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Leeds Library. [Stephens (Henry Morse) Editor And Librarian]

Catalogue of the Leeds Library: with a Short History of the Library, the Rules at Present in Force, a List of the Proprietors, and a Subject Index.

Leeds: Printed by Goodall and Suddick, 1889.,

243.76 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, United Kingdom)

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Author
Leeds Library. [Stephens (Henry Morse) Editor And Librarian]
Publishers
Leeds: Printed by Goodall and Suddick, 1889.
Keyword
LIBRARY CATALOGUES YORKSHIRE LEEDS LIBRARY CIRCULATING LIBRARIES

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Royal 8vo (248 x 155 mm), xliii, [1], 702pp., with the bookplate and deaccession stamp of the Yorkshire Archaeology Society, orig. red publishersí cloth, front inner hinge shaken, small tear to upper joint. Founded in 1768, The Leeds Library is the oldest surviving subscription library of its kind in the British Isles. Among its founding members were eminent doctors, surgeons, clergymen, leading industrialists and businessmen, alongside members of The Royal Society. Revd Dr Joseph Priestly was most likely the primary driving force behind the Libraryís creation.
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