Catalogue of the Leeds Library: with a Short History of the Library, the Rules at Present in Force, a List of the Proprietors, and a Subject Index.
Published by Leeds: Printed by Goodall and Suddick, 1889
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Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United KingdomForest Books, ABA-ILAB
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Royal 8vo (248 x 155 mm), xliii, [1], 702pp., with the bookplate and deaccession stamp of the Yorkshire Archaeology Society, orig. red publishers' cloth, front inner hinge shaken, small tear to upper joint. Founded in 1768, The Leeds Library is the oldest surviving subscription library of its kind in the British Isles. Among its founding members were eminent doctors, surgeons, clergymen, leading industrialists and businessmen, alongside members of The Royal Society. Revd Dr Joseph Priestly was most likely the primary driving force behind the Library's creation.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Catalogue of the Leeds Library: with a Short History of the Library, the Rules at Present in Force, a List of the Proprietors, and a Subject Index.
- Author
- LEEDS LIBRARY. [STEPHENS (Henry Morse) Editor and Librarian]
- Publisher
- Leeds: Printed by Goodall and Suddick
- Publication year
- 1889
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- LIBRARY CATALOGUES
Forest Books, ABA-ILAB
Grantham, LINCS, United Kingdom
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