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Title: A Bibliography of Bibliography Or a Handy Book About Books Which Relate to Books
Author: Sabin, Joseph
Language: English
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Bibliography of Bibliography
HANDY BOOK ABOUT BOOKS
WHICH RELATE TO BOOKS
BEING AN ALPHABETICAL CATALOGUE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS DESCRIPTIVE
OF THE LITERATURE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA, AND MORE THAN A FEW
RELATIVE TO FRANCE AND GERMANY
BY JOSEPH SABIN
Author of "A Dictionary of Books relating to America," etc.
"A souldier without arms may be valiant, but not
victorious; an artizan without his instruments may
be skillful but not famous; ... To aim at learning
without bookes is with Danaides, to draw water in a
sieve." --R. WILLIAMS, 1630.
New York
J. SABIN & SONS 84 NASSAU STREET
1877
PREFACE.
This _brochure_ owes its existence to Mr. Power's _Handy Book about
Books_, a large portion of which was reproduced in the American
_Bibliopolist_. An examination of so much as Mr. Power had done on the
subject of bibliography, led me to the conclusion that he had not made
a personal examination of the books described, and that the eminent
individuals, whom he thanks as having rendered him valuable assistance,
must have had rather limited bibliographical resources; indeed, the
general result was so disappointing that I determined to endeavor an
improvement, and the result is the present list which is about four
times the extent of Mr. Power's, and includes all the titles quoted
by him, some of which we should have preferred to omit. Still it is
not a complete bibliography, for the most excellent reason that such a
work is beyond any one man's capacity; but it is hoped it will prove
useful to those librarians and general readers who desire information
concerning books about books.
Those who seek further information on the subject may consult with
much advantage Petzholdt's _Bibliotheca Bibliographica_, which is
conspicuous for the faithful and painstaking care exhibited in its
compilation, and in which the titles are treated with that minute
attention to classification which is preëminently the characteristic of
the German mind, while our list is conspicuous for the absence of any
attempt at such a classification.
I cannot close this brief notice without tendering my thanks to
Mr. Charles A. Cutter of the Boston Athenæum for his valuable aid.
When librarians in general can approach his standard of library
intelligence, there will cease to be that plentiful lack of knowledge
by which some of them are now distinguished.
JOSEPH SABIN.
NEW YORK, _February 28, 1877_.
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This is the bibliographical appendix to Mr. Alger's _Doctrine of a
Future Life_, some copies of which were issued separately.
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believe that Mr. Guild really knew what he was writing about when
he penned this note. The work is _not_ bibliographical in a proper
sense, and in the matter of biography it is confined mainly to New
England clergymen. It might be omitted from this list without loss.
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Besides bringing down the history to the year 1600, much later than
Dr. Dibdin's edition, it does also contain an account of all the
English books printed abroad, and of those printed in Scotland and
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AMES, HERBERT _and_ DIBDIN. Typographical Antiquities; or the History
of Printing in England Scotland and Ireland: containing Memoirs of our
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... Joseph Ames, ... Augmented by William Herbert, ... and ... Enlarged
... by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin. Illustrated with Portraits,
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Annales du bibliophile, du bibliothécaire, et de l'archiviste; publiée
par L. Lacour. [Tome I.] 1862. 8vo. _Paris._ 1862.
Annuario bibliografico italiano compilato sopra le notizie raccolte dal
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_Torino._ 1866.
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notes by Perez Bayer, a learned Valencian, the _Bibliotheca Nova_
receiving additions from Antonio's own manuscripts, that bring down
his notices of Spanish writers to the time of his death in 1684. In
the earlier portion, embracing the names of about 1,300 authors,
little remains to be desired. The latter portion contains notices
of nearly 8,000 writers--it is a monument of industry, firmness,
and fidelity. The two, taken together, constitute their author
beyond all reasonable question, the father and founder of the
literary history of his country."--TICKNOR, I. 218. Further details
concerning this will be found in Dibdin's _Bibliomania_ and Sabin's
_Dictionary_, Vol. I. 226-227. There are copies on large paper.
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of upwards of Twelve Thousand of the most Important Works, in every
Department of Knowledge, in all Modern Languages. 8vo, pp. xvi, 434.
_New York: D. Appleton & Co._ 1847.
Although it bears the name of the publishers, it it well known to
have been the work of a paid compiler [Mr. Delf?]; it is very well
done.
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1598 to 1660. By A. Asher. Sm. 4to, 3 l., pp. 118.
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_Introduction_, II. 640. Some copies were printed on large paper.
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_London: Whittaker & Co._ 1853.
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éditions originales des œuvres de Victor Hugo--Alfred de Vigny--Prosper
Mérimée--Alexandre Dumas--Jules Janin--Théophile Gautier--Pétrus Borel,
etc.... Seconde édition.... 8vo, pp. xxxii, 264. _Paris._ 1872.
ASSEMANI (J. S.) Bibliotheca Orientalis. Tomus I. de Scriptoribus
Syris Orthodoxis; II. de Scriptoribus Syris Monophysitis; III. et IV.
de Scriptoribus Syris Nestorianis: Addita singulorum auctorum Vita. 4
vols., folio. _Romæ, typis S. Cong. de Prop. Fide._ 1719-28.
"J. S. Assemani a rendu un éminent service aux amateurs de la
Liturgie Orientale, par la publication de sa fameuse _Bibliotheca
Orientalis_, où il mentionne un grand nombre de pièces concernant
les offices divins."--GUERANGER. As containing original authorities
regarding the _Nestorians_ and _Monophysites_ this collection it of
great value. Also on large paper.
ASTOR LIBRARY, N. Y. Catalogue of Books in the Astor Library relating
to the Languages and Literature of Asia, Africa and the Oceanic
Islands. 8vo, pp. (8), 424.
_New York: Astor Library Autographic Press._ MDCCCLIV.
One hundred copies printed. Languages of the American Indians, pp.
179-187.
ATKINSON (James.) Medical Bibliography. [Vol. I.] A and B. 8vo, pp. 4,
379, (9). _London: Churchill._ 1834.
Guild, in his _Librarian's Manual_, calls this "a very _amusing_ as
well as an instructive book."
AUDIFFREDI (J. B.) Catalogus Historico-Criticus Romanarum Editionum
Sæculi XV. Rl. 4to, pp. xxvii, 476. _Romæ._ 1783.
AUDIFFREDI. Specimen Historico Criticum Editionum Italicarum Sæculi
XV.... Accedunt Indices IV locupletissimi. Rl. 4to, pp. xii, 459.
_Romæ._ 1794.
AXON (W. E. A.) The Literature of the Lancashire Dialect. A
Bibliographical Essay. Fcp. 8vo. _London._ 1870.
A very useful little pamphlet on this curious dialect.
AYALA (M. d'). Bibliografia Militare Italiana, Antica e Moderna....
8vo, pp. xxxii, 450. _Torino._ 1854.
BACKER (Augustin et Alois de). Bibliothèque des Ecrivains de la
Compagnie de Jésus, &c. 7 vols., 8vo. _Liége._ 1853-61.
This elaborate work notices all the writings of the Jesuits from
the foundation of the order to the date of publication, with the
works written against them. Each volume is of about 800 pages,
double columns, and each in alphabetical order, and complete in
itself.
BAILLET (A.) Auteurs déguisez sous des noms étrangers, empruntés,
supposés, feints à plaisir, abregés, etc. 12mo. _Paris._ 1690.
BAILLET. Jugemens des Savans sur les principaux ouvrages des auteurs,
par Adrien Baillet; Revué corrigez & augmentez par M. de la Monnoye ...
8 vols., 4to. _Amsterdam._ 1725.
Best edition of this valuable work.
BAKER (D. E.) Biographia Dramatica; or, a Companion to the Playhouse:
containing Historical and Critical Memoirs, and Original Anecdotes,
of British and Irish Dramatic Writers, from the Commencement of our
Theatrical Exhibitions; among whom are some of the most celebrated
Actors; also an Alphabetical Account, and Chronological Lists of their
Works, the Dates when printed, and Observations on their Merits, ...
To ... 1764, by David Erskine Baker. To ... 1782, by Isaac Reed; to..
1811, by Stephen Jones. 4 vols., 8vo. _London: Longman._ 1812.
BALE (J.) Scriptorvm illustriũ maioris Brytannie, quam nunc Anglium &
Scotiam uocant: Catalogus: ... Autore Joanne Baleo. 2 vols., folio, pp.
(28), 744; (20), 336. _Basilæ._ 1557-59.
For the title at length, _see_ Petzholdt, pp. 341-2. An account
of the ancient writers of Great Britain. Dibdin calls it "the
foundation of British Biography."
BANDINEL (Bulkley). A Classed Catalogue of the Books relating to
British Topography and Saxon and Northern Literature, bequeathed to the
Bodleian Library by Richard Gough. 4to, pp. 459. _Oxford._ 1814.
Dr. Bandinel was the Bodleian Librarian, and Lowndes characterizes
this as "the most complete Catalogue of English Topography extant."
BARBIER (A. A.) _et_ DESESSARTS. Nouvelle Bibliothèque d'un Homme de
Goût entièrement refondue, Corrigée et Augmentée ... Par A. A. Barbier
et N. L. M. Desessarts. 5 vols., 8vo. _Paris._ 1808-10.
"This is one of the best bibliographical works in any language.
It is a sure authority for all the best works in the French
language."--VENTOUILLAC.
BARBIER. Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Anonymes et Pseudonymes composés,
traduites ou publiés en Français et en Latin avec les noms des auteurs,
traducteurs et éditeurs, accompagné de notes historiques et critiques.
Seconde édition, revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée. 4
vols., 8vo. _Paris._ 1822-27. + Troisième édition, revue et augmentée
par MM. Olivier Barbier, René et Paul Billard.... 3 vols., 8vo.
_Paris._ 1872-75.
By far the most perfect and valuable of all the numerous works
which have been published in this Department of Bibliography,
being the results of thirty years of diligent labor and research.
The author was private Librarian to the Emperor Napoleon, and
afterwards, on the return of the Bourbons, Superintendent of
the private Royal Libraries. He died in 1825. His Dictionary is
confined to works in the Latin and French languages, but of these
it notices between twenty-three and twenty-four thousand. The first
edition is, _Paris_, 1806-9. 4 vols., 8vo. Part II. of volume III.
of the third edition is not yet published (February, 1875).
BARBIER _et_ BEAUVAIS. Dictionnaire Historique, &c. 8vo. _Paris._ 1829.
In one series of paging to form "une seul volume de 3,500 pages!"
The best Biographical Dictionary extant, except the _Biographie
Universelle_.
BARBOSA MACHADO (Diego). Summario da Bibliotheca Luzitana. 4 vols.,
18mo. _Lisboa._ 1786.
_See_ Machado.
[BARCIA (Andres Gonzalez).] Ensayo cronologico, para la historia
general de la Florida.... Folio, pp. (40), 366, 1 folded leaf, pp.
(56.) _En Madrid._ ... _Año de_ CIƆ IƆCCXXIIJ.
It is appended to Garcilaso de la Vega's _La Florida_. Severely
criticised in Joseph de Salazar's _Crisis_, etc. It contains a list
of the books used by the author.
BARETTI (Joseph). Italian Library: containing an Account of the Lives
and Works of the most valuable Authors of Italy. 8vo, pp. 343.
_London: Millard._ 1757.
BARRETT (F.) Lives of the Alchemistical Philosophers, with a Catalogue
of Books in Occult Chemistry, and a Selection of the most celebrated
Treatises on the Hermetic Art. 8vo. _London._ 1815.
BARTLETT (J. R.) Bibliography of Rhode Island. A Catalogue of Books and
other Publications relating to the State of Rhode Island. With Notes,
Historical, Biographical, and Critical. 8vo. _Providence._ 1864.
Also on large paper.
BARTLETT. Bibliotheca Americana. A Catalogue of Books relating to North
and South America in the Library of John Carter Brown of Providence,
R. I. Part I., 1493 to 1600; Part II., 1601 to 1700; Part III., 1700
to 1800. With Notes by John Russell Bartlett. 3 vols., impl. 8vo.
_Providence._ 1866-74.
Describes a splendid and almost unrivalled collection, rich in
the Letters of Columbus, Vespuccius, and Cortes, colonial and
revolutionary pamphlets, and the whole range of Americana. Mr.
Bartlett has appended many very interesting bibliographical
notices. Fifty copies printed.
BARTLETT. The Literature of the Rebellion. A Catalogue of Books and
Pamphlets relating to the Civil War in the United States, and on
Subjects growing out of that Event, together with Works on American
Slavery, and Essays from Reviews and Magazines on the Same Subjects.
Compiled by John Russell Bartlett.... R1. 8vo, pp. 477. _Boston._ 1866.
Two hundred and fifty copies printed in octavo, and sixty copies on
large paper. It describes six thousand and seventy-three different
books, pamphlets, and magazine articles; also, three hundred
eulogies, sermons, poems, etc., on the death of Abraham Lincoln.
BAUER (Jo. Jac.) Bibliotheca Librorum Rariorvm Vniversalis, cum
Supplementis. 7 vols., 8vo. _Nürnberg._ 1770-91.
Of very uncommon occurrence, more especially with the second
and third Supplements, which are generally wanting. "I exhort
the reader to seize hold of this work, whenever it come across
him--which will be rarely. The descriptions are compendious, and
the references respectable, and sometimes numerous. My copy of this
rare and dear book cost me £5 5s."--DIBDIN.
BECKMANN (Johann). Literatur der älteren Reisebeschreibungen. 2 vols.,
8vo, pp. 750; 756. _Göttingen._ 1808-10.
BELL (John Gray). Descriptive and Critical Catalogue of Works
Illustrated by Thomas and John Bewick, with the Supplement. Imp. 8vo.
Woodcuts. _Manchester._ 1851.
A Bookseller's Catalogue.
BELOE (W.) Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books. By the Rev.
William Beloe.... 6 vols., 8vo. 1807-12.
BELOE. The Sexagenarian, or Recollections of a Literary Life. 2 vols.,
8vo. 1817.
A very amusing performance, filled with anecdotes and characters of
the author's literary contemporaries. The first edition contains
some passages relative to Porson and other literati, which were
suppressed in the edition of 1818.
BENGHEM (Cornelius à). Bibliographia Historica, Chronologica et
Geographica Novissima, perpetuo continuanda. _Amsterdam._ 1685.
[BÉRARD (A. S. L.)] Essai Bibliographique sur les Éditions des
Elzévirs. 8vo, pp. 300. _Paris: Didot._ 1822.
Preceded by an account of the most celebrated printers.
BERCHTOLD (_Count_). An Essay to direct and extend the Inquiries of
Patriotic Travellers, from the earliest Times to 1787. 2 vols., 8vo.
1789.
