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Catalogue Of The Manuscripts, Maps, Medals, Coins, Statuary, Portraits And Pictures: And An Account Of The Library Of The Maryland Historical Society,

Catalogue Of The Manuscripts, Maps, Medals, Coins, Statuary, Portraits And Pictures: And An Account Of The Library Of The Maryland Historical Society,

Mayer, Lewis

Paperback

EtiquetteEtymologyGeneral Reference

ISBN10: 9354500366
ISBN13: 9789354500367
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 54
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.13 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step into a nineteenth-century reading room where a region keeps its memory in order. A key to Maryland's past. Compiled in 1854 by Lewis Mayer for the Maryland Historical Society, this historical society catalogue is more than a register: it is a library holdings catalogue and archival collection inventory that reveals what Baltimore cared to preserve. Within its orderly entries are Maryland manuscripts and maps, early printed works, and records that illuminate 1850s Maryland history and the wider story of the young republic. It also ranges beyond paper, noting medals coins and numismatics alongside portraits statuary and art, linking museum and library catalogs in one purposeful survey. Its careful headings and cross-references show a working mind of stewardship, turning shelves and cabinets into a navigable record for anyone tracing sources across Maryland and the Atlantic world. For researchers of genealogy and local history, the details point towards families, places, and events worth pursuing; for collectors and historians of American antiquarian collections, it captures a snapshot of scholarship and civic pride at mid-century. Equally, it remains a practical librarians archivists reference, showing how a major institution organised description, provenance, and categories long before modern standards shaped the profession. The result is a quiet, authoritative map of the Baltimore Maryland archives as they once stood. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, for modern readers.

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