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Seller: Penka Rare Books and Archives, ILAB, Berlin, GermanyPenka Rare Books and Archives, ILAB

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Boston: Press of Geo. H. Ellis Co., 1916. Octavo (23.5 × 15.4 cm). Original printed gray staple-stitched wrappers; 48 pp. Text printed in Roman letters, not embossed type. Very good. First edition of this catalog of the circulating Library of Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, founded in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1829, with the library created in 1835. The catalog is divided by embossed alphabets: Line Type, American Braille, and New York Point. In addition to English Braille, the catalog includes works in embossed alphabets adapted to German, French, Latin, Greek and Esperanto. Aside from a large section on children's literature, the books cover a variety of school subjects such as Arithmetic, Astronomy, Physics, Geology, History, as well as "Useful Arts" such as poultry management, butter making, and basket weaving. As of June 2025, KVK, OCLC show one copy in North America.

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Title
[BRAILLE LIBRARY CATALOG] Catalog of Embossed Books
Author
Circulating Library of Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind
Binding
Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition
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Penka Rare Books and Archives, ILAB

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Originally established in 2012, Penka Rare Books and Archives specializes in rare books and related materials on art, architecture, visual culture, and the European avant-gardes. A special focus is on Slavic-language and Eastern European materials. Our customers include private collectors, major research libraries, as well as museums in Europe, the United States, and beyond. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the Verband Deutscher Antiquare (VDA), and ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers).…

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