American Manuscript Collection in the Huntington Library for the.

Cuthbert, Norma B. American Manuscript Collection in the Huntington Library for the History of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. San Marino, Calif.: The Huntington Library, 1941. Sewn tan printed wrappers. Moderately edgeworn with some scuffing to head of spine. Author's presentation inscription "For [?] [P?]/ with best regards,/ Norma B. Cuthbert" to [1] pp. Internally clean. A very good copy. $25. * "Mr. Huntington not only acquired collections of manuscripts but also purchased a large number of single, unrelated items. This report excludes all miscellaneous material, regardless of importance, except certain volumes that seemed to be valuable as collateral to the collections that are included. Moreover, certain collections have been omitted A- namely, all heterogeneous groups, and homogeneous groups of less than forty pieces (forty being a purely arbitrary figure chosen for technical reasons). The Library's few heterogeneous groups, notably the great collection of miscellanea assembled by Mr. W. K. Bixby, although acquired en bloc, have not been kept intact on the Shelves. Such assortments of papers and volumes bear no kinship to one another, are Without continuity, have no common origin, and, therefore, no longer exist as collections" (Introduction, vii).…