Recollections of James Lenox and the formation of his Library.
New York: New York Public Library, 1951,
First printing of this edition. Limited to 1,000 copies. octavo, cloth. xxxvi, 188pp. New York Public Library, Item #302
Revised and Elucidated by Victor Hugo Paltsits. The elucidations by Paltsits are annotations at the end of each chapter, further chronicling the formation of one of the great book collections of the nineteenth century. Interesting for the further details on how some of the great books (the 42-line Gutenberg, the "Wicked Bible", etc.) first made it to this country. With a biography of Henry Stevens, Bibliographer and Biblioscoper and an Analytical Index. Illustrated. A fascinating story. Fine.
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