Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
November 1781
Primary Source Reference:
Museum Auction Broadside, Lot 9 (History); Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 60v
Notes:
Du Simitière acquired this work at the auction of the library of William Byrd of Westover in 1781 (Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 60v); valued at 2s 6d in Du Simitière's estate inventory. Library Company may not have acquired Du Simitière's copy, as a different copy is listed in the 1789 Catalogues (291.Qa). Kevin J. Hayes, The Library of William Byrd of Westover (Madison, 1997), no. 159; Edwin Wolf 2nd, "The Dispersal of the Library of William Byrd of Westover," Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society 68 (1958): 26n
Valued at 2s 6d in Du Simitière estate inventory, Library Company of Philadelphia, p. 4
Title Information:
An historical description of the kingdom of Macasar
Imprint Information:
London: Tho. Leigh, and D. Midwinter, 1701
