Valuable Collection of Americana Formed

Valuable Collection Of Americana Formed by William Raymond Weeks is a rare bibliographic catalog that details a distinguished assemblage of early American printed materials. This reprint reproduces the 1902 catalogue of Weeks’s collection, focusing on Americana related to New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, featuring premier editions and scarce prints from the colonial and Revolutionary periods. The items listed include landmark works such as Smith's New Jersey; Irving's Knickerbocker’s New York; the Grolier Club’s Bradford Laws; original Washington orders and pamphlets on the New Jersey boundary; the Federalist and its variants; as well as a broad array of state constitutions, colonial charters, and bibliographic pamphlets. The catalogue showcases beautifully bound large-paper copies, privately printed editions, and valuable bibliographic exemplars, with detailed descriptions of bindings, plates, and maps. It also includes biographical and bibliographic references to related works in American history, encompassing maps and military and political documents. Overall, this volume offers a remarkable snapshot of American antiquarian printing and the historiography of the colonial and early republic era, as preserved and celebrated by Weeks.