Regulations and catalogue of glasgow public library, instituted, december 1804
by [GLASGOW PUBLIC LIBRARY]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Glasgow: Printed by R. Chapman, 1810. [3], vi-xxviii, 507pp, [1]. Without half-title. With a list of subscribers. Modern gilt-tooled half-calf, brown cloth boards, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Title page a trifle dusty, else a clean and crisp copy. The first edition of a catalogue of the holdings of the Glasgow Public Library. The institution opened in 1804 with a stock of more than 4,300 books of 'Science, Literature, Taste' at annual subscription of ten shillings and sixpence following a fifteen shilling entry fee. It would merge with the Stirling Library in 1871. OCLC records copies at four locations (BL, Chicago, Glasgow, and Grolier Club); COPAC adds two further (Chetham's and NLS). . First edition. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ18538
- Title
- Regulations and catalogue of glasgow public library, instituted, december 1804
- Author
- [GLASGOW PUBLIC LIBRARY]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by R. Chapman
- Place of Publication
- Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1810
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Libraries
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
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Wareham, Dorset
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