Includes index.

Errata on p. [3], first count.

Variously attributed to Arthur Homer (whose projected Bibliotheca americana, announced in 1799, was never published); to a "Mr. Reid, American, resident in London"; to J. Debrett, the publisher of the work; and to Alexander Dairymple. ESTC attributes to Leman Thomas Rede.

"An introductiory discourse on the state of literature in North and South America": p. [5]-21.

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.

Sabin, 5198

ESTC, T21569

Also available on microfilm. Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1983. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 313, no. 22).

Also available on microfiche. Louisville, KY : Lost Cause Press, 1968. 8 microfiches ; 10 x 15 cm. (Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary ...; fiches A-83,371-83,378).

Also available on microfilm. Ann Arbor, MI : University Microfilms International, 19--. 1 reel. 35 mm. (American Culture series, reel 22.212).

Also available on microfilm. New Haven, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1974. 1 reel ; 35mm. (Goldsmiths-Kress Library of Economic Literature ; reel 1394, no. 13760).

John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.