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Title

List of the books, maps and charts in the University library at Philadelphia.

Authors

• Seckendorff, Gustav Anton, Freyherr von, 1775-1823

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1714
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9964769093503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/915064728
• https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p33n20m47

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

English, with titles in Latin, Greek, French, and German

Origin

Date

1822

Place

Philadelphia

Summary

Manuscript catalog of the 863 volumes of the library of the University of Pennsylvania in 1822, followed by brief lists of maps and charts. The catalog is arranged by format (folio, quarto, octavo, and duodecimo), then subdivided roughly by subject, with the titles in each section listed by date of edition. The earliest books are from the middle and late 16th century; the newest book in the list is a Hebrew grammar published in 1821. Subjects include classical literature and history, modern history, philosophy, theology, science, medicine, law, languages, and poetry, but the subject divisions of the catalog are more general. Donors are noted, and the library of John McDowell, professor of natural philosophy and provost of the University, bequeathed to the University at his death in 1820, figures largely in the total collection. Later notes include additions, corrections, and notes of volumes to be sold.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption title (f. 1r).
   

Extent

1 volume (22 leaves) : 328 x 200 mm bound to 335 x 210 mm

Foliation

Paper, i (modern) + 22 + i (modern); [1], c-i, k-q, s-v, [20-22]; contemporary foliation or signatures for single leaves with letters, in ink, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, [1-22], lower right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Modern paper over paperboard.

Script

Written in cursive script by Gustav Anton Seckendorff, with one title in German cursive script (f. 9v) and later additions by another hand of two titles in Greek (f. 3r, 6r).

Provenance

• Gift of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1911.
   

Subjects topical

• University of Pennsylvania--Library
• University of Pennsylvania--Library--Catalogs
• Academic libraries--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
• Academic libraries
• Philadelphia (Pa.)--Intellectual life--19th century--Sources
• Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Genres

• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Book catalogs
• Manuscripts, American--19th century
• Catalogs
• Catalogs

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