1806 EARLY AMERICAN PUBLISHING, PRINTING, BOOKBINDING, BOOKSELLING & BOOK OWNERSHIP…

1806 EARLY AMERICAN PUBLISHING, PRINTING, BOOKBINDING, BOOKSELLING & BOOK OWNERSHIP All in One Book - with a WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, BOOKBINDER'S TICKET / "Goldsmith's Roman History" by Oliver Goldsmith < >
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1806 EARLY AMERICAN PUBLISHING, PRINTING, BOOKBINDING, BOOKSELLING & BOOK OWNERSHIP All in One Book - with a WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, BOOKBINDER'S TICKET / "Goldsmith's Roman History"

Published by a Wilmington publisher -

Printed by a Wilmington printer -

Bound and Sold by a Wilmington bookbinder / bookseller -

Owned by a Noted Wilmington resident -

GOLDSMITH'S ROMAN HISTORY, ABRIDGED BY HIMSELF, For The Use Of Schools. Fourth American Edition.

WILMINGTON: Published by the Rev. William Pryce; Printed by Joseph Jones, Printer: 1806.

BOUND and SOLD by J. WILSON of WILMINGTON, with his: "SOLD BY J. WILSON, Bookbinder, Bookseller, and Stationer, Wilmington, Del." woodcut binder's ticket on the front pastedown. The ticket measures 1.25 x 2 inches.

OWNED by WILMINGTON resident, EDWARD TATNALL, with his SIGNATURE and place, BRANDYWINE, on the title page. From Wikipedia: "Edward Tatnall, b.1782 d.1856, was an American miller and railroad executive based in Wilmington, Delaware. He was a son of Joseph Tatnall, a prominent miller and banker in Wilmington. He was a director of the Delaware and Maryland Railroad and of the Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad, two of the four railroads that helped build the first rail link from Philadelphia to Baltimore. In 1838, they merged into the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad. His service is noted on the 1839 Newkirk Viaduct Monument."

HARDCOVER BOOK, leather covered boards, leather spine label, 4x6.5 inches. Pagination: vii, 417 pages, plus 3 pages of Publisher's ads at the rear. The covers have scrapes and rubs, the inner pages are toned with spots and a scattering of stains here and there throughout; a well-used but complete, solid and presentable copy.

American book publishing, printing, binding and selling was taking root in Wilmington in 1806.

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