Selected Special Collections

Pre-1801 Collection

Books pre-dating 1801 in the Library of Congress' holdings

During years of foreign study and travel, John Davis Batchelder (1872-1958) collected books, manuscripts, bindings, prints, ma.

Digitized Material From the Pre-1801 Collection

Iovrnael oft daghelijcx-register van de voyagie na Rio de Plata, ghedaen met het schip ghenoemt de Silveren Werelt. Ottsen, Hendrick. Amsterdam, M. Colijn, 1617.
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Inauguration Ball, March 4th 1881: [programme]. 1881.
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Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States. Part I. Philadelphia: Printed by Styner and Cist, in Second-street, 1774.
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