Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co. announce an exhibition of the celebrated Pope Library recently acquired by them [prospectus] : this collection, brought together by the late Mrs. Norton Quincy Pope, of Brooklyn, N.Y., has long been known as one of the finest and most important private libraries in America :

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Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co. announce an exhibition of the celebrated Pope Library recently acquired by them [prospectus] : this collection, brought together by the late Mrs. Norton Quincy Pope, of Brooklyn, N.Y., has long been known as one of the finest and most important private libraries in America : it contains illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, early English literature, Americana, first editions of modern authors, extra-illustrated books, French books with illustrations, fine art works in French and English, standard sets in all departments of literature, original manuscripts and autograph letters, portraits and engravings suitable for extra-illustrating, original drawings, etc., etc. : this collection, together with the latest additions to their stock of rare and fine books, will be on view and for sale, beginning with October 22nd, 1895 ..., 1895

Prospectus and negatives of each individual page.

[4] p. ; 29 cm. + [4] photographic negatives (14 cm.)

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In 1839 Moses W. Dodd purchased an interest in a New York publishing firm established by John S. Taylor. The following year he severed his connection with Taylor and continued alone until his retirement in 1870. He was succeeded by his son, Frank H. Dodd, who, with his cousin Edward S. Mead, formed the firm Dodd & Mead. A retail department was added to the firm and in 1876 Bleecker Van Wagnen was taken as a partner. The firm was then renamed Dodd, Mead & Company. From the guide to t...

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