Catalogue of Books in the Library of the Presbyterian Historical Society, No. 821 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia: Jas. B. Rodgers, Printer, 1865. [9148]
Printed wrapper, 9 x 6 inches, 107 clean pp., last three leaves chipped with loss in the top margin. Very good. Paperback.
A rare resource for the collector of Presbyteriana. The entries are not numbered, but there are 107 pp.; we think there are about 1,500 books listed.
"The Catalogue here presented to the Public, embraces the Books collected by the Presbyterian Historical Society since the period of its organization in May, 1852. The large and valuable collection of more than eight thousand Pamphlets, Magazines and Reviews; two hundred volumes of Newspapers; three hundred Portraits; and many valuable Manuscripts, are not included in this Catalogue for want of means to prepare and print a volumes of such size as would be required."