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Bibliothecae americanae primordia. : Catalogue of the remaining portion of the famous collection of early Americana formed by the Right Rev. White Kennett, D. D. (1660-1728) bishop of Peterborough, and given by him in 1712 to the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts. Sold by order of the society under a scheme authorised by the Charity commissioners of England ... Also of certain other books bequeathed at different times to the society ... Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... auctioneers ... the 30th of July, 1917.

Kennett, White, 1660-1728, author.; Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain)
1917
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Title
Bibliothecae americanae primordia. : Catalogue of the remaining portion of the famous collection of early Americana formed by the Right Rev. White Kennett, D. D. (1660-1728) bishop of Peterborough, and given by him in 1712 to the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts. Sold by order of the society under a scheme authorised by the Charity commissioners of England ... Also of certain other books bequeathed at different times to the society ... Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... auctioneers ... the 30th of July, 1917.
Created/published
[London] : Dryden Press, J. Davy & Sons, [1917]
Description
iv, 36 p. : facsims. ; 26 cm
Associated name
Kennett, White, 1660-1728, author.
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain)
Note
226 lots (lot 110 was withdrawn from the sale)

"Described as 'the remaining portion' of the collection ... because ... so many of the books of the original collection had been lost or mislaid, and a certain proportion ... sent to the British museum."--Letter from Sotheby & Co.

Slip cancel on p. 18.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
Z1203.K4 C2 1917

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