Guide to the Henry Watson Kent Collection of L.E. Moreau de Saint-Méry

OCLC No.:
81584007

 Date:  
1933

 Extent:
1 box; 1.6 linear feet

 Abstract:
Title page facsimiles and other facsimiles of books printed by L.E. Moreau de Saint-Méry, collected by Henry Watson Kent.

 Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research use. Copyright restrictions may apply; please contact repository for requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote, or reproduce the materials.

Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Kent Collection of L.E. Moreau de Saint-Méry, The Grolier Club of New York.

About the Finding Aid:
This finding aid was prepared by Allison Hughes in Microsoft Word at the Grolier Club, June 2018.

 Provenance:
This material was compiled by Henry Watson Kent.                                            

Biographical/Historical Note:
L.E. Moreau de Saint-Méry was a French revolutionary refugee and printer based in Philadelphia.

Scope and Content Note:
Title page facsimiles and other facsimiles of books printed by L.E. Moreau de Saint-Méry, collected by Henry Watson Kent. Includes facsimiles from the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, Rhode Island; the Ridgeway Branch of the Library Company of Philadelphia; the American Philosophical Society; and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Access points:
Names
Kent, Henry Watson.
Moreau de Saint-Méry, M.L.E. (Médéric Louis Elie), 1750-1819.

Subjects
Printers—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History.
Printing—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—History.

Genres
Stats (copies).