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Welcome to the Library Company of Philadelphia's Tumblr page! Founded by Ben Franklin in 1731, we are an independent research library specializing in American history and culture from the 17th through the 19th centuries. This page highlights materials from LCP's extensive collection of rare books, manuscripts, broadsides, ephemera, prints, photographs, and works of art.
We don’t know anything about Charles Heim, the previous owner of our copy of True Politeness (New York, 1854), but based on the condition of this binding we imagine he was an exceedingly polite gentleman. #WellLovedBooks #PublishersBindingThursday
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True politeness. New York : Leavitt & Allen.
1854.
12 cm x 8.5 cm x .5 cm.
It’s a #PublishersBindingThursday double feature! Both of our copies of Willis’ Sacred Poems (New York, 1847) are bound in a green and black printed-pattern cloth. We can’t decide which is our favorite. Can you?