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Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia, Vol. 1: To Which Is Prefixed, a Short Account of the Institution, With the Charter, Laws, and Regulations The members dispose of their shares by transfer or will, but the assent of the directors, as well in such cases, as in case of an original purchase, is previously necessary; a restriction early adopted, in order, as much as possible, to prevent improper persons from having access to a collection of a nature peculiarly liable to injury. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia, Vol. 3: Containing the Titles Added From 1835 to 1856, Together With an Alphabetical Index to the Whole It IS believed that the general Index hereto appended (p. 1681) Obvi ates most of the disadvantages of the supplementary character of the third volume, at the same time that it secures important ends not other wise to be attained. Volume 3 is paged continuously with volumes 1 and 2, and the alphabetical Index contains a reference to all the leading words in the titles of the whole three volumes. Thus, not only the names of all authors, translators, and annotators are indexed, but also all subjects of biography, all works of fiction, and generally such import ant words in each title, that a book may be found even if the author's name is unknown to the seeker, or if the work is anonymous. So copious an Index cannot fail, practically, to add much to the value and utility of the collection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia, Vol. 2: To Which Is Prefixed, a Short Account of the Institution, With the Charter, Laws, and Regulations Cook, 333, 376, F. The North American pilot, for Newfoundland, Labrador, and the gulf and river St. Lawrence. By James Cook, Michael Lane, Joseph Gilbert, and others; with plates. 2 vols. London, 1784. No. 332 has also a volume of directions in quarto. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.