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Tree of library classifications
Summary
Photographic reproduction of drawing shows the Library of Congress classification system prepared by Thomas Jefferson.
On recto: "The Library is divided into 44 chapters. The system of classification was originally prepared by president Jefferson, but has been modified since. It is based upon Lord Bacon's division of knowledge, the subjects classed according to the faculties of the mind employed on them."
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Date
01/01/1900
Source
Library of Congress
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