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History of Madagascar : embracing the progress of the Christian mission and an account of the persecution of the native Christians

Title
History of Madagascar : embracing the progress of the Christian mission and an account of the persecution of the native Christians / prepared for the American Sunday-School Union and revised by the Committee of Publication.
Publication
Philadelphia : American Sunday-School Union, ©1839.

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TextUse in library Sc Rare 266-A (American Sunday-School Union. History of Madagascar)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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Additional Authors
  • Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864
  • Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 1805-1886
  • Beck, Paul, 1760-1844
  • American Sunday-School Union. Committee of Publication, publisher.
  • Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate.
Description
342 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits; 16 cm
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Bookplates (Provenance)
Note
  • "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, by Paul Beck, Jr. , Treasurer, in trust for the American Sunday school Union , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." -- t.p. verso.
  • Includes a map of Madagascar and various vignettes.
  • A hymn and the Lord's prayer, in Malagasy, p. 341-342.
Indexed In (note)
  • Checklist Amer. imprints
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.
Provenance (note)
  • With bookplate of Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection.
Binding (note)
  • Copy in MARB Sc Rare -266-A, bound in original publishers leather spine, marbled paper over boards.
Call Number
Sc Rare 266-A (American Sunday-School Union. History of Madagascar)
LCCN
05015913
OCLC
7163127
Title
History of Madagascar : embracing the progress of the Christian mission and an account of the persecution of the native Christians / prepared for the American Sunday-School Union and revised by the Committee of Publication.
Imprint
Philadelphia : American Sunday-School Union, ©1839.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Additional Formats
Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.
Indexed In:
Checklist Amer. imprints 56302
Indexed In:
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 1, page 503, column 3, row 2
Provenance
With bookplate of Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection. NN
Binding
Copy in MARB Sc Rare -266-A, bound in original publishers leather spine, marbled paper over boards. NN
Local Note
The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy includes accession no. H258639 in ink and stamp on several parts of the book. Probably one of the books s added to the collection when Catherine A. Latimer was the collection librarian, and Lawrence Reddick was the Curator. Contains some manuscript annotations in ink and graphite and stamp: "Property of City of New York." Imperfect: loose front cover, current house in a protective archival box.
Source
H258639. NN
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Place of Publication
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Added Author
Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864, ill.
Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 1805-1886, lithographer.
Beck, Paul, 1760-1844, copyright holder.
American Sunday-School Union. Committee of Publication, publisher.
Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate.
Latimer, Catherine, 1896-1948, Curator.
Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator.
Other Form:
Online version: History of Madagascar. Philadelphia : American Sunday-School Union, ©1839 (OCoLC)769153494
Research Call Number
Sc Rare 266-A (American Sunday-School Union. History of Madagascar)
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