The second volume consists of a catalogue of works intended for the
instruction of travellers, and of the most interesting European
travels.
BERISTAIN DE SOUZA (José Mariano). Biblioteca Hispano-Americana
Septentrional ó Catálogo y Noticia de los Literatos, que ó nacidos,
ó educados, ó florecientes en la America Septentrional Española, han
dado a luz algun escrito, ó lo han dexado preparado para la prensa. La
escribia, el Doctor D. José Mariano Beristain de Souza.... 3 vols.,
4to, 2 l., pp. xviii, 540; 1 l., 525; 1 l., 366. _En México: Calle de
Santo Domingo y Esquina de Tacuba._ _Año de_ 1816-21.
Vol. II. has, in addition to the above title, "Y la publica Don
José Rafael Enriquez Trespalacios Beristain, Sobrino del Autor.
_Officina de D. Alexandra Valdéz._ 1819." "De Souza is by far
the most important work for the literature of New Spain that has
ever been composed. It comprises 3,687 biographies, and although
like most Spanish works of the kind, singularly uncritical, yet
it is a perfect treasure as regards the cultivation of science
and literature in Mexico and the adjacent countries. The work
is extremely scarce, and appears to be altogether unknown in
Europe."--LUDEWIG. See also [Harrisse] _Bib. Am. Vet._, pp. xx,
xxi. Señor Icazbalceta, of the city of Mexico, announced a new
edition, but I believe it has not been published.
BERKENHOUT (J.) Biographia Literaria; or, a Biographical History
of Literature ... Chronologically and classically arranged by John
Berkenhout. Vol. I. [all that was published]. 4to. _London._ 1777.
BERND (C. S. M.) Schriftenkunde der gesammten Wappenwissenschaft. 4
vols., 8vo. _Bonn._ 1830-41.
A complete Bibliography of all Armorials, Genealogical Histories,
and Heraldic Works published in Europe, with critical remarks,
prices, and references to Reviews.
The Bible of Every Land; a History of all the Numerous Versions of the
Sacred Scriptures hitherto published. 4to. _London: S. Bagster._ 1852.
Bibliografia Storica, delle città e luoghi dello Stato Pontificale, &c.
4to. _Roma._ 1792.
Bibliographical Miscellanies, being a Selection of Curious Pieces in
Verse and Prose. 4to. _Oxford._ 1813.
By Dr. Philip Bliss. Is not strictly bibliographical.
Bibliographical and Retrospective Miscellany. Containing Notices of and
Extracts from Rare, Curious, and Useful Books in all Languages. Post
8vo. _London._ 1830.
Bibliographie Agronomique; ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des ouvrages sur
Économie rurale et domestique, et sur l'art vétérinaire. [Par Victor
Donatien Musset Pathay.] 8vo. _Paris._ 1810.
Bibliographie des Principaux Ouvrages relatifs à l'Amour, aux Femmes,
au Mariage, indiquant les auteurs de ces ouvrages, leurs éditions, leur
valeur, et les prohibitions ou condamnations dont certains d'entre eux
ont été l'objet. Par M. le C. D'I * * *. 8vo._Paris: J. Gay._ 1861. +
Seconde édition, considérablement augmentée, par J. Gay, éditeur. 8vo.
_Paris._ 1864. + Troisième édition. 5 vols., 8vo. _Paris._ 1871-74.
Also on large paper.
Le Bibliomane. Nos. I. and II. _London: Trübner & Cie._ 1861.
De la Bibliomanie. 8vo. _La Haye._ 1761.
Le Bibliophile Belge. _Bruxelles._ 1845.
One volume published annually.
Le Bibliophile Français. Gazette Illustrée des Amateurs de Livres,
d'Estampes et de haute curiosité. 4 vols., 8vo. _Paris._ 1868-70.
Illustrated with fine steel-plate portraits of eminent
bibliographers and literary celebrities, numerous woodcuts and
photo-lithographs, &c.
Le Bibliophile Français. Revue mensuelle des livres anciens et
modernes. _Paris._ 1862.
Le Bibliophile Illustré. Texte et gravures par J. Ph. Berjeau. Impl.
8vo. _Londres: N. Trübner & Co._ 1861-62.
Contains notices of rare and important works, by the editor and the
most eminent foreign bibliographers.
Bibliosophia; or Book-Wisdom, containing some Account of the Pride,
Pleasure, and Privileges of that Glorious Vocation, Book Collecting.
12mo. _London._ 1810.
Biblioteca Italiana, o sia Notizia de Libri rari nella Lingua Italiana.
4to. _Venezia._ 1728.
Biblioteca periodica anual de los libros pub. en España, 1784-91. 2
vols., 16mo. _Madrid._ 1784-91.
Bibliothecæ Americanæ Primordia. _See_ [Kennett (White).]
Bibliotheca Americana; or a Chronological Catalogue of Books,
Pamphlets, State Papers, &c., upon the Subject of North and South
America. With an Introductory Discourse on the Present State of
Literature in those Countries. [By H. Homer.] 4to. _London._ 1789.
This book, which has been variously ascribed to Dalrymple, Homer,
Long, and with more probability, by Homer himself, to Reid, was
the fullest English work on the subject up to its date; but
its complicated arrangements, errors of date, unintelligible
abbreviations, and frequent repetitions mar its utility. Some of
the remarks in the introduction are curious, if not true. The
errata, if all printed, would fill a dozen pages. See _M. Rev._,
II. 474; Rich, I. 354.
Bibliotheca Americana: Being a Choice Collection of Books relating to
North and South America, the West Indies, &c. [By D. B. Warden.] 8vo.
_Paris._ 1831.
Bibliotheca Americana. A Catalogue of Books relating to the History and
Literature of America. Sold by Puttick & Simpson. 8vo. _London._ 1861.
Bibliotheca Americana. A Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Books,
Pamphlets, Manuscripts, Maps, Engravings, and Engraved Portraits,
illustrating the History and Geography of North and South America and
the West Indies; altogether forming the most Extensive Collection ever
offered for sale. 8vo, pp. viii, 308.
_London: John Russell Smith._ 1865.
Bibliotheca Americana. A Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Books,
illustrating the History and Geography of North and South America and
the West Indies. Collected by John Russell Smith. 8vo, pp. vii, 234.
_London._ MDCCCLXXI.
Bibliotheca Americana. A Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Books
and Pamphlets, illustrating the History & Geography of North & South
America and the West Indies. On Sale ... by Alfred Russell Smith, ...
8vo, pp. vi, 182, 54. _London._ MDCCCLXXIV.
Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica. _See_ [Griffith (A. F.)]
Bibliotheca geographico-statistica et œconomico-politica; herausgegeben
von W. Müldener; 1863-69. 14 parts, 8vo. _Göttingen._ [1863-69.]
Bibliotheca Grenvilliana; or, Bibliographical Notices of Rare and
Curious Books forming part of the Library of the Right Hon. Thomas
Grenville. 2 vols. Part the Second, completing the Catalogue of the
Library bequeathed to the British Museum. Addenda--Books printed for
Clubs and Societies. Part the Third, completing ... 4 vols.
_London._ 1842-72.
Parts I. and II. compiled by John Thomas Payne and Henry Foss,
booksellers; Part III. by W. B. Rye.
Bibliotheca Heberiana. Catalogue of the Library of the late Richard
Heber, Esq. 12 parts, 8vo. _London._ 1833-34.
This remarkable collection was sold by auction under the direction
of the well-known firm of Payne & Foss, of Pall Mall; it occupied
220 days in its dispersion, and was sold by the following
auctioneers, viz.: Sotheby and Sons (parts 1, 2, 3, 9, 10);
Evans (parts 4, 6, 7, 8, 11); and Wheatley (parts 5 and 12). The
catalogue contained 52,676 lots, comprising 119,613 volumes. They
cost Mr. Heber £43,891 10_s._ 6_d._, and realized £56,777 18_s._
6_d._
Bibliotheca historica; herausgegeben von W. Müldener; 1864-69. 12
parts, 8vo. _Göttingen._ [1864-69.]
Bibliotheca historico-geographica; herausgegeben von G. Schmidt;
1859-61. 6 parts, 8vo. _Göttingen._ [1859-61.]
Bibliotheca historico-naturalis physico-chemica et mathematica;
herausgegeben von E. A. Zuchold. 1856. 8vo. _Göttingen._ [1856.]
Continued
Bibliotheca Londinensis; a Classified Index to the Literature of Great
Britain, 1814-46. 8vo. _London._ 1848.
Bibliotheca medico-chirurgica pharmaceutico-chemica et veterinaria;
herausgegeben von C. J. Ruprecht; 1865-67. 6 parts, 8vo.
_Göttingen._ [1865-67.]
Bibliotheca Monensis, a Bibliographical Account of Works relating to
the Isle of Man [by William Harrison, Esq., H.K.]
Vol. XVIII. of the publications of the Manx Society for 1861.
Bibliotheca philologica; herausgegeben von G. Schmidt; 1858-68. 22
parts, 8vo. _Göttingen._ 1858-68.
Bibliotheca Piscatoria: a Catalogue of Books upon Angling. Fcp. 8vo.
_London: W. Pickering._ 1836.
This catalogue is formed upon Sir Henry Ellis's corrected copy of
the list which he contributed to the _British Bibliographer_ in
1811, and some editions are noticed the existence of which was then
unknown.
Bibliothecæ Regiæ Catalogus; or Catalogue of the Magnificent Library
formed by King George III., now in the British Museum, with the
Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, &c. Privately printed. 6 vols.,
rl. folio. _London._ 1820-29.
Only a very limited number of this splendid production was printed.
Bibliotheca Scaccariana; Catalogue d'Ouvrages sur le Jeu des Echecs.
12mo. _London._ 1861.
A bibliography of works on the game of chess.
Bibliotheca Smithiana seu Catalogus librorum D. Josephi Smithi, per
cognonima authorum dispositus. 4to. _Venitiis._ 1755.
The collector was British consul at Venice. This valuable library
was purchased by George III., and now forms a portion of the King's
Library in the British Museum. Pp. lxvii-cccxlviii, containing
valuable Addenda, "Prefationes et Epistolæ voluminibus editis
appositæ ab Incunabulis Typographiæ ante annum MCCCCC."
Bibliotheca theologica; herausgegeben von C. J. Ruprecht; 1859-66. 16
parts, 8vo. _Göttingen._ [1859-66.]
BINNEY (William G.) ... Bibliography of North American Conchology,
previous to the Year 1860. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution,
by W. G. Binney. Part I. American Authors. 8vo, pp. iv, 2 l., 650.
_Washington_, 1863. (Smiths. Misc. Coll., Vol. v.) + Part II. Foreign
Authors. 8vo, pp. 298. _Washington._ 1864.
BICKERSTITH (Rev. E.) Christian Student. 12mo. _London: Seeley._ 1844.
Contains a list of books for a Christian student's library.
BLADES (Wm.) Catalogue of Books printed by or ascribed to the Press
of William Caxton, in which is included the Pressmark of every copy
contained in the British Museum. With a few Woodcut Vignettes. 4to.
_London._ 1865.
Only thirty copies of this complete list of Caxton's books were
printed for sale; of which number fifteen were sent to America.
"As, however, our National Library is deficient in several of the
most rare specimens, the compiler has, in such cases, stated where
a copy may be seen."--_Advertisement._
BLADES. How to tell a Caxton: with some Hints where and how the same
might be found. 12mo, pp. 55. 15 Plates.
_London: Henry Sotheran & Co._ 1870.
BLADES. The Life and Typography of William Caxton, England's First
Printer, with Evidence of His Typographical Connection with Colard
Mansion, the Printer at Bruges. Compiled from Original Sources by
William Blades. 2 vols., 4to. _London: Joseph Lilly._ 1861.
Illustrated with more than sixty Facsimile Plates, executed by
Tupper in the most careful manner. Besides copious quotations
from original documents, illustrative of the life and times of
this great and good man, to whom England is indebted for the
introduction of the "Divine Art" of printing, derived from hitherto
unexplored sources, it includes the whole of his prologues and
epilogues attached to the various books printed by him; also
his own historical work, entitled _Policronicon Liber ultimus_.
The second volume is devoted to a bibliographical and literary
account of all the works printed by, or ascribed to, the press of
Caxton, including many books undescribed by Dr. Dibdin and other
bibliographers, accompanied with most careful collations, and a
list of copies of books printed by Caxton, in number more than four
hundred and fifty, now in the public and private libraries of Great
Britain. Published by subscription; two hundred and fifty copies
printed.
BLAKEY (R.) Angling Literature of all Nations. 12mo, pp. 341.
_London._ 1855.
BLAKEY. Essay on Logic, with Alphabetical List of upwards of One
Thousand Works on Logic. Post 8vo. _London._ 1848.
BLAKEY. The History of Political Literature from the Earliest Times. 2
vols., 8vo. _London._ 1855.
BLAZE (C.) Bibliographie Musicale de la France et de l'Etranger. 8vo.
_Paris._ 1822.
A descriptive list of all the treaties and works on vocal and
instrumental music published in Europe down to 1822.
BOCK (Friedrich Samuel).... Historia Antitrinitariorum maxime
Socinianismi et Socinianorum ... 8vo, pp. xxx, 556; xiii, (3),
557-1092, 12 l. _Lipsiæ: G. L. Hartungii._ 1774-MDCCLXXVI.
BODLEIAN LIBRARY. Catalogus Librorum Impressorum Bibliothecæ Bodleianæ
in Academia Oxoniensi. 4 vols., folio. _Oxoniæ._ 1843-57.
"This is entered in the British Museum Catalogue under the name
of [Bandinel (Bulkeley)]."--POWER. Very properly so; it was made
under his direction as librarian, and includes the contents of the
Catalogue in 2 vols., folio, _Oxon_, 1738. Next to the British
Museum the Bodleian is the finest library in Great Britain, and is,
perhaps, the third best collection in the world.--J. S.
Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts bequeathed by Francis
Douce, Esq., to the Bodleian Library. Folio. _Oxford._ 1840.
BOEHMER (G. R.) Bibliotheca scriptorum Historiæ natvralis Œconomiæ
aliarvmqve artivm ac scientiarvm ad illam pertinentium realis
systematica. 9 vols., 8vo. _Leipsiæ._ 1785-89.
BOHN (H. G.) A Bibliographical Account of the Works of Shakespeare....
By Henry G. Bohn.... 8vo, 2 l., pp. 2253-2368. [_London._ 1864.]
This is part of his edition of Lowndes with a title-page.
BOHN. A Catalogue of Books. Henry G. Bohn.... 8vo, pp. (2), iv, 1948.
_London._ MDCCCXLI.
Known as the "Guinea Catalogue," contains upwards of 23,000
articles in all classes of literature, and is of great value to
general book-buyers.
