Note 575 — Chapter III · (continued 2)

Vol. i. was issued in 1885, bringing the record down to 1763. Trial specimens of the list were earlier issued in the Bulletin of the Philadelphia Library, and separately. The first book printed was by Bradford, in 1685, being Atkins’s America’s Messenger (an almanac). An interesting list of books, printed in Philadelphia and New York previous to 1750, is given in the Brinley Catal., ii. nos. 3,367, etc.