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Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima. A Description of Works relating to America published between 1492 and 1551 ... [with:] Additions ... [With] Supplement No. 1 [bound with:] ... Supplement No 2
by Harrisse, Henri
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- first
- Condition
- Bound in three quarters brown calf, gilt spine. With wrappers bound in Bookplate of Ag. Casa "Bibliotheca Americana Buenos Aires
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231889
- Title
- Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima. A Description of Works relating to America published between 1492 and 1551 ... [with:] Additions ... [With] Supplement No. 1 [bound with:] ... Supplement No 2
- Author
- Harrisse, Henri
- Format/Binding
- Four vols. in three. [viii], liv, [ii], 519; [vi], [i]-xl, 199, [6]; 102, [4]; 127, [1] pp. 3 vols. Thick 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in three quarters brown calf, gilt spine. With wrappers bound in Bookplate of Ag. Casa "Bibliotheca Americana Buenos Aires
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, large paper copies of the first two vols
- Publisher
- George P. Philes [Printed by the Bradstreet Press]
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- JC Reference | Bibliography | Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Art, Architecture & Design;
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