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The writings of "Colonel William Byrd, of Westover in Virginia, esqr."

Title: The writings of "Colonel William Byrd, of Westover in Virginia, esqr." / ed. by John Spencer Bassett. Illustrated.
Author: Byrd, William, 1674-1744.
Publication: New York : Doubleday, Page, 1901.

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Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928

Description

vi pages, 2 leaves, ix-lxxxviii, 461 pages : frontispiece (portrait), plate; 27 cm

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One of an edition of 500 copies on specially made paper and 15 copies on imperial Japanese vellum paper.
"The original of the catalogue was bought by Willaim Mackenzie, esq., from N. G. Dufief, bookseller, and bequeathed by him ... to the Library Company of Philadelphia. The present copy is itself a copy of a copy made for the late T. H. Wynne and now owned by Mr. R. A. Brock of Richmond, through whose kindness I am able to make this reprint ... It was probably made in 1777 just before the library was sold [and] ... was printed ... Dec. 19, 1777 ..."--Editor's note, p. 413.
The library consisted of "near 4000 volumes in all languages and faculties ... great part ... in elegant bindings."

LCCN

02001125

OCLC

ocm03497451

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries