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... Catalogue of the John Boyd Thacher collection of incunabula / Comp. by Frederick W. Ashley, chief of the Order division.

Thacher, John Boyd, 1847-1909, author.; Ashley, Frederick William, 1863-1942.; Thacher, Emma Treadwell.; Library of Congress. Acquisitions Department.
1915
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Title
... Catalogue of the John Boyd Thacher collection of incunabula / Comp. by Frederick W. Ashley, chief of the Order division.
Created/published
Washington : Govt. printing off, 1915.
Description
329 p. incl. illus, facsim. in colors : front. (port.) ; 27 cm
Associated name
Thacher, John Boyd, 1847-1909, author.
Ashley, Frederick William, 1863-1942.
Thacher, Emma Treadwell.
Library of Congress. Acquisitions Department.
Note
At head of title: Library of Congress.

"The ... collection ... was on April 27, 1910, intrusted by Mrs. John Boyd Thacher to the custody of the Library of Congress as a deposit subject to her pleasure."--Introd.

840 works; specimens of over 500 presses.

This volume, with added title and preface, forms the first volume of the catalogue of the collection of John Boyd Thacher in the Library of Congress, in three volumes. 1931.
Contents
Introduction.
John Boyd Thacher: a biographic sketch.
List of works of John Boyd Thacher.
Preface.
Authorities.
Fifteenth century books.
Indexes: I. Countries: II. Towns: III. Printers and publishers: IV. Authors and books: V. Hain numbers.

Call number
Z240 .T4

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