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The writings of "Colonel William Byrd, of Westover in Virginia, esqr."
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New York :
Doubleday, Page,
1901.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Byrd, William, |d 1674-1744. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The writings of "Colonel William Byrd, of Westover in Virginia, esqr." |c ed. by John Spencer Bassett ; illustrated |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Doubleday, Page, |c 1901. | ||
| 300 | |a vi p., 2 leaves, ix-lxxxviii, 461 p. : |b ill., (port.) plates ; |c 27 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a One of an edition of 500 copies on specially made paper and 15 copies on imperial Japanese vellum paper. | ||
| 500 | |a "The original of the catalogue was bought by Willaim Mackenzie, esq., from N. G. Dufief, bookseller, and bequeathed by him ... to the Library Company of Philadelphia. The present copy is itself a copy of a copy made for the late T. H. Wynne and now owned by Mr. R. A. Brock of Richmond, through whose kindness I am able to make this reprint ... It was probably made in 1777 just before the library was sold [and] ... was printed ... Dec. 19, 1777 ..."--Editor's note, p. 413. | ||
| 500 | |a The library consisted of "near 4000 volumes in all languages and faculties ... great part ... in elegant bindings." | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Preface -- Introduction : The Byrd family in Virginia -- History of the dividing line [between Virginia and North Carolina] run in the year 1728 -- Appendix [Documents] -- A journey to the land of Eden [on the Dan and Irvin rivers] anno 1733 -- A progress to the mines in the year 1732 -- Miscellaneous letters -- Appendix A : A catalogue of the books in the library at Westover belonging to William Byrd, esq. -- Appendix B : Genealogy -- Index. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Byrd family. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mines and mineral resources |z Virginia. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Private libraries |z Virginia |z Westover. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Byrd genealogy. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Virginia |x Boundaries |z North Carolina. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a North Carolina |x Boundaries |z Virginia. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Virginia |x Description and travel. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a North Carolina |x Description and travel. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Westover, Va. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Bassett, John Spencer, |d 1867-1928 | |
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