BOHN. Henry G. Bohn's Catalogue of Books. Vol. I. Containing Natural
History, Books of Prints, Science, Language, Bibliography, Oriental &
Northern Literature, Old English Histor^{ns}, Early Voyages, Games,
etc. 8vo, pp. (8), 467, 108. _London._ MDCCCXLVIII.
An admirable catalogue; of Vol. II. Greek and Latin Classics,
Bibles, Testaments, &c., was published.
BOHN (James). Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Books, in all Languages.
8vo. _London._ 1840.
Boletin bibliográfico español. Num. I. Año I. 8vo, pp. 296.
[_Madrid: F. Martin Alegria._] 1860. + 1867.
BONNARDOT (Alfred). Essai sur l'art de restaurer les estampes et les
livres, ou traité sur les meilleurs procédés pour blancher, détacher,
décolorier, réparer et conserver les estampes, livres et dessins.
Seconde édition, refondue et augmentée; suivie d'un exposé des divers
systèmes de reproduction des anciennes estampes et des livres rares.
8vo. _Paris._ 1858.
The best work on the subject; full of valuable receipts.
BONNARDOT. De la réparation des vieilles relieures: complément de
l'essai sur l'art de restaurer les estampes et les livres; suivi d'une
dissertation sur les moyens d'obtenir des duplicata des manuscrits.
8vo. _Paris._ 1858.
A supplement to the foregoing.
BONNEAU (A.) Haïti, ses progrès--son avenir avec un précis historique
sur ses constitutions, le texte de la constitution actuellement en
vigueur et une bibliographie d'Haïti. Par Alexandre Bonneau. 8vo, pp.
176. _Paris: E. Dentu._ 1862.
Bookbinding.
For notices on bookbinding, see Dibdin's _Bibliographical Decameron,
Eighth Day_; _London Review for_ 1860; Tomlinson's _Cyclopædia
of Useful Arts_, art. _Bookbinding_; Hannett; Sabin's _American
Bibliopolist_.
The Bookseller. A Handbook of British and Foreign Literature, with
which is incorporated "Bent's Literary Advertiser," established 1802.
_London_, 1858. Continued.
A monthly publication, edited by T. Whitaker. "Intended to fill up
a vacuity much felt by booksellers in general, but more especially
by _old booksellers_."--POWER. We suppose _old booksellers_ to mean
dealers in old books.
Booksellers' Advertiser, and Monthly Register of New Publications.
American and Foreign. January 1--December, 1834. Vol. I. 4to.
_New York: West & Trow._
No more published. The editor was George Palmer Putnam.
Booksellers' Trade List and Publisher's Register. No. 1. _April_, 1854.
4to. Continued to July, 1854, or longer.
The Bookworm: a Literary and Bibliographical Review; edited and
illustrated by J. P. Berjeau. [Vol. I.] 8vo. _London._ 1869.
[BOOSEY (T.)] Piscatorial Reminiscences and Gleanings. By an Old Angler
and Bibliopolist. To which is added a Catalogue of Books on Angling.
Fcp. 8vo. _London: W. Pickering._ 1845.
BOSSANGE (H.) Catalogue général de Hector Bossange. Rl. 8vo, pp. xiv,
984. _Paris_, 1845. + Supplément. 1847-53. pp. 985-1516.
A classed catalogue, with tolerably full titles.
BOSSANGE. Ma Bibliothèque Française. 12mo, pp. (4), vii, 480.
_Paris: Bossange et fils._ 1855.
An admirable list of the best French literature.
BOSSANGE. Ma Bibliothèque Américaine. 12mo.
_Paris: H. Bossange._ [about 1862.]
A list of books relating to America in M. Bossange's library.
BOSTON. A Catalogue of Books belonging to the Lower Hall of the Central
Department, in the Classes of History, Biography, and Travel....
Second, or Consolidated Edition, July, 1873. 8vo, pp. 304.
_Boston: By the Library._ 1873.
Index to the Catalogue of Books in the Bates Hall of the Public Library
of the City of Boston.... 8vo, pp. vii, (1), 902. _Boston: J. E.
Farwell & Company._ 1865. + First Supplement. 8vo, pp. iv, (1), 718,
Index, 21. _Boston: J. E. Farwell & Co._ 1866.
BOSTON ATHENÆUM. Catalogue of the Library.... 1807-1871. Part I. [A-C.]
8vo, pp. (4), 724. _Boston._ 1874.
An admirable performance, by Charles A. Cutter, A.M.
BOTFIELD (Beriah). Notes on the Cathedral Libraries of England. Rl.
8vo. _London._ 1849.
A very handsomely printed book, of which only 250 copies were
published. Mr. Botfield also published in the _Miscellanies_ of the
Philobiblion Society a list of English books printed on vellum.
BOUCHER DE LA RICHARDERIE (G.) Bibliothèque universelle des voyages, ou
Notice complète et raisonnée de tous les Voyages anciens et modernes
dans les différentes parties du monde, publiés tant en langue française
qu'en langues étrangères ... classés par ordre de pays dans leur série
chronologique; avec des extraits plus ou moins rapides des Voyages
les plus estimés de chaque pays, et les jugements, motivés sur les
Relations anciennes qui ont le plus de célébrité. Par G. Boucher de
la Richarderie.... 6 vols., 8vo, 2 l., pp. xxx, 495; vij, 531; vij,
503; viij, 542; vij, 527; viij, 485.
_Paris: Treuttel et Würtz, et à Strasbourg._ 1808.
In the matter of dates and titles very incorrect, but valuable for
the extracts it contains from the voyages of the last century. Vol.
VI. relates to America. Dibdin pronounces it "an indispensable
performance," in which judgment we do not agree.
BOULARD (S.) Traité Élémentaire de Bibliographie.... 8vo, pp. (4), 140.
_Paris: Boulard._ 1806.
This work discusses the qualifications of a bibliographer, the
rarity and depreciation of books, the invention of printing, &c.
BOUTERWEK (Friedrich). Geschichte der Poesie und Beredsamkeit seit dem
Ende des dreizehnten Jahrhunderts. 12 vols., 8vo. 1796-1819.
Volumes VII. and VIII. are entirely devoted to the history of
English literature, from the end of the 16th century to Burke,
Johnson, Blair, &c.
BOUTERWEK. History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature, Translated
from the Original German, by Thomasina Ross. 2 vols., 8vo.
_London: Boosey & Sons._ 1823.
Another edition, in which the Portuguese portion is omitted, was
published in Bogue's _European Library_, 1847. Post 8vo. It is
partly superseded by Ticknor's work, described _infra_.
BOUTERWEK. Histoire de la Littérature Espagnole, ... 2 vols., 8vo.
_Paris._ 1812.
This work was also translated into Spanish, _Madrid_, 1829. 4to.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE. A Catalogue of the Library of Bowdoin College;
to which is added, an Index of Subjects. 8vo, pp. vi, (2), 832.
_Brunswick: Printed for the College._ MDCCCLXIII.
A model catalogue.
BOYD (Andrew). A Memorial Lincoln Bibliography. Being an Account of
Books, Eulogies, Sermons, Portraits, Engravings, Medals, &c., published
upon Abraham Lincoln. Comprising a Collection in the possession of the
Compiler. Rl. 8vo. _Albany: J. Munsell._ 1870.
Only a few copies printed.
BOYNE (W.) The Yorkshire Library; a Bibliographical Account of Books
on Topography, Tracts of the 17th Century, Biography, Spas, Geology,
Botany, Maps, Views, Portraits, and Miscellaneous Literature relating
to the County of York, with Collations and Notes of the Books and
Authors. By W. Boyne. 4to, pp. viii, 304. Portraits of Francis Drake
and Thomas Gent. _Privately printed._ 1869.
One hundred and fifty copies only printed. The work is
indispensable to the collector of a Yorkshire library.
BRASSEUR DE BOURBOURG (Charles Etienne, _the abbé_). Bibliothèque
Mexico-Guatémalienne précédé d'un coup d'œil sur les études
Américaines.... Rl. 8vo, pp. (4), xlvii, 143.
_Paris: Maisonneuve & Cie._ 1871.
[BRAUN (Placidus).] Notitia Historico-Litteraria de Libris ab artis
typographicæ inventione vsqve ad annvm MCCCCLXXVIII.-MCCCCLXXX.
impressis. 4to, pp. xvi, 208; 43. 11 Plates of Characters.
_Augustæ Vindelicorvm._ 1788-89.
BRAY (T.) Bibliotheca Catechetica: or the Country Curates Library....
By Thomas Bray, D.D. 8vo. _London: William Hawes._ MDCXCIX.
BRAY. Bibliotheca Parochialis: or a Scheme of such Theological Heads
both General and Particular, as are more peculiarly Requisite to be
Well studied by every Pastor of a Parish. Together with a Catalogue of
Books which may be read upon each of those Points. Part I. By Thomas
Bray, D.D. 4to.
_London: Printed by E. H. for Robert Clavel, at the Peacock in
St. Paul's Church-Yard._ MDCXCVII.
No more published. "The conclusion, showing the present state of
the Protestant religion in Maryland," etc., occupies pp. 125-130.
The author states that the object of this bibliographical treatise
was to give those who went to Virginia, Maryland, and the American
plantations, an idea of the books they should take.
BRIDGMAN (R. W.) A Short View of Legal Bibliography, containing some
Critical Observations on the Authority of the Reporters and other
Law Writers; collected from the best authorities, and intended as a
Companion to the author's reflections on the Study of the Law; to which
is added a Plan for Classifying a Public or Private Library. By Richard
Waley Bridgman. 8vo, pp. xviii, 430. _London._ 1807.
Though this work is of an early date it will be found of interest
to the law student. It has the advantage of two good indexes, one
of authors, and the other a classified list of subjects.
BRITISH MUSEUM. Librorum impressorum qui in Museo Britannico
adservantur Catalogus. 7 vols in 8, 8vo. _London._ 1813-19.
List of Additions made to the Collections in the British Museum. 2
vols., 8vo. 1833-34.
Catalogue of Printed Books in the British Museum. Vol. I. [A to Az, all
printed]. Folio. _London._ 1841.
It is scarcely necessary to remark that, practically, there is
no printed catalogue of the library of the British Museum, and
apparently there never will be. The manuscript catalogue fills a
room about 30 feet square.
BRÜGGEMANN (L. W.) A View of the English Editions, Translations, and
Illustrations of the Greek and Latin Authors. With Remarks, By Lewis
Will. Brüggemann. 8vo, pp. 836. _Stettin._ 1797-1801.
Indicates what classic authors have been translated into English,
besides pointing out sources of information as to Essays on
classical subjects, to be found in transactions of learned
societies, &c.
BRUNET (Gustave). Dictionnaire de bibliologie catholique. 8vo.
_Paris._ 1866.
Contains a long article on catalogues, books destroyed, suppressed,
&c.
BRUNET. Imprimeurs imaginaires et libraires supposés, étude
bibliographique suivie de recherches sur quelques ouvrages imprimés
avec des indications fictives de lieux ou avec des dates singulières.
8vo. _Paris._ 1866.
BRUNET. La France littéraire au XV^{e} siècle.... 8vo, 2 l., pp. viii,
256. _Paris: A Franck._ 1865.
BRUNET (J. C.) Manuel du Libraire et de l'Amateur des Livres. Cinquième
édition originale, entièrement refondue, et augmentée d'un tiers par
l'auteur. 6 vols., rl. 8vo. _Paris: Didot._ 1860-65.
This is an entirely new edition of this invaluable bibliographical
work, very much enlarged and improved, and elegantly printed on
fine paper. "On the whole, the most useful and instructive work we
possess in this branch of bibliography (_restricted_)."--EBERT:
Preface to the English edition of _Allgem. Bib. p. v._ Fifty copies
printed on large paper. It is probably the only bibliographical
work which reached a fifth edition during its author's lifetime.
BRUNET. Nouvelles recherches bibliographiques. 3 vols., 8vo.
_Paris._ 1834.
BRYDGES (S. E.) Censura Literaria, containing Titles, Abstracts, and
Opinions of Old English Books, with Original Disquisitions, Articles of
Biography, and other Literary Antiquities. Second Edition. 10 vols.,
8vo. _London._ 1815.
"A work justly held in high estimation by all Antiquaries in
Literature." Two hundred and fifty copies only printed.
BRYDGES. The British Bibliographer. By Egerton Brydges and Joseph
Haslewood. 4 vols., 8vo. _London: Triphook._ 1810-14.
BRYDGES. Res Literariæ: Bibliographical and Critical. 8vo.
_Naples, Rome, Geneva._ 1821-22.
Only seventy-five copies printed. But the sets having been issued
at different places, it is probable that not over fifty were made
complete. "Whoever is desirous to collect a library of various and
solid erudition, will find very useful aid in the Res Literariæ."
BRYDGES. Restituta; or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books,
in English Literature, Revived. By Sir Egerton Brydges. 4 vols., 8vo.
_London: Longman._ 1814-16.
A valuable work, with copious extracts of the rarest and most
curious books in early English literature. Only two hundred and
fifty copies were printed, two copies on colored paper.
Bulletin du bibliophile et du bibliothécaire; publié par L. Techener.
8vo. _Paris._
Fourteenth Series, published in 1865.
BURE (G. F. de). Bibliographie Instructive; ou traité da la
connaissance des livres rares et singuliers. Avec le Catalogue de Louis
Jean Gaignat; et Table des Auteurs Anonymes. 10 vols., 8vo.
_Paris: de Bure le Jeune._ 1763-82.
Contents: Vol. I. Théologie; II. Jurisprudence et Sciences et Arts;
III.-IV. Belles Lettres; V.-VII. Histoire; VIII.-IX. Supplément,
catalogue de livres de L. J. Gaignat; X. Table des livres anonymes.
The Table of Anonymous Authors is generally wanting.
BURE. Appel aux Savans et aux Gens de Lettres, au sujet de la
Bibliographie Instructive. 8vo. _Paris._ 1763.
BURE. Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque de feu M. le Duc de La
Vallière. Par Guillaume de Bure fils ainé. 9 vols., 8vo.
_Paris: de Bure._ 1783-84.
"Catalogue très curieux, et rédigé avec beaucoup de soin."--BRUNET.
Also on large paper. The Catalogue de Gaignat, one volume, is
sometimes added.
BURTON (J. H.) The Book Hunter. By J. H. Burton. Post 8vo.
_Blackwood, Edinburgh._ 1863.
Ten copies printed in crown 4to.
BURTON. The Book Hunter, etc., with additional Notes, by Richard Grant
White. Cr. 8vo _New York._ 1863.
Mr. White, in his Prefatory Note, says: The following desultory
dissertation on books, book-collecting, and book-collectors,
cannot fail to be welcome, for it is always interesting, often
serviceable, and sometimes amusing information.
