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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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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc Rare 266-A (American Sunday-School Union. History of Madagascar) | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Additional Authors
- 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
- Connect to:
- 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)