[Rarebooks] FS: 1858 Salem Athenaeum Library Catalog

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"A CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE SALEM ATHENAEUM, in Salem,
Massachusetts; to which is prefixed A Brief Historical Account of the
Institution, with its Charter and By-Laws"

Boston; printed by John Wilson and Son: 1858.

The Athenaeum Library had its beginnings in the Social and Philosophical
Libraries, late 18th century Salem institutions whose books were acquired
by the Athenaeum at its founding in 1810. The first of the Social
Library’s books had been purchased in England in 1761, and then in 1781 an
American privateer captured a vessel holding the books of Dr. Richard
Kirwan as it crossed the Irish Channel. These were brought to Beverly and
sold to the Library, which, after the war, offered to reimburse Dr.
Kirwan. The good doctor politely declined, “expressing his satisfaction
that his valuable library had found a destination so useful”. This
catalog, the fifth in the history of the Athenaeum, was prepared after the
library had been moved to the newly-constructed Plummer Hall and comprised
about 11,000 volumes.

Softcover. 5.75”x9.25”, xxi + 179 pages. Original light grey card covers,
covers with some soil, tips slightly thumbed, very minor chip. A very nice
copy in the original covers. [31082] $150.00


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