A general idea of the College of Mirania : with a sketch of the method of teaching science and religion, in the several classes: and some account of its rise, establishment and buildings : address'd more immediately to the consideration of the trustees nominated, by the Legislature, to receive proposals, &c. relating to the establishment of a college in the province of New-York. [Three lines of quotations in Latin]

Contributor:

J. Parker and W. Weyman (Firm) (printer)

Name:

Smith, William, 1727-1803

Date:

1753

Language:

English

Publisher:

printed and sold by J. Parker and W. Weyman ..

Subject:

Universities and colleges -- Planning; Universities and colleges -- Curricula; Education, Higher

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books

Physical Description:

86 pages; 19 cm (4to)

Related Place:

United States -- New York (state) -- New York.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-K⁴ L⁴(-L4).; Outlining "a purely fictitious institution" to show the kind of college William Smith thought suitable for a new country. The concept informed the founding of the University of Pennsylvania. Cf. Wood, G.B. Early hist. of the Univ. of Penn. (1896).; Signed on p. 81: W. Smith.; Price from below imprint in square brackets: "Price one shilling and six pence."; Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; factotum initials.; Errata statement at foot of p. [3].; A photocopy of this edition is available for public use.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, AC7 Sm683 753g xerox; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, AC7 Sm683 753g

Collection:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Penn in the Age of Franklin (University of Pennsylvania)