Bibliotheca Chethamensis: sive Bibliothecae publicae Mancuniensis ab Humfredo Chetham Armigero fundatae Catalogus exhibens libros in varias classes pro varietate argumenti distributos.
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Radcliffe (John)
J. Harrop, H. Smith & S. Simms, Manchester. 1791-1863.,
Bibliotheca Chethamensis: sive Bibliothecae publicae Mancuniensis ab Humfredo Chetham Armigero fundatae Catalogus exhibens libros in varias classes pro varietate argumenti distributos.
Rare and modern books
Radcliffe (John)
J. Harrop, H. Smith & S. Simms, Manchester. 1791-1863.,
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- Author
- Radcliffe (John)
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- J. Harrop, H. Smith & S. Simms, Manchester. 1791-1863.
- Keyword
- LIBRARY CATALOGUES BIBLIOGRAPHY MANCHESTER LANCASHIRE LIBRARY, CATALOGUES
Description
First Edition, 5 vols., with a presentation label from the Chethamsí library to E.W. Jones, engraved portrait of Chetham, uniform nineteenth-century buckram, uncut, a nice set. Catalogue of the most important of the early town libraries and the only one, up to the mid-nineteenth century, that was entirely free and accessible to the public. Founded in 1653 by a prosperous Manchester Wool merchant, Humphrey Chetham, it grew rapidly in size and scope to become the first ìmodernî public library. This catalogue was based on a novel classification devised by Radcliffe, with various headings and consecutive numbering (8029). A sixth volume was issued in 1883 of additions from 1863-1881.