[BYERLY (J. S.)] Relics of Literature. By Stephen Collet. [_pseudon._]
8vo. _London._ 1828.
Contains: The first English Catalogue, Origin of Surnames, Singular
Dedications, Eccentric Advertisements, Book Destroyers, &c.
CALVARY & CO. Manuale Bibliographum ... 8vo, pp. (2), 88.
_Typis expressit Gumprecht Berlinensis._ [1861.]
CAMUS (A. G.) Mémoire sur la Collection des grands et petits voyages,
et sur la Collection des voyages de Melchisedech Thévenot; par A.
G. Camus.... Imprimé par l'ordre et aux frais de l'Institut. 4to,
Half-Title, pp. iij, 401, 2 l. _Paris: Baudouin, imprimeur._ 1802.
An excellent specimen of bibliographical analysis, and
indispensable to the "De Bry" and "Thévenot" collectors.
CAMUS. Bibliothèque Choisie des livres de Droit qu'il est le plus utile
d'acquerer et de connaitre, par [Arm. Gast.] Camus. Cinquième édition,
nouvellement revue et augmentée par Dupin aîné. 8vo. _Bruxelles._ 1833.
CANCELLLIERI (Fr.) Dissertazione intorno agli uomini dotati di gran
memoria ad a quelli divenuti smemorati, colle biblioteche degli
scritori sopra gli eruditi precoci, la memoria artificiale ed il giuoco
degli scacchi. 8vo. _Roma._ 1715.
CAPITAINE (U.) Recherches historiques et bibliographiques sur les
journaux et les écrits périodiques liégeois, par Ulysse Capitaine.
16mo, pp. xlii, 344. _Liege: Desrer._ 1850.
CARAYON (P. A.) Bibliographie historique de la compagnie de Jésus ou
catalogue des ouvrages relatifs à l'histoire des Jésuites, depuis leur
origine jusqu'à nos jours par le P. Auguste Carayon ... 4to, pp. viii,
612. _Paris: Auguste Durand_ [_etc._] MDCCCLXIV.
CARIERE (J. F.) Bibliothèque littéraire, historique et critique, de la
Médicine ancienne et moderne. Par Joseph Francois Cariere. Vols. I. and
II. 4to, pp. xxxix, 536; viii, 575. _Paris: Ruault._ 1776.
CASIRI (C. M.) Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispana Escurialensis, sive Librorum
omnium MSS. quos Arabicè ab auctoris magnam partem Arabo-Hispanis
compositos Bibliotheca Coenobii Escurialensis complectitur. Recensa et
Explanatio operà & studio C. Michaelis Casiri.... 2 vols., folio, pp.
(16), xxiv, 544; (8), 565. _Matriti._ 1760-70.
This work must ever be highly valued as affording the only complete
index to the rich repertory of Arabian Manuscripts in the Escurial,
and for the ample evidence which it exhibits of the science and
mental culture of the Spanish Arabs. Gibbon remarks: "The execution
of this work does honour to the Spanish press. The MSS., to the
number of 1851, are judiciously classified by the Editor, and his
copious extracts throw some light on the Mahommedan literature and
history of Spain."
CASTRO (J. R. de). Biblioteca Española ... Su autor Joseph Rodriguez de
Castro. 2 vols., folio, pp. (32), 668, Index, (84); (8), 749.
_Madrid, en la Imprenta Real._ 1781-86.
Vol. I., Spanish Rabbin writers to the close of seventeenth
century; Vol. II., Spanish Pagan and Christian writers to the
eighteenth century.
Catalogue or Alphabetical Index of the Astor Library.... Part I.
Authors and Books. [Compiled by J. G. Cogswell.] ... 8vo, pp. v, 2110.
_New York: Printed by R. Craighead._ 1857-1861. + Supplement ... with
an Alphabetical Index of Subjects in all the Volumes.... 8vo, pp. (4),
605. _New York._ 1866.
With title-pages to divide the work into five volumes.
Catalogue of Books relating to America, in the Collection of Colonel
Aspinwall, Consul of the United States of America at London. 8vo, pp.
(4), 66. [_Paris._ 1831?].
The collection comprises 771 rare and valuable articles, collected
by its worthy possessor during his long residence at London as
Consul-General. They were subsequently purchased by Mr. S. L. M.
Barlow of New York.
Catalogue of the Library of the American Philosophical Society, held at
Philadelphia for promoting Useful Knowledge. Published by order of the
Society. 8vo, pp. xv, 290. _Philadelphia: Joseph R. A. Skerrett._1824.
Catalogue of the American Philosophical Society Library. Part I., II.
... 8vo, pp. 634.
_Philadelphia: Caxton Press of C. Sherman, Son & Co._ [1863-66.]
A Catalogue of Books in the Library of the American Antiquarian
Society, in Worcester, Massachusetts. [By C. C. Baldwin.] 8vo, pp. 571
in all. _Worcester._ 1837.
This catalogue is replete with the rarest of American pamphlets.
Alphabetical Catalogue of the Library of Parliament: being an Index of
the Classified Catalogue Printed in 1851 and 1858, and to Books added
to 1st March, 1862. 8vo, pp. 313. _Québec: Hunter, Rose & Co._ 1862.
+ ... Printed in 1857, 1858, and 1864, and to the Books and Pamphlets
since added to the Library, up to 1st October, 1867.... 8vo, pp. 496.
_Ottawa: Printed by G. E. Desbarats._ 1867.
The title-pages, rules, etc., of all the following catalogues, are
also given in French.
Catalogue of the Library of Parliament: General Library. 8vo, pp. (2),
1074. _Toronto: John Lovell._ 1857.
Catalogue of the Library of Parliament. Works relating to America.
Pamphlets and Manuscripts. Index to Authors and Subjects. 8vo, pp.
viii, 1075-1895, (1). _Toronto: John Lovell._ 1858.
Catalogue of Books in the Library of the Legislative Assembly of
Canada.... 8vo, pp. 123. _Montreal._ 1846. + Alphabetical Catalogue.
[No title-page.] 8vo, pp. 21. + Supplement.... ( ... Books added in ...
1846.) 8vo, pp. 24. _Montreal._ 1847.
This library was entirely destroyed by the mob in the Spring of
1849.
Supplementary Catalogue of the Library of Parliament. Books added ...
since 12th February, 1864.... 8vo, pp. 19. _Quebec._ 1865.
Titles, rules, etc., also in French. Other catalogues of the
Library of the House of Assembly were published: _Quebec_, 1835;
_Kingston_, 1842; and _Toronto_, 1850-51, all in octavo.
Catalogue of Books relating to the History of America, forming Part of
the Library of the Legislative Assembly of Canada. 8vo, Title, pp. 29.
_Quebec._ 1845. + ... Books added.... 8vo, pp. 8. _Montreal._ 1846.
With a second title-page: Catalogue d'ouvrages, etc.
Catalogue of Books in the Library of Parliament.... 8vo, pp. 130.
_Quebec._ 1852.
Catalogue d'un Choix de Livres relatifs à l'Amérique et
particulièrement aux Antiquités et à l'Histoire naturelle du Mexique.
8vo. _Paris._ 1857.
"Eine kleine, aber gut gewählte und geordnete Sammlung von 280
Nrr."--PETZHOLDT.
Catalogue d'une Collection de Livres précieux sur l'Amérique parus
depuis l'an 1508 jusqu'à nos jours en vente chez F. A. Brockhaus à
Leipzig. 8vo, pp. 71. _Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus._ 1866.
_See also_ Trömel (P.)
Catalogue général des livres composant les bibliothèques du département
de la marine et des colonies.... 5 vols., rl. 8vo, pp. xxiv, 468;
(6), xxviii, 868; xix, 594; (6), xviii, 530; (8), xvi, 404.
_Paris: Imprimerie Royale._ 1838-43.
This elaborate work, edited by Louis Marie Bajot, is quite a
model catalogue. It describes eighteen thousand different works,
and shows at one view the contents of three libraries. It is
indispensable to the collector of books relating to the French
colonies. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 748.
A Catalogue of Adversaria and Printed Books, containing MS. Notes
preserved in the University of Cambridge. Edited for the Syndics of the
University Press [by H. R. Luard]. 8vo. _Cambridge._ 1864.
Catalogue of the Reference Department of the Birmingham Free Library.
By J. D. Mullins. 1869. 8vo, pp. viii, 379. _Birmingham._ [n. d.]
Notable as being at once alphabetical and classified, and
containing a setting out of the contents of such collections as
the Harleian Miscellany, the Somers Tracts, the Pamphleteer,
Collections of Plays (under Drama), Voyages and Travels,
Constable's Miscellany, Edinburgh Cabinet Library, Murray's Family
Library, Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia, Library of Entertaining
Knowledge, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Traveller's
Library, the Bampton Lectures, Clark's Foreign Theological Library,
Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology, Library of the Fathers, and
the Publications of the Camden, Chetham, Calvin Translation Early
English Text, English Historical, Hakluyt, Parker, Percy, Ray,
Sydenham, and New Sydenham, and other learned Societies; also,
a large collection of Shakespeariana, forming the Tercentenary
Shakespeare Memorial Library.
A Catalogue of Books belonging to the Lower Hall of the Central
Department, in the Classes of History, Biography, and Travel....
Second, or Consolidated Edition, July, 1873. 8vo, pp. 304.
_Boston: By the Library._ 1873.
With very full and valuable notes under each subject,
characterizing the various works upon it, and referring to articles
in periodicals, essays, etc.
A Catalogue of all Books printed in the United States, with the prices
and places where published annexed.... 12mo, pp. xii, 79.
_Printed for the Booksellers at Boston, January_, 1804.
Catalogue of Anti-Masonic Books. _Boston._ 1852.
Catalogue of a Collection of Works on Pageantry bequeathed to the
Society of Antiquaries of London by the late Frederick William
Fairholt, Esq., F.S.A. [By C. Knight Watson.] 8vo. _London._ 1869.
Catalogue of Periodicals, Newspapers, and Transactions of various
Societies, also a List of Metropolitan Printing Societies and Clubs.
1848 to 1870. Rl. 8vo. _London._ 1848.
Commenced in 1848, and continued annually.
Catalogue of the Library of the Athenæum Club, with the Supplement,
comprising the extensive collection of Tracts, and classified Index of
Subjects. 2 vols., rl. 8vo. _Printed for Members only._ 1845-51.
Catalogue of the Library of the Corporation of the City of London. 8vo.
_Printed only for the Members of the Corporation._ 1840.
Catalogue of the Library of the London Institution, Systematically
classed. With Index and Additions. 4 vols., rl. 8vo. _London._ 1835-52.
An excellent catalogue, compiled by Upcott, Brayley, and others.
Catalogue of the Books in the Manchester Free Library. Reference
Department. Prepared by A. Crestadore, PH.D. 8vo, pp. vii, 975.
_London._ 1864.
Contains 26,000 distinct works and index, title-pages given in full.
A Catalogue of the Library of the Hon. East India Company. Rl. 8vo, pp.
viii, 325. _London._ 1845. + A Supplemental Catalogue, pp. viii, 239.
[_Ibid._] 1851.
Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts in the Library of the
Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh. [By Alexander Brown, the librarian.]
4 vols., folio. _Edinburgh._ 1742-43.
Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich, with
Supplement. 8vo, pp. xii, 325. _Woolwich: Coleman._ 1825-30.
Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Society of London.
_London._ 1825.
Catalogue of the Library of the Society of Writers to the Signet. In
Four Parts. With a General Index. 2 vols., 4to. _Edinburgh._ 1805-37.
"One of the best arranged catalogues upon De Bure's system that has
ever appeared."--T. H. HORNE.
Catalogue of the Liverpool Free Public Library. Established 1852. With
First Supplemental Catalogue. 8vo. _Liverpool._ 1852-53.
Valuable for its classification.
A Catalogue of Works in all departments of English Literature,
Classified with ... Index. Corrected to March, MDCCCXLIII. 8vo, pp.
xiii, 144. _London: Longman._ [1843.]
Catalogus librorum quibus aucta est Bibliotheca Collegii SS.
Trinitatis. 8vo. _Dublin._ 1854.
Catalogus librorum impressorum qui in Bibliotheca Collegii, ...
Trinitatis, juxta Dublinium, adservantur. Folio. _Dublin._ 1864.
Each of these catalogues of the Library of Trinity College are
edited by James Henthorn Todd, D.D., librarian.
CAVE (W.) Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Historia Literaria, a Christo
Nato usque ad Sæculum XIV. facili methodo digesta ... Accedunt
Scriptores Gentiles Christianæ Religionis Oppugnatores; & cujusvis
Sæculi Breviarum, ... Autore Gulielmo Cave. Editio novissima, ab Autore
Ipsomet ante Obitum recognita & auctior facta. 2 vols., folio, pp.
(10), lxviii, 668, (14), 358; (8), 252, 88, 142.
_Oxonii e Theatro Sheldoniano._ 1740-43.
"A capital performance, which discovers great reading, research,
and accuracy, and contains much important information in
comparatively little room."--ORME. This is still the most ample,
correct, and complete work of the sort in existence, and is
absolutely necessary to the student of ecclesiastical history or of
Christian writers, down to the fifteenth century. This edition was
reprinted, _Basiliæ._ 1741-45. 2 vols., folio.
[CAVENDER (C. H.)] Catalogue of Works in Refutation of Methodism, From
its Origin in 1729, to the Present Time. Of those by Methodist Authors
on Lay-Representation, Methodist Episcopacy, etc., etc., and of the
Political Pamphlets relating to Wesley's Calm Address to our American
Colonies. Compiled by H. C. Decanver. 8vo, pp. 54. _Philadelphia._
1846. + Second Edition, Revised by the Author. 8vo, pp. 56.
_New York._ 1868.
The author's real name is C. H. Cavender. Decanver is an anagram.
CEILLIER (R.) Histoire générale des Auteurs sacrés et ecclesiastiques,
qui contient leur Vie, le Catalogue, la Critique, le Jugement, la
Chronologie, l'Analysis & le Dénombrement des différentes Éditions
de leur Ouvrages: ... Par Remy Ceillier. 23 vols., 4to.
_Paris: Le Mercier, &c._ 1729-52.
CERF (Le). Bibliothèque historique et critique des auteurs de la
congrégation de Saint-Maur. 12mo. _La Haye._ 1726.
CHALLEN (H.) Publishers' Uniform Trade List Directory, comprising all
the Books, Old and New, of upwards of Two Hundred Publishers. By H.
Challen. 8vo, pp. 831. _Philadelphia: H. Challen._
Also: The Uniform Trade List Circular.... 8vo, Title, pp. 19-323.
_Philadelphia: Howard Challen._ [1867.]
CHASSANT (L. Alph.) Dictionnaire des abbréviations Latines et
Françaises, usités dans les inscriptions lapidaires et métalliques, les
manuscrits et les chartes. Troisième édition, 12mo. _Paris._ 1866.
