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Creator:
Thacher, John Boyd, 1847-1909
Title(s):

Catalogue of the John Boyd Thacher collection of incunabula / compiled by Frederick W. Ashley, chief of the Order division.

Published/Created:
Washington, D.C. : Govt. Print Off., 1915.
Physical Description:
329 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Holdings:
Reference Library
Z240 T43 (LC)
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
At head of title: Library of Congress.
"The ... collection ... was on April 27, 1910, intrusted by Mrs. John Boyd Thacher to the custody of the Library of Congress as a deposit subject to her pleasure.:--Introd.
840 works; specimens of over 500 presses.
This volume, with added title and preface, forms the first volume of the catalogue of the Collection of John Boyd Thacher in the Library of Congress, in three volumes. 1931.
Subject Terms:
Incunabula -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.
Klebs, Arnold C. (Arnold Carl), 1870-1943 -- Ownership (Med copy).
Contributors:
Thacher, Emma Treadwell.
Ashley, Frederick William, 1863-1942.
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  • Introduction.--John Boyd Thacher: a biographic sketch.--List of works by John Boyd Thacher.--Preface.--Authorities.--Fifteenth century books.--Indexes: I. Countries; II. Towns; III. Printers and publishers; IV. Authors and books; V. Hain numbers.