Creator
Kennett, White.
Title
Bibliothecae Americanae primordia ….
Publisher
London: Churchill,
Date
1713.
Description
One of the founding members of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, White Kennett (1660–1728), antiquarian, topographer, and bishop of Peterborough, hoped to prepare a history of the propagation of Christianity in the English-speaking American colonies, and for that purpose he began collecting books, charts, maps, and other documents. The work never materialized, and eventually Kennett presented his collections to the Society and issued this bibliography, the earliest on the literature of North America. The Grolier Club copy is from Kennett’s own library, with his bookplate.
Source
Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1892.