CHASSANT. Paléographie des Chartes et des Manuscrits du xi^{e} au
xvii^{e} siècle. Sixième édition. 8vo. _Paris._ 1866.
Ten plates, quarto size.
Le Chasseur Bibliographe. Revue bibliographique, littéraire, critique
et anecdotique, rédigée par une Société de Bibliographes et de
Bibliophiles, ... _Paris: François._ 1862.
CHAUMETTE (A.) Catalogue des Livres et MSS. composant la bibliothèque
de feu A. Chaumette des Fosses; dont la vente aura lieu le jeudi 3
novembre 1842 ... 8vo, pp. viij, 190. _Paris._ 1842.
Rich in works relating to the language and history of America.
CHEVON (P.) Catalogue général de la Libraire Française au xix'e siècle
... par Paul Chevon. _Paris: Jannet._ 1856-59.
Vols. I.-III. only published. Stops at Dubuison.
CHOULANT (L.) Graphische Incunabeln für Naturgeschichte und Medicin.
Bibliographie der Drucke des xv^{ten} und xvi^{ten} Jahrhunderts,
welche mit illustrirenden Abbildungen versehen sind. 8vo, pp. xx 168.
_Leipzig: R. Weigel._ 1851.
CIAMPI (C.) Bibliografia critica delle Antiche Reciproche
Corrispondenze ... dell' Italia colla Russia, colla Polonia, ed altre
parti Settentrionali, il tutto raccolta ed illustrato con brevi Cenni
biografici delli Autore meno conosciuti da Sebastiano Ciampi. 3 vols.,
8vo, pp. (6), v, 336; xii, 326; (6), 137.
_Firenze: Allegrini e Mazzoni._ 1834-42.
A great work, happily conceived, well executed, and full of the
most interesting details. It is not a mere catalogue; extracts from
the books and accounts of the authors are met in every page. _See_
Petzholdt, p. 849.
[CLARKE (Adam).] A Bibliographical Dictionary; containing a
Chronological Account, Alphabetically Arranged, of the most Curious,
Scarce, Useful, and Important Books in all departments of Literature
... including ... Harwood's View of the Classics, ... [and] An Essay on
Bibliography. 6 vols., 12mo. _Liverpool._ 1802-4.
"A creditable work for a first attempt. Contains a summary
of the Life of each Author, the Times when he lived, and his
Works."--LOWNDES.
[CLARKE.] The Bibliographical Miscellany, or Supplement to the
Bibliographical Dictionary. 2 vols., 12mo. _London._ 1806.
Usually found with the preceding work.
CLARKE (E.) Letters concerning the Spanish Nation. By Edward Clarke.
4to. 1763.
Contains Catalogues of Spanish Authors, and of the Greek and Hebrew
Manuscripts in the Escurial--Gregory Mayars on Hebrew and Arabic
Learning in Spain, and his account of the celebrated Complutensian
Polyglott of Card. Ximenes; also, a description of the Bull-feasts
of 1760.
CLARKE (J.) Bibliotheca Legum, or Complete Catalogue of the Common
and Statute Law Books of the United Kingdom ... By John Clarke. 12mo.
_London._ 1819.
[CLARKE (W.)] Repertorium Bibliographicum; or some Account of the
most celebrated British Libraries. Rl. 8vo.
_London: William Clarke._ MDCCCXIX.
The late Mr. Beckford assisted in the compilation of this work,
particularly in the description of his own library at Fonthill.
Fifty copies were printed on large paper, in 2 vols., impl. 8vo,
with portraits of eminent book-collectors. Copies are sometimes
found with "A Dialogue in the Shades, Rare Doings at Roxburghe
Hall, and the Diary of Roger Payne, with plate of his monument." Of
this plate twelve copies were printed with a variation.
CLAVEL (Robert). The General Catalogue of Books, printed in England
since the Dreadful Fire of London, MDCLXVI. To the end of Trinity Term,
MDCLXXX. Together with the ... Author's Names, ... Playes acted at both
Theatres, ... With an Account of ... all the Books of Law, Navigation,
Musick, &c. Collected by R. Clavel. _London._ 1675-89.
Published in thirty-two or more numbers; the first in 1674. A
fourth edition was published in 1696, folio. _See_ Petzholdt, p.
343.
CLEMENT (D.) Bibliothèque Curieuse, Historique et Critique; ou
Catalogue raisonné de Livres difficiles à trouver, par David Clement. 9
vols., rl. 4to. _Göttingen, Hannover, et Leipsic._ 1750-60.
"A _sine qua non_ with collectors; but in this country it begins
to be--to use the figurative language of some of the German
bibliographers--'scarcer than a white crow or a black swan.'
The reader may admit which simile he pleases, or reject both!
but in sober earnestness it is very rare and unconscionably
dear."--DIBDIN. _Per contra_, it usually sells very cheap. One copy
was printed on large paper.
COGGESHALL (W. T.) The Newspaper Record, containing a Complete List of
Newspapers and Periodicals in the United States, Canadas, and Great
Britain, together with a Sketch of the Origin and Progress of Printing,
with some Facts about Newspapers in Europe and America. By W. T.
Coggeshall. 8vo, pp. xiv, 194. _Philadelphia: Kay & Brother._ 1856.
COGSWELL (Joseph Green). [Bibliography of] Literary History. 8vo, pp.
112. [_Cambridge._ 1822 or 1823.]
COLLIER (J. P.) A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest
Books in the English Language, Alphabetically arranged, which during
the last fifty years, have come under the observation of J. Payne
Collier, F.S.A. 2 vols., 8vo. _London: Joseph Lilly._ 1865. + _New
York: Scribner & Co._ 1865. 4 vols., cr. 8vo.
Of the New York edition some copies are on large paper, and five
copies were printed on India paper. In the New York reprint all the
"Addenda and Corrigenda" which are prefixed to the first volume of
that edition are placed in their proper positions. The "Index,"
also, is greatly enlarged. This valuable and interesting work is,
in fact, an extended edition of the author's catalogue of the Duke
of Bridgewater's library. It describes books which, for the most
part, are so scarce, that but few American libraries possess them;
and Mr. Collier has performed an acceptable office in quoting
largely from the works he has described.
COLLIER. Catalogue Bibliographical and Critical of Early English
Literature, forming a portion of the Library at Bridgewater-House. By
J. P. Collier. 4to. Facsimile Engravings of Autograph Inscriptions, &c.
_London._ 1837.
One of the most interesting and copious bibliographical works
upon early English literature ever printed, intended for private
circulation only, printed at the expense of the Earl of Ellesmere.
COLLIER. Extracts from the Registers of the Stationers' Company of
Works entered for Publication between 1557 and 1587, with Notes and
Illustrations. By J. P. Collier. 2 vols., 8vo.
_Shakespeare Society._ 1849.
A work of great value to all interested in bibliographical
pursuits; many old ballads of the utmost rarity are printed entire.
COMI (Siro). Memorie bibliografiche per la Storia della tipografia
Pavese del Secolo XV. 8vo. _Pavia._ 1807.
COMOLLI (A.) Bibliografia storico-critica dell' Architettura civile
ed arti subalterne. Dell' Abate Angelo Comolli. 4 vols., 4to.
_Roma Vaticana di Salvioni._ 1788-92.
[COMPTON (Henry).] A Catalogue of the most vendible Books in England,
Orderly and Alphabetically Digested; Under the Heads of Divinity,
History, Physick, and Chirurgery, Law, Arithmetick, Geometry,
Astrologie, Dialling, Measuring Land and Timber, Gageing, Navigation,
Architecture, Horsemanship, Faulconry, Merchandize, Limning, Military
Discipline, Heraldry, Fortification and Fire-works, Husbandry,
Gardening, Romances, Poems, Playes, &c. With Hebrew, Greek, and Latin
Books, for Schools and Scholars. The like Work never yet performed by
any.... 4to. _London, Printed in the Year_ 1658.
CONGRESS. Alphabetical Catalogue of the Library of Congress. Authors.
Imp. 8vo, pp. 1236. _Washington: Government Printing Office._ 1864.
Catalogue of the Library of Congress. Index of Subjects. 2 vols., imp.
8vo, pp. iv, (2), 976; (4), 977-1744.
_Washington: Government Printing Office._ 1869.
The foregoing Catalogue and Index of Subjects were prepared under
the direction of Mr. Spofford, Librarian of Congress.
CONSTANTIN (L. A.) Bibliothéconomie, ou Nouveau Manuel complet pour
l'arrangement, la conservation et l'administration des Bibliothèques.
Nouvelle édition, revue, augmentée et ornée de figures. 18mo.
_Paris._ 1841.
COPINGER (W. A.) The Law of Copyright in Works of Literature and Art,
&c. 8vo. _London._ 1870.
The latest work on the subject.
CORSER (T.) Collectanea Anglo-Poetica; or, a Bibliographical and
Descriptive Catalogue of a Portion of a Collection of Early English
Poetry. With occasional Extracts and Remarks Biographical and Critical.
2 vols., 4to. _Printed for the Chetham Society._ 1860-69.
Chetham Society's Publications, Vols. LII., LV., LXXI., and LXXVII.
CORWIN (E. B.) ... Catalogue of the ... Books, ... &c., of the late Mr.
E. B. Corwin, ... relating to America, ... &c.... sold ... November
10th, 1856,.... 8vo, pp. vii, 263. [_New York._ 1856.]
Prepared by Joseph Sabin. One hundred copies printed on large paper.
COTTON (H.) List of Editions of the Bible and Parts thereof, in
English, from the year 1505 to 1850, with an Appendix, containing
Specimens of Translations and Bibliographical Descriptions. By Henry
Cotton, D.C.L. ... Second Edition. 8vo. _Oxford._ MDCCCLII.
Twelve copies printed on thick paper. First published, _Oxford_.
1821.
COTTON. The Typographical Gazetteer, attempted by the Rev. Henry
Cotton.... 8vo, pp. xvi, 219. _Oxford: Clarendon Press._ MDCCCXXV.
+ Second Edition, Corrected and much Enlarged. 8vo, pp. xviii, 393.
_Oxford: University Press._ MDCCCXXXI. + Second Series. 8vo, pp. xvi,
376, (1). _Oxford: Clarendon Press._ MDCCCLXVI.
A useful book of reference, containing a list of the places of
printing, with notices of the most celebrated printers, and of
their principal works. The number of American places cited in the
Second Series is very large, and pp. 243-308 are devoted to a
monograph on the newspaper press in the United States.
CRANWELL (E.) An Index of English Books Printed before MDC., in the
Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, with a List of the Plays of
Shakespeare printed before 1623, in the Capell Collection. By Edward
Cranwell. 8vo. _London: W. Pickering._ 1847.
CREVENNA (P. A.) Catalogue raisonné de sa collection de livres de la
Bibliothèque de M. Pierre-Antoine-Bolongaro-Cravenna. 6 vols., 4to.
_Amsterdam._ 1776.
A most excellent catalogue; it should include "Collection
concernant les Jésuites," at the end of the fourth volume, p. 54;
and the table of prices for which the books sold in 1790, at the
end of the sixth volume, p. 46.
[CROW (William).] Catalogue of English Writers on the Old and New
Testament, Corrected and Enlarged ... The Second Impression. 8vo.
_London._ 1668.
[CUTTER (Charles Ammi).] The New Catalogue of Harvard College Library.
(Reprinted from the North American Review for January, 1869.) 8vo, pp.
(1), 96-129. [_Cambridge._ 1869.]
This was the continuation of an article in the "N. Am. Rev.," for
Oct., 1868, on the history and wants of the library, which was not
reprinted. Mr. Cutter also prepared the Catalogue of the Boston
Athenæum, described _ante_.
DALRYMPLE (A.) Catalogue of Authors who have written on Rio de la
Plata, Paraguay, and Chaco, collected by A. Dalrymple, 1807. 4to, pp.
(2), 22. _London: F. Wingrave._ 1807-8.
"Pinelo-Barcia's, enlarged with a few additions, taken chiefly from
Muratori's _Christianisimo Felice_, and such books as the compiler
could find in the British Museum."--HARRISSE.
DANA (D.) Bibliotheca Probata. Catalogue of Books Selected, Examined,
and Arranged.... Second Edition. 12mo, pp. xxxi, 234.
_New York: Daniel Dana._ 1857.
DANIEL (G.) Catalogue of the most Valuable, Interesting, and Highly
Important Library of the late George Daniel, Esq., of Canonbury Square,
Islington. Rl. 8vo. _London._ 1864.
Certainly one of the most curious, interesting, and valuable
collections of early English literature, particularly as relating
to Shakespeare, ever sold. The prices obtained at this sale for
the first four folio editions of Shakespeare, as also for the very
rare first quarto editions of his plays, have never been surpassed.
This sale marks an era for the sale and the prices of early English
literature.
DANVERS. Catalogue of the Library of the Peabody Institute, South
Danvers, Mass. 8vo, pp. xix, (1), 102. _Boston: Printed by John Wilson
and Son._ 1855. + Supplement.... July, 1857. 8vo, pp. 26.
[_South Danvers._] 1857.
DARLING (J.) Cyclopædia Bibliographica; a Library Manual of
Theological and General Literature, and Guide to Books for Authors,
Preachers, Students, and Literary Men, Analytical, Bibliographical and
Biographical. By James Darling. 2 vols., imp. 8vo, pp. iii-xii, (8),
1600; 1601-3328. _London: James Darling._ 1854.
"The bibliographical wealth and fulness of the catalogue grow upon
us as we proceed, and we find increased occasion to admire the tact
and skill with which the compiler contrives to furnish the student
with the materials for judging of the degree in which any of the
books here registered may be useful to him."--_Kitto's Journal._
DARLING. Cyclopædia Bibliographica. Subjects: Holy Scriptures. Imp.
8vo, pp. xi, 1907. _London: James Darling._ 1859.
DAVIDSON (J.) Bibliotheca Devoniensis, or a Catalogue of the Printed
Books relating to the County of Devon. 4to. _London: Longman._ 1852.
DAVIES (R.) Memoir of the York Press, with Notices of Authors,
Printers, and Stationers, in the XVIth, XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries.
8vo. _Westminster: Nichols & Son._ 1868.
A supplement of fifty-two pages was printed at _Exeter_.
DAVIS (W.) A Journey round the Library of a Bibliomaniac; or Cento of
Notes and Reminiscences concerning Rare, Curious, and Valuable Books.
By William Davis. Cr. 8vo. _London._ 1821.
DAVIS. Olio, or Bibliographical and Literary Anecdotes and Memoranda,
Original and Selected. By William Davis. Cr. 8vo, pp. vi, 126.
_London: J. Rodwell._ 1814.
DAY (W.) Designs and Ornaments for Bookbinding. By William Day. 4to.
