Early American Imprints, Second Series, 1801-1819

Location: McKeldin Library
Location Code & Call Number: MCK-PER M-PRINT

Early American Imprints, Second Series, 1801-1819. Shaw Numbers 1-51, 960.
270 Boxes

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Description

This collection reproduces in full approximately 50,000 books, pamphlets and broadsides printed in the United States between 1801-1819.

This microprint collection is arranged by Shaw numbers in chronological order. To locate a title and to note corrections, it is necessary to consult the Shaw bibliography.

This collection supplements the microprint edition of items listed in American Bibliography: A Chronological Dictionary of All Books, Pamphlets, and Periodical Publications Printed in the United States of America from the Genesis of Printing in 1639 down to and including the Year 1820 by Charles Evans.

There are no information cards for individual authors included in this series in the public catalog.

Volume twenty of the Shaw bibliography contains an addendum of 1768 items (1801-1819). Volume twenty-one lists the works in this collection by title. Volume twenty-two consists of a cumulated author index and a list of corrections.

The final volume lists printers, publishers and booksellers and includes a geographical index.

See also: A Checklist of American Imprints (1820- ) (Ref Z 1215. S5) by various authors for a listing of works published after 1819.

See also: Early American Imprints, 1639-1800.

Index/Guide

REF Z1215.S48

Shaw, Ralph Robert [ and others ] . American Bibliography: A Preliminary Checklist for 1801-1819. 23 volumes.