Bibliotheca Munselliana: A Catalogue of the Books and Pamphlets Issued from the Press of Joel Munsell from the Year 1828 to 1870 (Burt Franklin: Bibliography & Reference Series 290)

New York: Burt Franklin, 1969. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. 1969 reissue of 1872 original. Front board faintly soiled. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 191 pp. Munsell, Joel (14 April 1808 - 15 January 1880), printer and publisher, was born in Northfield, Massachusetts, the son of Joel Munsell, a wagon- and plowmaker, and Cynthia Paine. Munsell attended the local elementary school and worked with his father for three years. In 1825 he went to Greenfield, Massachusetts, where he became an apprentice in a printing shop and continued his education by reading widely and studying Latin, French, and Spanish. He left for Albany, New York, in 1827 and for six years held a variety of jobs there. - American National Biography