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BIDDLE, Clement (1740-1814). The Philadelphia Directory. Philadelphia: James & Johnson, for the Editor, 1791.
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BIDDLE, Clement (1740-1814). The Philadelphia Directory. Philadelphia: James & Johnson, for the Editor, 1791.
8° (7 7/8 x 4 ½ in). xvii [2], 187, [1] pp. (Lightly browned). Large ink inscription on title. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards (Upper cover detached, extremities worn). Quarter-morocco folding case.
AN IMPORTANT EARLY PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORY. This constitutes the first Philadelphia directory published under the new Constitution. A listing of “Officers of the Government” on pp.148-150 includes George Washington, residing at 190 High Street, and his secretary Tobias Lear. Provenance: Gift inscription on title-page: “David Barclay Esquire from his Friend Miss Fisher.” Evans 23205; Howes B425; Sabin 61602; Spear, Bibliography of American Directories, p.273.
8° (7 7/8 x 4 ½ in). xvii [2], 187, [1] pp. (Lightly browned). Large ink inscription on title. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards (Upper cover detached, extremities worn). Quarter-morocco folding case.
AN IMPORTANT EARLY PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORY. This constitutes the first Philadelphia directory published under the new Constitution. A listing of “Officers of the Government” on pp.148-150 includes George Washington, residing at 190 High Street, and his secretary Tobias Lear. Provenance: Gift inscription on title-page: “David Barclay Esquire from his Friend Miss Fisher.” Evans 23205; Howes B425; Sabin 61602; Spear, Bibliography of American Directories, p.273.
BIDDLE, Clement (1740-1814). The Philadelphia Directory. Philadelphia: James & Johnson, for the Editor, 1791.
8° (7 7/8 x 4 ½ in). xvii [2], 187, [1] pp. (Lightly browned). Large ink inscription on title. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards (Upper cover detached, extremities worn). Quarter-morocco folding case.
AN IMPORTANT EARLY PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORY. This constitutes the first Philadelphia directory published under the new Constitution. A listing of “Officers of the Government” on pp.148-150 includes George Washington, residing at 190 High Street, and his secretary Tobias Lear. Provenance: Gift inscription on title-page: “David Barclay Esquire from his Friend Miss Fisher.” Evans 23205; Howes B425; Sabin 61602; Spear, Bibliography of American Directories, p.273.
8° (7 7/8 x 4 ½ in). xvii [2], 187, [1] pp. (Lightly browned). Large ink inscription on title. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards (Upper cover detached, extremities worn). Quarter-morocco folding case.
AN IMPORTANT EARLY PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORY. This constitutes the first Philadelphia directory published under the new Constitution. A listing of “Officers of the Government” on pp.148-150 includes George Washington, residing at 190 High Street, and his secretary Tobias Lear. Provenance: Gift inscription on title-page: “David Barclay Esquire from his Friend Miss Fisher.” Evans 23205; Howes B425; Sabin 61602; Spear, Bibliography of American Directories, p.273.