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Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Forming the Library of Clarence H. Clark: Chestnut-Wold, Philadelphia (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Explore a curated window into a 19th-century private library.
This descriptive catalog presents the books that formed Clarence H. Clark’s collection, offering concise bibliographic entries, notes on editions, and occasional illustrations. It’s a reference-style portrait of a large, multi-author library from Chestnut-Wold, Philadelphia, prepared in the late 1880s.
This volume catalogs hundreds of authors and works, with details that help identify editions, pagination, and accompanying material. It reads like a bibliographic guide that reveals how a serious collector organized and assessed books across a wide range of subjects.- Concise author-by-author entries that record editions, formats, and notable contents.
- Notes on illustrations, portraits, and bibliographic nuances that distinguish different copies.
- A snapshot of late 19th‑century library cataloging and collecting practices.
- Embedded context for researchers and bibliophiles tracing the history of private libraries.
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