Catalogue Page: Private Library of I.T. Hunt

This auction catalogue page from C.F. Libbie & Co. documents the dispersal of Israel T. Hunt's Charleston library, a collection spanning rare Americana and early almanacs from 1690 to 1800. Such catalogues were essential instruments of the antiquarian trade, systematically recording provenance and condition for collectors and institutions building historical collections in the early twentieth century. Hunt's emphasis on early American printed materials reflects the period's growing interest in preserving the printed record of the nation's founding era.