Download or read book A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia, Vol. 1 written by Library Company Of Philadelphia and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-08 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to the Library Company of Philadelphia, Vol. 1: To Which Is Prefixed, a Short Account of the Institution, With the Charter, Laws, and Regulations The members dispose of their shares by transfer or will, but the assent of the directors, as well in such cases, as in case of an original purchase, is previously necessary; a restriction early adopted, in order, as much as possible, to prevent improper persons from having access to a collection of a nature peculiarly liable to injury. 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.