish American American & West Indian books in the library of the British Museum," and "Catalogue of the American maps in the library of the British Museum," each with separate title page and pagination. "Rules for the compilation of the catalogue of printed books in the library of the British Museum" and "The British Museum classification."--P. [ix]-xxxii.
Collation: x, [ix]-xxxii [i.e., xxxiv], 628, 6-14, 62, 17 p.; 25 cm