_London._ 1840.
DEANE (C.) A Bibliographical Essay on Governor Hutchinson's Historical
Publications. By Charles Deane. Sq. 8vo, pp. 39.
_Boston: Privately printed._ 1857.
Fifty copies printed.
[DEANE.] Bibliographical Tracts. No. 1. Spurious Reprints of Early
Books. Rl. 8vo, pp. 19. _Boston._ 1865.
"From the Boston Daily Advertiser of March 24, 1865." This reprint
was not made by Mr. Deane. It is a review of "Salem Witchcraft by
... Calef, and Cotton Mather ... with Notes by Samuel P. Fowler."
One hundred and thirty-five copies printed, six copies on India
paper. It is not, strictly speaking, a bibliographical work.
DE BURY (Richardi). Phylobyblon, seu de Querimoniis Librorum omnibus
Literarum Amatoribus. [_Sine ullâ notâ, sed Coloniæ._ MCCCCLXXXIII.]
First edition, very rare. An admirable translation of this
interesting volume was published some few years since by Mr. Rodd.
These early and rare books often contain much amusing matter and
considerable information, even at this our advanced state of
civilization. Those who come in from a walk on a cold winter's day
are here cautioned to use a kerchief ere they presume to look at a
rare book, and also to avoid having books opened during meals.
DE BURY. Philobiblion. Excellent traité sur l'amour des livres, par
Richard de Bury, évêque de Durham, grand chancelier d'Angleterre.
Traduit précédé d'une introduction et suivi du texte latin par
Hippolyte Cocheris. 12mo, pp. lvi, 288. _Paris: Aubry._ 1857.
DE BURY. Philo-Biblon, a Treatise on the Love of Books, translated by
J. Inglis. 8vo. _London._ 1832.
DE BURY. Philobiblon, A Treatise on the Love of Books, By Richard De
Bury, Bishop of Durham, and Lord Chancellor of England. First American
Edition, with The Literal English Translation of John B. Inglis.
Collated and Corrected with Notes by Samuel Hand. 8vo, pp. x, 252.
_Albany: Joel Munsell._ MDCCCLXI.
Thirty copies printed on large paper. His book relates the measures
he took, the difficulties he encountered, and all the art he
exerted to gratify his favorite passion. When Chancellor and
Treasurer of England, he took his perquisites and new-year's gifts
in books.
DELANDINE (A. F.) Bibliographie Dramatique; ou Tablettes Alphabétiques
du théâtre des diverses nations; avec des observations littéraires et
bibliographiques sur les ouvrages dramatiques les plus remarquables,
les jugements qu'on en a portés, leur sujet, leurs auteurs, leur
représentation, et les anecdotes qui leur sont relatifs. Précédé d'une
notice sur l'origine du Théâtre Français, et sur les Pièces et Mystères
qui y parurent depuis Faydit jusqu'à Rotrou, c'est-à-dire depuis l'an
1200 jusqu'en 1600. 8vo. _Paris._ [n. d.]
DELANDINE. Bibliographie spéciale et chronologique des principaux
ouvrages sur l'origine et l'histoire de l'Imprimerie, les
Bibliothèques, et les premières Essais de l'art typographique dans les
diverses villes de l'Europe: par Ant. Fr. Delandine.... Tome 1. 8vo,
pp. vi, 485. _Paris: Renouard et Lyon._ [1816.]
DELEPIERRE (O.) Analyse des Travaux de la Societé des Philobiblon de
Londres. Par Octave Delepierre. 8vo, pp. viii, 134.
_Londres: Trübner et Cie._ 1862.
Three hundred copies printed.
DELEPIERRE. Études Bio-Bibliographiques sur les Fous littéraires. Par
Octave Delepierre Rl. 8vo, pp. 79. [_London._] 1858.
DELEPIERRE. Histoire littéraire des Fous. Par Octave Delepierre. 8vo,
pp. (2), 184. _Londres: Trübner et Cie._ 1860.
DELEPIERRE. Macaroneana, Mélanges de Littérature Macaronique des
différents peuples de l'Europe, avec notes, extraits, &c. 8vo.
_Paris._ 1852.
Dans cet ouvrage plein de finesse et d'erudition, Mr. Octave
Delepierre, dont les connaissances littéraires et Bibliographiques
sont bien connues, à réuni tout ce que l'on pouvait désirer sur les
Macaronées et les ouvrages en style Macaronique.
DE PEYSTER (F.) The Moral and Intellectual Influence of Libraries upon
Social Progress. An Address before the New York Historical Society,
Nov. 21st, 1865. By Frederic De Peyster, President of the Society. 8vo,
pp. 96. _New York: Historical Society._ 1866.
Fifty copies printed on large paper.
DE-ROSSI (G. B.) Annali Ebreo-tipografici di Cremona distesi dal
Dottore G. Bernardo De-Rossi. 8vo. _Parma._ 1808.
For a list of many other bibliographical works by De Rossi, _see_
Petzholdt's _Bibliotheca Bibliographia_.
[DESCHAMPS (Pierre).] Notice biographique et bibliographique sur
Gabriel Peignot. Par P. D. Rl. 8vo, pp. (4), 60.
_Paris: Techener._ 1857.
DESESSARTS (N. L. M.) Les Siècles littéraires de la France, ou Nouveau
Dictionnaire, historique, critique, et bibliographique, de tous
les Ecrivains français, morts et vivans jusqu'à la fin de XVIII^{e}
siècle.... Par N. L. M. Desessarts, et plusieurs Biographes. 7 vols.,
8vo, pp. xl, 423; (4), 482; (4), 490; (4), iv, 468; (4), 508; (4), 470;
(4), xl, 417. _Paris: chez l'auteur. An_ VIII-XI [1800-1803].
DETROIT. Catalogue of the Public Library.... Also the Rules concerning
its Use. 8vo, pp. vii, 149. _Detroit: Advertiser and Tribune._ 1868.
Detroit Young Men's Society. Catalogue of the Library, with a
Historical Sketch. 8vo, pp. 169. _Detroit: O. S. Gulley._ 1865.
DIBDIN (T. F.) Specimen Bibliothecæ Britannicæ. Specimen of a Digested
Catalogue of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books in the English Language,
or appertaining to British Literature and Antiquities. By the Rev. T.
F. Dibdin. 8vo. _London._ 1808.
Forty copies only were privately printed, not published, on small
paper, and eight copies on large paper. The plate opposite page 14
is not attached to the small paper copies.
DIBDIN. The Director; a Weekly Journal ... pp. (2), 4, 379, (1); (2),
385, (6). _London: Printed by William Savage._ 1807.
DIBDIN. Specimen of an English Debure. By Thomas F. Dibdin. 8vo.
_London._ 1810.
Fifty copies privately printed.
DIBDIN. Typographical Antiquities. _See_ Ames (Joseph).
DIBDIN. The Bibliomania; or Book Madness; containing some account of
the History, Symptoms, and Cure of this fatal Disease. In an epistle
addressed to Richard Heber, Esq. By the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin,
F.S.A. 8vo, pp. iv, 87. _London: Longman._ 1809.
DIBDIN. Bibliomania; or Book Madness: A Bibliographical Romance, in Six
Parts. Illustrated with Cuts. By the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin. 8vo,
pp. ix, (2), 782, (1). _London: Printed for the Author._ 1811.
Of this edition eighteen copies only were printed on large paper.
DIBDIN. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness; A Bibliographical Romance.
Illustrated with Cuts. By Thomas Frognall Dibdin, D.D. New and Improved
Edition ... including a Key to the assumed characters in the Drama.
Medium 8vo. _London: H. G. Bohn._ MDCCCXLII.
This edition was undertaken by Mr. Walmsly. It contains a key
to the characters, etc., and a supplement, edited by Dr. Dibdin
himself. The copies on large paper, imp. 8vo, have titles-pages for
two volumes.
"The _Bibliomania_ is written in dialogues or conversations,
the characters introduced are well-known book collectors of the
author's acquaintance. The great value of the work is in the notes,
which abound with anecdotes of books and book collectors, and an
account of the rarer articles in their collections, and the prices
at which they were sold, extracted from the sale catalogues. It
will be always consulted as an authority."--LOWNDES.
"The _Bibliomania_ is evidently formed in the first instance on the
plan of honest Isaac Walton's _Complete Angler_; with conspicuous
marks of the author's being deeply versed in the _Battle of the
Books_, and a familiar acquaintance with old English literature,
and occasionally with the discussions of Yorick. Under the shape
of dramatic dialogue, the reader is equally entertained, and
instructed; the abstruser parts, with the historic details, being
thrown into the form of notes. It would now be useless to pass an
encomium on this work, as its merits are so fully established as
to have more than doubled the original price of a volume now with
difficulty to be obtained."--_Gent's. Magazine._
"You have contrived to strew flowers over a path which, in other
hands, would have proved a very dull one; and all Bibliomanes must
remember you long, as he who first united their antiquarian details
with good-humored raillery and cheerfulness."--SIR WALTER SCOTT TO
DR. DIBDIN.
DIBDIN. Book Rarities; or a Descriptive Catalogue of some of the
most Curious, Rare, and Valuable Books of Early Date; Chiefly in the
Collection of the Right Honourable George John Earl Spencer, K.G., &c.,
&c., &c. By the Rev. T. F. Dibdin. 8vo.
_London: Printed by W. Bulmer & Co._ 1811.
Very rare; thirty-six copies only printed, not published. "The
Foundation Stone of the _Bibliotheca Spenceriana_."--DIBDIN.
DIBDIN. Lincolne Nosegay, a brefe Table of Certaine Bokes in the
possession of Maister Dibdin, Clerk. Post 8vo, pp. 16. _London._ [1811.]
Very rare; only thirty-six copies having been printed. Contains
descriptions of nineteen books then in the author's possession,
but which afterwards passed into the libraries of Heber and Earl
Spencer.
DIBDIN. Bibliography, a Poem, in Six Books. With Preface and Notes.
8vo. _London._ 1812.
Very rare; fifty copies only privately printed, not published, the
greater part of which were destroyed by the author. "There is no
title-page to this effusion from the pen of Dr. Dibdin."--MARTIN.
DIBDIN. Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or a Descriptive Catalogue of the
Books printed in the Fifteenth Century, and of many Valuable First
Editions, in the Library of George John Earl Spencer, K.G., etc.,
etc., etc. By the Reverend Thomas Frognall Dibdin. 4 vols., imp. 8vo.
_London: Printed for the Author._ 1814-15.
Fifty copies were printed on large paper. "This catalogue contains
only the works printed in the fifteenth century and the Editiones
Principes. It is compiled with the greatest care and industry, and
those who have had occasion to consult its pages, can testify to
its accuracy and great utility. It is the finest private collection
in Europe; the catalogue will ever be regarded as of the first
importance to the theologian, the historian, and the critic, and as
a perfect model for the bibliographer."--LOWNDES.
DIBDIN. The Bibliographical Decameron; or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse
upon Illuminated Manuscripts, and Subjects connected with Early
Engravings, Typography, and Bibliography. By the Rev. T. F. Dibdin. 3
vols., rl. 8vo. _London: Printed for the Author._ 1817.
Also on large paper, 3 vols., imp. 8vo. "This work may be
considered as a continuation of the _Bibliomania_, the same
characters being introduced in the dialogues. From the information
which it contains, and the splendor of the decorations and
printing, it will ever be considered as a model of excellence and
good taste in typography and the arts."
DIBDIN. Ædes Althorpianæ; or an Account of the Mansion, Books, and
Pictures, at Althorp; the Residence of George John Earl Spencer, K.G.
To which is added a Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. By the
Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin. 2 vols., imp. 8vo.
_London: Payne and Foss._ 1822.
_See_ the author's _Reminiscences_, II. 557-94, for the interesting
account of the publication of this work, where it appears that
the cost of engraving the portraits was upwards of £2,000. It was
designed as a supplement to the _Bibliotheca Spenceriana_, and
contains accounts of the ancestors of Earl Spencer; of the Mansion
at Althorp; of the gallery, with engravings of the most important
pictures; and of editions of the Scriptures, Aldine editions, and
books printed in the fifteenth century, not contained in the former
volumes.
DIBDIN. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books printed in the Fifteenth
Century, lately forming Part of the Library of the Duke Di Cassano
Serra, and now the Property of George John Earl Spencer, K.G. With a
General Index of Authors and Editions contained in the Present Volume,
and in the Bibliotheca Spenceriana and Ædes Althorpianæ. By the Rev.
Thomas Frognall Dibdin. Imp. 8vo, pp. x, 295.
_London: Printed for the Author._ 1823.
Forms another supplemental volume to the _Bibliotheca Spenceriana_,
with an index to the seven volumes, and completes the work.
DIBDIN. A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France
and Germany. By the Rev. Tho. Frognall Dibdin. 3 vols., rl. 8vo.
_London: Printed for the Author._ 1821.
Also on large paper, 3 vols., imp. 8vo. "This work contains much
curious information respecting the MSS. and rare works in public
and private libraries abroad. It is printed and embellished in the
same style of excellence as the Doctor's other works."--LOWNDES.
"A work calculated to have as intoxicating an effect on the
imagination of literary antiquaries, as the adventures of the
heroes of the Round Table on all true knights, or the tales
of the early American voyagers on the ardent spirits of their
age. It has not passed, however, without some hostile (though
unfounded) remarks from the printers, binders, and librarians of
France."--WRANGHAM.
DIBDIN. A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France
and Germany. By the Reverend Thomas Frognall Dibdin, D.D. The Second
Edition. 3 vols., 8vo, pp. (4), xliii, (2), 421, Portraits, Plates;
(4), iv, 428; (4), iv, 481. _London: R. Jennings._ 1829.
This edition omits some of the plates contained in the first, but
has others which are not in that. It is esteemed for its preface,
28 pp., in which the author summarily disposes of Crapelet,
Licquet, and Lesné.
[DIBDIN.] Lettre Neuvième relative à la Bibliothèque de Rouen, traduite
de l'Anglais, avec des Notes par T. Licquet, Conservateur de cette
Bibliothèque. Rl. 8vo. _Paris._ 1821.
Also on large paper. One hundred copies only of this rare tract
were printed. It seldom occurs for sale.
[DIBDIN.] Lettre d'un Relieur Français à un Bibliographe Anglais, par
Lesné, Relieur à Paris. 8vo. _Paris._ 1822.
Also on large paper. One hundred copies only printed; very rare.
[DIBDIN.] Lettre Trentième concernant l'Imprimerie et la Librairie de
Paris, traduite de l'Anglais, avec des Notes, par G. A. Crapelet. Imp.
8vo. _Paris._ 1821.
Only one hundred copies printed; the notes and preface, which
contain so much that is "silly" and "scurrilous," drew from Dr.
