Bibliotheca americana
Subtitle: or, A chronological catalogue of the most curious and interesting books, pamphlets, state papers, etc. upon the subject of North and South America, from the earliest period to the present, in print and manuscript; for which research has been made in the British musæum, and the most celebrated public and private libraries, reviews, catalogues, etc.  With an introductiory discourse on the present state of literarure in those countries
Contributors: Reid, --, American, resident in London; Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808; Debrett, John, d. 1822; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner; John Adams Library (Boston Public Library)
Publisher: printed for J. Debrett ..., J. Sewell ...
Published: 1789
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Early printed books -- Bibliography of bibliographies.; America -- Bibliography.; America -- Bibliography of bibliographies.
Genres: Bibliography of bibliographies.; Bibliography.
Other titles: Chronological catalogue of the most curious and interesting books, pamphlets, state papers, etc.
Notes: Includes index.

Errata on p. [3], first count.

Variously attributed to Arthur Homer (whose projected Bibliotheca americana, announced in 1799, was never published); to a "Mr. Reid, American, resident in London"; to J. Debrett, the publisher of the work; and to Alexander Dairymple. ESTC attributes to Leman Thomas Rede.

"An introductiory discourse on the state of literature in North and South America": p. [5]-21.

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.

Sabin, 5198

ESTC,  T21569

Also available on microfilm. Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1983. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 313, no. 22).

Also available on microfiche. Louisville, KY : Lost Cause Press, 1968. 8 microfiches ; 10 x 15 cm. (Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary ...; fiches A-83,371-83,378).

Also available on microfilm. Ann Arbor, MI : University Microfilms International, 19--. 1 reel. 35 mm. (American Culture series, reel 22.212).

Also available on microfilm. New Haven, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1974. 1 reel ; 35mm. (Goldsmiths-Kress Library of Economic Literature ; reel 1394, no. 13760).

John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.