Catalogue of the remaining portion of the famous collection of early Americana formed by the Right Rev. White Kennet, D.D. (1660-1728) Bishop of Peterborough, and given by him in 1712 to The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ...
Subtitle: which will be sold by auction ... on Monday, the 30th of July, 1917
Publisher: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
Published: 1917
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Art collections; Americana Collection
Notes: 226 lots.

At head of title: Bibliothecae Americanae primordia.

Sale code: Galba.

Priced.

"Sold by order of the society under a scheme authorised by the Charity commssions of England.  The proceeds to form a perputual trust, the income of which is to be "applied by the society in the purchase of books for the general library of the society."  Also of certain other books bequeathed at different times to the society, and left to the society to deal with at its discretion."

Place of sale: London.

Date of sale: July 30, 1917.