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![(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) [Smith, William.] A General Idea of the College of Mirania. 86 pages. 8vo, disbound; title-page paper-backed, loss to](https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/swanngalleries/08/110308/H0132-L03457994.jpg)
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(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) [Smith, William.] A General Idea of the College of Mirania. 86 pages. 8vo, disbound; title-page paper-backed, loss to
(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) [Smith, William.] A General Idea of the College of Mirania. 86 pages. 8vo, disbound; title-page paper-backed, loss to corner of title, foxed; light ink numerical stamp and an early owner's signature on title. New York, 1753
- Notes: With the quotation on page 84 intact, often found crossed out or with a slip of paper mounted onto it. "Outlining 'a purely fictitious institution' to show the kind of college William Smith thought suitable for a new country. The concept informed the founding of the University of Pennsylvania"--Evans 7121; Sabin 84614 (with a lengthy note concerning the often deleted passage); Streeter Sale 4054.
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