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The book culture of a colonial American city : Philadelphia books, bookmen, and booksellers /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wolf, Edwin, 1911-1991
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford [Oxfordshire] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1988.
Series:	Lyell lectures ; 1985-6.
Subjects:	Book industries and trade > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century. Books and reading > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Intellectual life. United States > Intellectual life > 18th century. Booksellers and bookselling > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century. Libraries > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.

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