Dibdin the following reply, _A Roland for an Oliver_.
DIBDIN. A Roland for an Oliver; or, Brief Remarks upon the Preface and
Notes of G. A. Crapelet, attached to his Translation of the Thirtieth
Letter of the Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour. By
the Author of that Town. Imp. 8vo. _London._ 1821.
Of this excessively rare morceau, the rarest perhaps of all Dr.
Dibdin's works, only thirty-six copies were privately printed.
DIBDIN. [First Thoughts. Corrected Proof Sheets of the Tour in France
and Germany.] Imp. 8vo.
It is very curious, consisting of a number of proof-sheets of the
Foreign Bibliographical Tour, with numerous alterations, remarks,
&c., &c. These sheets are called First Thoughts, became the text in
the published work varies considerably from these sheets.
DIBDIN. The Library Companion; or, the Young Man's Guide, and the Old
Man's Comfort, in the Choice of a Library. By the Rev. T. F. Dibdin.
2 vols., 8vo, pp. (4), li, (1), 400; (1), 401-912.
_London: Harding._ MDCCCXXIV.
Also on large paper, imp. 8vo. From an anecdote recorded at page
394 of this edition, concerning "certain buckskins," in the edition
of 1823, and which is omitted in the subsequent ones, that acquired
the title of the "Breeches Edition."
"It contains much curious and important bibliographical information
not elsewhere to be found, and will at all times be consulted,
as a work of reference, by the bibliographer, biographer, and
historian."--LOWNDES.
DIBDIN. An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions
of the Greek and Latin Classics. Together with an Account of Polyglot
Bibles, Polyglot Psalters, Hebrew Bibles, Greek Bibles and Greek
Testaments; The Greek Fathers and the Latin Fathers. By the Rev.
Thomas Frognall Dibdin, D.D., &c. Fourth Edition; greatly Enlarged and
Corrected. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. (4), xiii, 562; (4), 579, (1).
_London: Harding & Lepard._ 1827.
Fifty copies printed on large paper, to range with the _Bibliotheca
Spenceriana_. "This edition is entirely rewritten, and contains for
the first time an account of the best editions of the Hebrew Bibles
and of the Greek and Latin Fathers."--LOWNDES.
DIBDIN. A Merry and Conceited Song, dedicated to all Lovers of the
Library Companion. _London._ 1825.
Sixty copies only printed--not for sale.
[DIBDIN.] Bibliophobia. Remarks on the Present Languid and Depressed
State of Literature and the Book Trade. In a Letter addressed to the
Author of the Bibliomania. By Mercurius Rusticus. With Notes by Cato
Parvus. 8vo, pp. 102. _London: Henry Bohn._ 1832.
Also on large paper. One hundred copies only printed for "Those
whom it may concern." "Fear is the order of the day. To those
very natural and long established fears of Bailiffs and Tax
Gatherers, must now be added the fear of Reform, of Cholera, and of
Books."--page 6. Some copies have a Key to the names of the various
characters mentioned in the work.
DIBDIN. Reminiscences of a Literary Life; By the Reverend Thos.
Frognall Dibdin, D.D. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xxxii, (4), 556, Portrait,
Plates; (2), 557-982, Plate. _London: John Major._ MDCCCXXXVI.
Also on large paper. The Index, which was published subsequently,
is often wanting.
DIBDIN. A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the
Northern Counties of England and in Scotland. By the Reverend Thomas
Frognall Dibdin, D.D. 2 vols., rl. 8vo.
_London: Printed for the Author._ MDCCCXXXVIII.
Also on large paper, in 3 vols., imp. 8vo. In this work the author
concluded his tours. It it an essential companion to the tour in
France and Germany; and, as it describes some collections that have
ceased to exist, possesses an historical interest.
DIBDIN. Catalogue of the Valuable Library of Stanesby Alchorne, Esq.
containing various Rare Books and first Editions printed in the 15th
century. 8vo. _London._ 1814.
Also on large paper, and one copy in imperial 8vo.
DIBDIN. Catalogue of the Library of an Eminent Bibliographer. 8vo.
_London._ 1817.
Some copies have a duplicate title, headed _Bibliotheca
Rosicrusiana_, and the Doctor has added in a MS. note "Only 14
copies printed with this head-title, so says T. F. D."
DIBDIN. Voyage bibliographique, archéologique et pittoresque en France.
Par T. F. Dibdin. Traduit de l'anglais, avec des notes, par Théo.
Licquet.... 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xxiv, 344; (4) 374, (1).
_Caen: Chez Mancel._ MDCCCXXV.
DAVIS (W.) An Olio of Bibliographical and Literary Anecdotes and
Memoranda, Original and Selected. By William Davis. A New Edition,
with considerable Additions. Post 8vo, pp. iv, 150, (2), and Errata.
_London._ 1817.
DAVIS. A Second Journey round the Library of A Bibliomaniac; or, Cento
of Notes and Reminiscences concerning Rare, Curious, and Valuable
Books. By William Davis. Post 8vo, pp. 120. _London: W. Davis._ 1825.
Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland,
comprising Literary Memoirs and Anecdotes of their Lives, &c. 8vo.
_London._ 1816.
Dictionnaire Universel, Historique, Critique et Bibliographique, ou
Histoire abrégée et impartiale des homines de toutes les nations qui
se sont rendus célèbres, illustres ou fameux par des vertus, des
talens, de grandes actions des opinions singulières, des inventions,
des découvertes, des monumens, ou par des erreurs, des crimes, des
forfaits, etc., depuis la plus haute antiquité jusqu'à nos jours; avec
les dieux et les héros de toutes les mythologies; enrichie des notes
et additions des Abbés Brotier et Mercier de Saint-Leger, etc. etc. 20
vols., 8vo. _Paris._ 1790-1812.
One of the most able and satisfactory biographical compilations
which has ever appeared. It contains a fund of useful and accurate
information especially respecting authors and books. Valuable for
French and Continental names generally, containing particulars not
elsewhere to be found.
DIDOT (A. F.) Catalogue Raisonné des Livres de la Bibliothèque de M.
Ambroise Firmin Didot, Tome 1^{er}. Livres avec Figures sur Bois,
Solennités, Romans de Chevalerie, 1^{re}. Livraison. 8vo.
_Paris: Didot._ 1867.
DIDOT (Pierre). Epître sur les Progrès de l'Imprimerie; par Didot, Fils
Aîné. 8vo, pp. (2), 20. 2 Plates.
_Paris: Imprimé chez Didot l'Aîné avec les italiques de Firmin,
son second fils._ 1784.
DINGELSTEDT (F.) Jean Gutenberg, ses facts et discours les plus dignes
d'admiration et sa mort; traduit de l'allemand par Revilliod. Sm.
folio. 6 Etchings by Gandon. _Genève._ 1858.
Directions for a proper Choice of Authors to form a Library, with a
List of the Proper Books on the several subjects. 8vo. _London._ 1766.
A Catalogue of Books, published by H. Gordon in 1766; probably the
first attempt to form the _English Catalogue of Books_.
D'ISRAELI (Isaac). Amenities of Literature; consisting of Sketches and
Characters of English Literature, illustrating the Literary, Political,
and Religious Vicissitudes of the English People. By I. D'Israeli....
Second Edition. 3 vols., 8vo. _London: Edward Moxon._ 1842.
D'ISRAELI. Amenities of Literature, ... By Isaac Disraeli. A New
Edition, edited by his Son, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli. 2 vols., 8vo.
_Privately Printed Riverside Press, Cambridge._ 1864.
One hundred copies printed on large paper.
D'ISRAELI. Calamities of Authors; including some Inquiries respecting
their Moral and Literary Character. 2 vols., 8vo. _London._ 1812.
D'ISRAELI. Curiosities of Literature.... 3 vols., 8vo. _London._
1791-1817. + Second Series. 3 vols., 8vo. _London._ 1823.
Repeatedly reprinted. The following is perhaps the finest edition:
D'ISRAELI. Curiosities of Literature. By Isaac Disraeli. With a View
of the Life and Writings of the Author by his Son. 4 vols., 8vo.
_Privately Printed Riverside Press, Cambridge._ 1864.
One hundred copies printed on large paper. "The nicknacks of
literature collected in Mr. Disraeli's cabinet were selected from
sources not generally accessible to ordinary readers. These volumes
are not only admirably adapted to minister to the amusement of
the lounger and refined trifler, but they have higher capacities,
as curious and authentic pictures of the manners of ruder times,
and records of the progress of letters from their rise in the
dark middle ages, to almost the present era." There is a French
translation by T. P. Bertin, 2 vols., 8vo. _Paris._ 1810.
DISRAELI. The Illustrator [Bolton Corney] Illustrated. 8vo.
_London: Edward Moxon._ 1838.
"For I believe the public will agree with me that he (Corney) has
not a leg left to stand upon." Corney is the author of two very
severe criticisms on Disraeli.
DISRAELI. Miscellanies of Literature. By Isaac Disraeli. Revised and
Corrected. Medium 8vo. _London: Edward Moxon._ 1840.
Contains, Literary Miscellanies (first edition, "Miscellanies; or,
Literary Recreations." _London._ 1796. 8vo), Quarrels of Authors,
Calamities of Authors, Character of James I., and The Literary
Character illustrated by the History of Men of Genius (first
edition, _London_. 1818. 8vo).
[DISRAELI.] Quarrels of Authors; or some Memoirs for our Literary
History including Specimens of Controversy to the Reign of Elizabeth.
By the Author of "Calamities of Authors." 3 vols., sm. 8vo.
_London: John Murray._ 1814.
"Popular as Disraeli is, I do not think he has ever obtained from
criticism a fair acknowledgment of the eminent station he is
entitled to claim."--SIR E. L. BULWER.
DONALDSON (John). Agricultural Biography, containing a Notice of the
Life and Writings of the British Authors on Agriculture, from the
earliest date to the present time. 4to. _London._ 1854.
DORSCHEI (J. G.) Biblia Numerata, seu Index specialis in vetus
Testamentum ad singula omnium Librorum capita et commata, auctus à Joh.
Grambsio. 2 vols., folio. _Francofurti._ 1674.
"Contains a list of commentators (four hundred and ninety-one
in number), with references to their several books, chapters,
and pages, in which they have illustrated any book, chapter,
or verse, and even every word, which has been the subject of
controversy."--HORNE.
DOWLING (John Goultier). Notitia scriptorum S. S., Patrum aliorumque
veteris ecclesiæ monumentorum, quæ in collectionibus anecdotorum post
... 1700 in lucem editis continentur, nunc primum instructa opera. 8vo.
_Oxoniæ._ 1839.
DRAKE (S. G.) Catalogue of the Private Library of Samuel G. Drake,
chiefly relates to the Antiquities, History, and Biography of America,
and in an especial manner to the Indians. 8vo, pp. 80.
_Boston: Samuel G. Drake._ 1842.
This had been previously issued, with a title slightly differing,
as a catalogue of a library to be sold by auction.
DRURY (H.) A Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable Library of the
Rev. Henry Drury ... Sold ... by Mr. Evans.... 8vo, pp. vii, 262.
_London._ 1827.
Thirty-five copies printed on writing paper, principally for
presents to the Members of the Roxburgh Club.
DRYANDER (J.) Catalogus Bibliothecae Historico-Naturalis Josephi Banks,
Baroneti. Auctore Jona Dryander. 5 vols., 8vo, pp. vii, 324; xx, 608;
xxiii, 694; ix, 416; 531. _Londini, typis Bulmer et Soc._ 1796-1800.
"An excellent and admirably arranged catalogue; the most
comprehensive of the kind ever printed."
[DUCAREL (_Dr._)] List of the various Editions of the Bible and parts
thereof in English, from 1526 to 1776. 8vo. [n. p. n. d.]
This most rare tract was privately printed by Dr. Ducarel in 1776,
and contains many notices of editions not to be found in Dr.
Cotton's list. _See_ Cotton's Introduction, p. xi.
DUCLOS (_Abbé_), _and_ CAILLEAU (A. C.) Dictionnaire Bibliographique,
Historique et Critique des Livres rares, précieux, singuliers, curieux,
estimés et recherchés, ... 4 vols., 8vo, pp. xxix, 552; (4), 551; (4),
544; xvi, 511. _Paris: Cailleau et fils._ 1790-1802.
The precursor of Brunet's Manual, and contains much matter not
incorporated in that and subsequent compilations, giving lists
of catalogues, with prices of French, Italian, Spanish, English,
Greek, and Latin books. The fourth volume is a supplement by J. C.
Brunet.
DUDIN (M.) L'Art du relieur et doreur de Livres. Folio, pp. 106.
Plates. _Paris._ 1772.
DUTHILLŒUL (H. R.) Bibliographie Douaisienne. 8vo. _Paris._ 1835.
DU FRESNOY (L.) Méthode pour étudier la Geographie.... Par Lenglet Du
Fresnoy. 4 vols., 12mo. _Paris: Hochereau._ 1716.
The edition, "augmentée par Barbeau de la Bruyère et Drouet."
_Paris: Tilliard._ 1768. 10 vols., 12mo, is considered the best.
The list of maps of America is really useful as a list; no
criticisms are given. There is also a list of works on Asia, under
different heads.
DU FRESNOY. A New Method of Studying History, Geography, and
Chronology, with a Catalogue of the Chief Historians of all Nations,
the Best Editions of their Works, and Characters of them. Made English,
with Variety of Improvements and Corrections, by Richard Rawlinson,
LL.D. 2 vols., 8vo. _London._ 1730.
DU FRESNOY. Recueil de Dissertations sur les Apparitions, les Visions,
et les Songes. 4 vols., 12mo. _Paris._ 1752.
Contains Bibliography of works on the Occult Sciences.
DUNTON (J.) Young Student's Library, containing Extracts and
Abridgments of the most valuable Books printed in England and in
Foreign Journals, from 1665 to 1692, ... Folio.
_London: John Dunton._ 1692.
In which are analysed the works of Barrow and Usher, Jurieu's True
System of the Church, Tavernier's Relations, Vindication of the
Church of England against Bishop Bossuet, Stillingfleet's Origines
Britannicæ, Locke's Essay, Stanley's History of Philosophy, Boyle's
Writings, Cave's Works, Dupin's Ecclesiastical Authors, Extracts
from English and Foreign Journals, &c.
DUPIN (L. E.) Nouvelle Bibliothèque des Auteurs Ecclésiastiques,
contenant l'Histoire de leur Vie, le Catalogue, la Critique, et la
Chronologie de leur Ouvrages.... Par Louis Ellies Du Pin. 9 vols., 4to.
_Paris._ 1690-97. + Seconde Edition revuē, corrigée & augmentée. 19
vols. _Amsterdam and Utrecht._ 1710-31.
DUPIN. History of Ecclesiastical Writers to the close of the XV.
