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Order Nr. 53776 PRINTING & PUBLISHING IN THE COLONIAL ERA OF THE UNITED STATES, A SUPPLEMENT...

PRINTING & PUBLISHING IN THE COLONIAL ERA OF THE UNITED STATES, A SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOOK IN THE AMERICAS (1988) WITH A CHECKLIST OF THE ITEMS IN THAT CATALOGUE.

Providence: The John Carter Brown Library, 1990. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 37 pages. Describes 12 examples of printing in Colonial America, from the Bay Psalm Book of 1640 to Jefferson's Summary View of the Rights of British America. Illustrated. READ MORE

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                          CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS                                page ix
PREFACE, by George W. Landau                              xi 
INTRODUCTION, by Norman Fiering                         xiii

Printing & Publishing in the Colonial Era
of the United States                                       1
  MASSACHUSETTS                                            3 
  PENNSYLVANIA                                             8 
  NEW YORK                                                12 
  VIRGINIA                                                15

SELECTED SOURCES                                          19 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX, by Susan L. Newbury             21
  PREFACE                                                 23 
  REFERENCES                                              25 
  KEY TO LOCA TION SYMBOLS                                27 
  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS                            29

CHECKLIST of the Seventy-three Items in the Original
  "Book in the Americas" Exhibition                       33