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Universal biography. Portraits on steel, by fine engravers, with sketches by eminent authors., 1871
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Broadside, 4to; prospectus advertising the work as "The greatest artistic and literary work of the day"; verso provides opinions of the press and a call for "one thousand male and female agents," providing "liberal commissions paid to good agents". "One Volume will contain Sketches of New Yorkers" at bottom of Broadside verso.Tears from previous folds affecting text, though text still legible, small loss to top left-hand corner.
- Arrangement
Arrangement follows the order of the original Excel inventory.
- General
New York: New York and Hartford Publishing Co.
Collection History
- Processing Information
Finding aid created via automated processes by Regine Heberlein, 2017.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
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- Credit this material:
Universal biography. Portraits on steel, by fine engravers, with sketches by eminent authors.; Collection of Ephemera Relating to the Marketing of Books, RBD2, Rare Book Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (ex): Box B-000869