Excerpt from Bibliotheca Americana: A Catalogue of Books Relating to the History and Literature of America It should be observed that all half-titles and titles are reckoned as preliminary leaves, and as the collations in this Catalogue are, almost without exception, taken from the identical copies now for sale, there may sometimes occur a discrepancy between the collations here printed as compared with those of copies found elsewhere, arising from the presence or absence of the half-title preceding the title in one or other copy. It is however believed that the descriptions are so exact as to diminish the difficulty thus anticipated, to the least practicable extent. The copies now offered for sale will, unless otherwise described, be sold as in accordance with the collations herein printed. All imperfections known are stated. The expressions scarce, rare, etc. with their customary superlatives, have been omitted from this Catalogue, except when used upon the authority of others; such commendations are not needed by the well-informed collector, while they might justly be applied so frequently in this Catalogue as to bewilder a tyro. We have rather chosen to add occasionally notes explanatory of the character, history, or peculiarity of the books, such as were furnished by our own experience, or as we could glean from the admirable Bibliotneca Americana of Mr. Rich, and from other sources. We have during the last ten years been honoured with the disposal of so many Libraries of peculiar interest to American collectors, that it would be ungenerous to begrudge to them a fair share of the treasures now offered for sale, but still the hope may, with out offence, be indulged, that the collection submitted may help to fill many chasms in the shelves of more than one of our own public Libraries, as well as contribute to satisfy the longings of enthusiastic English Amateurs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.