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Lot 106
Sale 6115 - Books & Manuscripts
Sep 19, 2019
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[Americana] [American Philosophical Society] Transactions, of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting Useful Knowledge...
Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, 1771. Volume One, from January 1st, 1769, to January 1st, 1771. 4to. Simon Snyder's copy, with his morocco ownership label. Later 18th or early 19th century quarter calf over marbled boards, spine ends and extremities heavily rubbed, front cover detached, but present; stamped in gilt. Illustrated with three (of seven) engraved plates; lacking plates 3, 4, 5, and 7. Dampstaining to endpapers, title-page, and front and rear matter, moderate foxing throughout. Late 18th century ownership signature at head of title-page and head of ad. Evans 11959; Sabin 1181.