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The Library of Benjamin Franklin (Memoir 257)

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Memoir 257
Beginning in the late 1950s, Edwin Wolf 2nd embarked on a bibliographic odyssey to reconstruct the �lost� library of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin�s library, the largest and best private library at the time of his death in 1790, was sold by his grandson in the last eighteenth century to Robert Morris Jr., who subsequently sold it in the early nineteenth century. None of the catalogs of the collection survive, and the contents of the library were virtually unknown until 1956, when Wolf discovered the unique shelfmarks Franklin used to identify his books. Wolf�s work to reconstruct a catalog of the library continued for the next thirty years but was unfinished at the time of his death. As the tercentenary of Franklin�s birth approached, Kevin J. Hayes took up the work and has continued to discover titles that were part of the library. Everything found to date, close to 4,000 entries, has been compiled here. (Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society and the Library Company of Philadelphia, 2006.)

Planetary, Lunar and Solar Positions, 601 B.C. to A.D. 1, at Five-Day and Ten Day Intervals (Memoir 56)

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Memoir 56
The need for these tables became pressing when hundreds of astronomical cuneiform tables in the British Museum became available for study, partly through the copies made in the 1880s & 1890s. All these texts originally came from some archive in Babylon which was discovered by Arabs in the middle of the 19th century. Most of the texts were written from about 330 B.C. to the first century A.D. Many of the texts are fragments of the original clay tables which have broken. In many cases, a fragment contains only parts of a few legible lines. Much of the information is of an astronomical character. It is evident that for investigations of these tablets the possibility of rapid scanning of accurately dated planetary positions is of primary importance. It was with this in view that these tables were developed by Dr. B., Tuckerman in consultation with Prof. A. Sach, Dr. H.H. Goldstine, & O. Neugebauer.

Academica: Plato, Philip of Opus, and the Pseudo-Platonic �Epinomis� (Memoir 107)

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Memoir 107
Contents: Part I: (I) Plato & the Authorship of the �Epinomis�; (II) Platonic �topoi� & the Structure of the �Epinomis�; (III) Philip of Opus; (IV) The �Epinomis,� Aristotle, & the Early Academy; & (V) The Influence of the �Epinomis� on the Formation of a Platonic Dogma; Part II: The Manuscripts of the �Epinomis�; The Indirect Tradition; Modern Editions; �Sigla�; Text; Commentary; Appendix I: Repertory of Conjectures on the �Epinomis�; Appendix II: On the Greek Word �habit� in Plato, Speusippus, & Aristotle; List of Abbreviations; Bibliography; Addenda; Indices: Ancient Passages, Proper Names, & Grammatical & Lexicographical; & Errata.

Letters of Lafayette to Washington, 1777-1799 (rev. ed.) (Memoir 115)

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Memoir 115
The friendship between Lafayette & Washington began slowly but had developed fully by late 1777. By the time Lafayette�s military service in America had come to an end, they were good friends. During the course of their correspondence Lafayette discussed all manner of public & private events & aspirations with Washington. Thus his letters furnish an intimate & revealing account of great events & of the great & near-great men who were a part of them. These letters were first published in 1944 in a privately printed edition of 400 copies. The present editors have re-examined the manuscripts used for all the letters & have corrected the earlier reading wherever historical accuracy requires it. A new preface presents revised interpretations of some of the letters.

Trukese-English Dictionary (Memoir 141)

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Memoir 141
Three closely related languages are spoken in Truk State, Federated States of Micronesia: Trukese, Mortlockese, & Puluwatese. Trukese has by far the largest number of of speakers in the Truk state. Building on the dictionary by Samuel H. Elbert, published in 1947, this dictionary representes the Trukese language as it is spoken in the lagoon islands of Truk. It also includes an introduction which covers: the languages of Truk; the alphabet; the format of an entry; morphology; syntax; & bibliography. Maps & tables.

Benjamin Rush's Lectures on the Mind (Memoir 144)

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Memoir 144
This vol. contains the lectures of Dr. Benjamin Rush on physiology, which deal with the mind. Regarded as �the father of American psychiatry,� for over 30 years Dr. Rush treated insane patients at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. He published the first American book on psychiatry, �Medical Inquiries & Observations Upon the Disease of the Mind,� in 1812. Contents of this vol.: General Introduction; The Syllabus; The Introductory Lecture; Introduction to the Lectures on Animal Life; Benjamin Rush Lectures on the Mind; Introduction to the Mind; Introduction to Sleep & Dreams; & Epilogue.

Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571), Vol. III: The 16th Century (Memoir 161)

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Memoir 161
The third of 4 vols. which trace the history of the later Crusades & papal relations with the Levant from the accession of Innocent III (in 1198) to the reign of Pius V & the battle of Lepanto (1566-1571). Contents: Pius III, Julius II, & the Romagna; Venice, the Soldan of Egypt, & the Turks; The League of Cambrai, the Turks & the Gallican Conciliarists; The Council of Pisa-Milan & the Battle of Ravenna, the Fifth Lateran Council & Selim the Grim; Leo X, the Lateran Council, & the Ottoman Conquest of Egypt; Leo X & Plans for a Crusade against Selim the Grim; Hadrian VI, the Fall of Rhodes, & Renewal of the War in Italy; Pavia & the League of Cognac, Mohacs & the Turks in Hungary, Bourbon�s March on Rome; The Sack of Rome & the Siege of Naples; Before & After the Turkish Siege of Vienna; Clement VII, Francis I, & Hapsburg Opposition to the Turks; Paul III, the Lutherans, Venice & the Turks; Paul III, the Hapsburgs, & Francis I, the Turks & the Council of Trent; & The Election of Julius III, the Council of Trent, the Turks & the War of Parma.

Architecture and Planning of Classical Moscow: A Cultural History

Architecture and Planning of Classical Moscow: A Cultural History (Memoir 181)

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Memoir 181
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Dr. Schmidt describes the building & planning schemes in Moscow from approx. the accession of Catherine the Great in the early 1760s to the mid-reign of Nicholas I, about 1840. The author maintains that despite the enormous destruction of historic Moscow caused by the reordering of Gorkii (the old Tverskaia) St. & the Kalinin Prospect (the Arbat) under Stalin & Khrushchev, there still exists a significant remnant of the classical city which rose from the ashes of the great fire in 1812. The architects of the classical city--Catherine�s builders, Vasilii Bazhenov & Matvei Kazakov, & those who rebuilt Moscow after 1812, Osip Bove, Domenico Giliardi, & Afanasii Grigor�ev--are featured together with their individual architectural creations as well as their broader city-planning accomplishments. In many respects an atlas of the boulevards & thoroughfares of central Moscow, this book both recreates the Moscow of another era & adds to the understanding of the contours & character of the modern Soviet metropolis. Illus.

Lines of Nazca (Memoir 183)

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Memoir 183
Illustrations. Photomozaic fold-out map.

Swift Progress of Population: A Documentary & Bibliographic Study of Philadelphia's Growth, 1642-1859 (Memoir 187)

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Memoir 187
Dr. Susan E. Klepp, a Mellon Fellow in Bibliography at the APS in 1986-87, suggested to the Librarian that the publication of the APS collection of Phila. mortality bills from 1722 to 1859, together with those from other repositories which APS does not possess, would constitute a major research resource for students of early American & comparative history. Dr. Klepp has not only executed that task skillfully, but she has given us a fine brief history of the study of the vital statistics of Philadelphia together with an annotated bibliography of secondary works. Contains over 200 broadsides..