Publisher's Synopsis
Title: The library of the late Reverend and learned Mr. Samuel Lee: containing a choice variety of books upon all subjects, particularly commentaries on the Bible, bodies of divinity: the works as well of the ancient, as of the modern divines: treatises on the mathematicks, in all parts: history, antiquities: natural philosophy, physick, and chymistry: with grammar and school-books: with many more choice books not mentioned in this catalogue.
Author: Samuel Lee
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.
Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.
Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP05249100
CollectionID: CTRG05-B10113
PublicationDate: 16930101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: "Perphaps the oldest work of its kind printed in the British colonies."--Sabin. An account of this catalogue by Dr. Samuel A. Green, "Remarks on an early book-catalogue printed in Boston; with other bibliographical matter," was published in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 2nd ser., vol. x, 1896, p. 540-547.
Collation: 16 p.; 25 cm
