Edwards, Edward. Free town libraries, their formation, management, and history ; in Britain, France, Germany, & America. Together with brief notices of book collectors, and of the respective places of deposit of their surviving collections

Folger bibliographic ID: 63300
Folger call number: Z721 .E26
Folger holdings ID: 64754

General notes

"The primary purpose of this volume is to serve as a handbook for promoters and managers of free town libraries...Its secondary purpose is to compare British experience in that matter with foreign, and particularly with American experience." Book IV,"Historical notices of book collectors" covers 1093 collections."

Extended title: Free town libraries, their formation, management, and history ; in Britain, France, Germany, & America. Together with brief notices of book collectors, and of the respective places of deposit of their surviving collections

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author: Edwards, Edward, 1812-1886