List of the books, maps and charts in the University library at Philadelphia

Name:

Seckendorff, Gustav Anton, Freyherr von, 1775-1823

Timespan:

19th century

Date:

1822

Description:

Manuscript catalog of the 863 volumes of the library of the University of Pennsylvania in 1822, followed by brief lists of maps and charts. The catalog is arranged by format (folio, quarto, octavo, and duodecimo), then subdivided roughly by subject, with the titles in each section listed by date of edition. The earliest books are from the middle and late 16th century; the newest book in the list is a Hebrew grammar published in 1821. Subjects include classical literature and history, modern history, philosophy, theology, science, medicine, law, languages, and poetry, but the subject divisions of the catalog are more general. Donors are noted, and the library of John McDowell, professor of natural philosophy and provost of the University, bequeathed to the University at his death in 1820, figures largely in the total collection. Later notes include additions, corrections, and notes of volumes to be sold.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Gift of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1911.

Subject:

University of Pennsylvania. -- Library -- Catalogs; University of Pennsylvania. -- Library; Academic libraries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Academic libraries

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices (bound manuscripts); Book catalogs; Manuscripts, American; Catalogs; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 volume (22 leaves) : paper; 328 x 200 mm bound to 335 x 210 mm

Geographic Subject:

Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century -- Sources; Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; German writer and professor who traveled in the United States between 1796 and 1798 and between 1821 and his death in Alexandria, Louisiana, in 1823. He was paid by the Library Committee of the University of Pennsylvania in 1822 to prepare a catalog of the books of the Library "according to their subjects and sizes" (University Archives).; Title from caption title (f. 1r).; Foliation: Paper, i (modern) + 22 + i (modern); [1], c-i, k-q, s-v, [20-22]; contemporary foliation or signatures for single leaves with letters, in ink, upper right recto; modern foliation in pencil, [1-22], lower right recto.; Script: Written in cursive script by Gustav Anton Seckendorff, with one title in German cursive script (f. 9v) and later additions by another hand of two titles in Greek (f. 3r, 6r).; Binding: Modern paper over paperboard.; Origin: Written at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1822. A cover label gives the date of the catalog as 1823, but that date does not appear within the manuscript.; English, with titles in Latin, Greek, French, and German.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1714