Century, ... being an Account of the several Books of the Bible, also
the Lives and Writings of the Primitive Fathers, and of successive
Authors and their Works to the XVI. Century, inclusive. Translated with
Notes, by W. W[otton]. 15 vols., folio. _London._ 1696-1706.
"Literally a library of ecclesiastical and theological writers,
containing almost everything of importance concerning the authors,
the best editions of their works, and ample details of the subjects
which they embrace, with judicious criticisms on their manner of
treating them. The liberality of his opinions was greatly beyond
that of the Church to which he belonged."--ORME. _See_ Goujet,
_infra_.
DUPLESSIS (G.) Bibliographie Parêmiologique, etc. 8vo. _Paris._ 1847.
DURRIE (D. S.) Bibliographia Genealogica Americana; an Alphabetical
Index to American Genealogies and Pedigrees, contained in State, County
and Town Histories, Printed Genealogies, and Kindred Works. By Daniel
S. Durrie.... 8vo, pp. xii, 5-296. _Albany, N. Y.: Joel Munsell._ 1868.
A work of much painstaking research, and indispensable to the
genealogist.
DURRIE. Catalogue of the Library of the State Historical Society of
Wisconsin. Prepared by Daniel S. Durrie, Librarian, and Isabel Durrie,
Assistant. 2 vols., 8vo. _Madison: Published by Order of the State._
M.DCCC.LXXIII. + First Supplement ... 8vo, pp. 383.
_Madison, Wis.: E. B. Bolens, State Printer._ 1875.
DUTENS (Lewis). Tables Génealogiques des Héros des Romans; avec un
Catalogue des principaux Ouvrages en ce genre. Oblong 4to.
_Londres: Edwards._ [1798.]
A very curious work, printed on twenty-one pages, on one side the
leaf only, one of which is occupied with a catalogue of the library
of Don Quixote.
DUYCKINCK (E. A. _and_ G. L.) Cyclopædia of American Literature;
embracing Personal and Critical Notices of Authors, and Selections
from their Writings from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; with
Portraits, Autographs and other Illustrations. By Evart A. Duyckinck
and George L. Duyckinck. 2 vols., imp. 8vo, pp. xvi, 676; xiv, 781. +
Supplement. _New York: Charles Scribner._ 1856.
This first edition is printed on thicker paper than those of
a later date. One hundred copies were printed on large paper.
The work contains personal and critical notices of authors, and
selections from their writings, with 225 woodcut portraits,
425 facsimile autographs, and 75 views of colleges, etc. The
Supplement contains sketches of the old Spanish writers on America
by Buckingham Smith, and notices of early French writers by John
Gilmary Shea.
EASTLAKE (C. L.) Contributions to the Literature of the Fine Arts. By
Charles L. Eastlake. Second Edition. 2 vols., rl. 8vo. Portrait and
Plates. _London._ 1870.
EBELING (F. W.) England's Geschichtsschreiber. Von der frühesten bis
auf unsere Zeit. Von Friedrich W. Ebeling. Mit einem Register und zwei
Beilagen. 8vo, pp. xiv, 197. _Berlin: Herbig._ 1852.
Englands' Historians. From the earliest to the present time.
EBERT (F. A.) Allgemeines Bibliographisches Lexikon. Von Friedrich
Adolf Ebert. 2 vols., 4to. _Leipzig: Brockhaus._ 1821-30.
EBERT. A General Bibliographical Dictionary, from the German of
Frederic Adolphus Ebert, Librarian to the King of Saxony, &c. 4 vols.,
8vo. _Oxford: at the University Press._ MDCCCXXXVII.
A valuable and well executed work (on the plan of Brunet),
necessary to all who cultivate bibliography.
EDWARDS (E.) Libraries and Founders of Libraries. By Edward Edwards.
8vo. _London: Trübner and Co._ 1865.
Some copies were printed on large paper, royal 8vo. This valuable
work is in a large measure based upon documents hitherto unused,
and upon personal examination of the principal collections which
are described.
EDWARDS. Lives of the Founders of the British Museum: with Notices
of its Chief Augmentors and other Benefactors. 1570-1870. By Edward
Edwards. 2 vols., 8vo. _London: Trübner and Co._ 1870.
Thirty copies printed on large paper.
EDWARDS. Memoirs of Libraries; Including a Hand Book of Library
Economy. By Edward Edwards. 2 vols., rl. 8vo.
_London: Trübner & Co._ 1859.
A few copies printed on large paper. Contains numerous engravings
from early MSS., facsimiles of types, bookbinding etc. This
important work was in preparation thirteen years. Neither France
nor Germany can boast of a work treating the subjects with a
similar comprehensiveness, and in England the work has certainly
had no predecessor. "Of the industry bestowed upon this extensive
compilation, and of the marvellous condensation of fact it
supplies, it is difficult to speak in terms of proper commendation;
even to the most accomplished bibliographer it cannot rail to be
of great service, but how much more so to the tyro, or ordinary
bibliographer."--BROWNSON'S _Review_.
EDWARDS. A Comparative Table of the Principal Schemes for the
Classification of Libraries, &c. Folio. _Manchester._ 1855.
EDWARDS. Free Town Libraries: their Formation, Management, and History,
in Britain, France, Germany, and America. Together with Notices of Book
Collectors, and of the respective places of deposit of their surviving
collections. 8vo. _London._ 1869.
EDWARDS. A Statistical View of the Principal Libraries in Europe and
America. 8vo. _London._ 1848.
Printed for private circulation.
EDWARDS (J.) A Catalogue of the valuable Library of James Edwards,
Esq., containing a splendid assemblage of Early Printed Books, chiefly
upon vellum, ... Manuscripts, ... 8vo. [_London._] 1815.
Some copies were printed on large paper.
[EDWARDS (J.)] Bibliotheca Parisiana. A Catalogue of a Collection of
Books, formed by a Gentleman in France, not less conspicuous for his
Taste in distinguishing, than for his zeal in acquiring, whatever, of
this kind, was most perfect, curious or scarce. Sold on the 26th [for
28th] of March, 1791, and the five days following. 8vo, pp. (4), viii,
166. [n. p. n. d.]
EDWARDS (T.) Catalogue of the ... Library of Thomas Edwards.
_London._ 1828.
Twelve copies were printed on pink paper. Contains valuable books,
manuscripts, and missals.
EGERTON (J.) The Theatrical Remembrancer, containing a Complete List of
all the Dramatic Performances in the English Language; their Several
Editions, Dates, and Sizes, ... and a Catalogue of such Latin Plays
as have been written by English Authors: from the Earliest Production
of the English Drama to the End of the year MDCCLXXXVII. By John
Egerton.... 12mo. _London._ 1788.
EGUIARA Y EGUREN (J. J. de). Bibliotheca Mexicana sive eruditorum
Historia virorum, qui in America Boreali nati, vel alibi geniti, in
ipsam Domicilio aut Studijs asciti, quavis linguã scripto aliquid
tradiderunt: Eorum præsertim qui pro Fide Catholicã & Pietate ampliandã
forendãque, egregiè factis & quibusvis Scriptis floruere editis aut
ineditis. Ferdinando VI. Hispaniarum Regi Catholico Nuncupata. Authore
D. Joanne Josepho de Eguiara et Eguren. Mexicano, electo Episcopo
Jucatanénsi, etc. etc. Tomus primus exhibens Litteras A B C. Folio,
pp. (10), (144), 544.
_Mexici: Ex novâ Typographicâ in Ædibus Authoris
editioni ejusdem Bibliothecae destinatâ. Anno Domini_ 1755.
Of this rare and valuable work Vol I. only was published. It
contains the most authentic notes on the literature and literary
men of Mexico, and became the basis of Beristain's celebrated
_Bibl. Hisp. Amer._, which appeared sixty years later. Eguiara was
one of the most talented members of the Academy of Mexico. "It is
unfortunate that no more of this important work was published. It
is probable that not many copies were printed of this volume, as
it is not often met with."--RICH, 1. 115. The remainder of the
manuscript was said to be preserved in the Library of the Cathedral
of Mexico. Leclerc's collation seems to differ from ours. "Ouvrage
curieux, mais dont il n'a paru que le premier volume."--BRUNET.
EINARI (H.) Sciagraphia Historiae literariae Islandicae Autorum
et Scriptorum tum editorum tum ineditorum indicem exhibens. Cujus
delineandae periculum facit Halfdanus Einari. 8vo, pp. (30), 271.
_Havniae: impr. Sander et Schröder._ 1777.
ELLIOTT. Bibliographical Index to the Historians of Mahommedan India.
Vol. I. General Histories. 8vo. _Calcutta._ 1849.
ELLIS (H.) Catalogue of Books on Angling, with some brief Notices of
several of their Authors. By Henry Ellis. 8vo. _London: Bensley._ 1811.
First published in Brydges' _British Bibliographer_.
ENGELMANN (W.) Bibliotheca Geographica. Verzeichniss der seit
der Mitte des vorigen Jahrhunderts bis zu Ende des Jahres 1856
in Deutschland erschienenen Werke über Geographie und Reisen mit
Einschluss der Landkarten, ... Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Engelmann....
8vo, pp. vi, 1225. _Leipzig: Engelmann._ 1858.
ENGELMANN. Bibliotheca Historico-Naturalis, seu Index Librorum
Historiam Naturalem spectantium ab anno MDCC ad MDCCCXLVI, in
Germania, Scandinavia, Anglia, Gallia, Belgio, Italia, atque Hispania,
impressorum. 8vo. _Leipzig: Engelmann._ 1846-61.
A list of books which have been published on Natural History, in
Germany, Holland, England, France, Italy, and Spain, from the year
1700, and with Supplements to the present time.
ENGELMANN. Bibliotheca Œconomica ... 8vo, pp. iv, 438.
_Leipzig: Engelmann._ 1841.
ENGELMANN. Bibliotheca Mechanico-thechnologica ... von Wilhelm
Engelmann. 8vo, pp. vii, 503; iii, 180. _Leipzig: Engelmann._ 1844-50.
ENGELMANN. Bibliotheca Scriptorum Classicorum et Graecorum et
Latinorum.... von Wilhelm Engelmann. 8vo, pp. xlviii, 368; iii, 120.
_Leipzig: Engelmann._ 1847-53.
Power quotes an edition, _Leipzig_. 1858--perhaps an error. _See_
Petzholdt, pp. 547, 744, 792.
Englands Historische Literatur ... 8vo, pp. 56. _Berlin._ 1852.
Summary of the historical literature of England during the last
five years. A mere collection of title-pages.
England's New Colony, with Four Articles upon English Books in American
Bookstores; Book-buyers and English Books; English Writers and American
Readers; Authorship in America under the English Regime, etc.; and a
Statement of Tariff on Books. 8vo.
_Boston: A. Williams and Company._ 1870.
"This is not a joke, but a very serious publication, intended not
for sale, but to prime the wire-pullers at Washington to look out
and provide for the poor publishing houses of Boston, New York, and
Philadelphia. 'Human labor is the principal item in book-making,'
they say, and therefore they ask Congress to levy a duty of 25
cents a pound on English books, to protect them against the
efforts of the English authors, who are making America an English
colony by sending over at reasonable rates their own books for
sale."--STEVENS.
The English Topographer, an Historical Account of all the Pieces that
have been written, relating to the Antiquities, Natural History, or
Topographical Description of any Part of England. 8vo. _London._ 1720.
The English Catalogue of Books Published from January, 1835, to
January, 1863, ... Compiled by Sampson Low. 8vo, pp. vi, (2), 910.
_London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston._ 1864.
ENSLIN (T. C. F.) Bibliotheca Historico-Geographica.... Herausgegeben
von Theodore Christian Friedrich Enslin. 8vo, pp. (2), 399.
_Berlin._ 1825.
ERSCH (J. S.) Literatur der Geschichte und deren Hülfswissenschaften
... von Johann Samuel Ersch.... 8vo, pp. (8), 1388 columns.
_Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus._ 1827.
ERSCH. Literatur der Schönen Künste ... von Johann Samuel Ersch....
8vo, pp. (8), 1608 columns. _Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus._ 1840.
ERSCH. Bibliographisches Handbuch der philologischen Literatur der
Deutschen von der Mitte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts bis auf die
neueste Zeit.... 8vo, pp. xi, 1030 columns.
_Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus._ 1845.
List of the Greek and Roman Literature, and Modern Philology, with
their prices.
ERSCH. La France litéraire ... par J. S. Ersch....
_Hamburg: Hoffman._ 1797-1806.
Concerning this _see_ Peignot, _also_ Petzholdt, pp. 328, 750, 776.
ERSCH. Literatur der Mathematik, Natur- und Gewerbskunde ... von Johann
Samuel Ersch. 8vo. _Amsterdam and Leipzig._ 1813. + Neue ... Ausgabe
von Franz Wilhelm Schweigger-Seidel.... 8vo, pp. (10), 1740 columns.
_Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus._ 1828.
An index of works on mathematics (pure and applied), technology,
military arts and sciences, &c. Besides the foregoing, this writer
is the author of valuable works on the bibliography and literature
of jurisprudence and politics, medicine, philology, theology, &c.,
all published at _Amsterdam_ and _Leipzig_, 1812-22, &c. 8vo. _See_
Petzholdt.
ESCHENBURG (J. J.) Ueber W. Shakspeare. Von Joh. Joach. Eschenburg....
8vo, pp. (4), 686. _Zürich bey Orell_, ... 1787.
3155
"Für die Bibliographie von besonderem Interesse."--PETZHOLDT.
Essai bibliographique sur les éditions des Elzévirs, les plus
précieuses et les plus recherchées précédé d'une Notice sur les
Imprimeurs célèbres. 8vo, pp. (2), 300. Frontispiece and Plate.
_Paris: Didot._ 1822.
Edited by Auguste Limon Louis Bérard. _See_ Petzholdt, pp. 190-194,
for other works on the Elzévirs.
Essai philologique sur les Commencemens de la Typographie à Metz, et
sur les imprimeurs de cette ville. 8vo. Facsimiles. _Metz._ 1828.
This valuable monograph contains copious lists of the books issued
by the early printers of Metz.
EYTON (J. W. K.) Catalogue of the Library of Joseph Walter King Eyton,
Esq. comprising an extraordinary Collection of Privately Printed Books,
Large Paper Copies, Works printed on vellum, &c. 8vo. _London._ 1848.
Fifty copies printed on large paper in 4to, for presents, with
separate titles and frontispiece. This catalogue describes the most
complete collection of privately printed books and unique copies on
vellum, ever gathered by one individual.
FABRICIUS (J.) Historia bibliothecae Fabricianae, qva libri et eorvmqve
contenta ... doctorvmqve virorvm ivdicia ... indicantvr. 6 vols., 4to.
_Wolfenbvttelii Svmptibus Godofredi-Freytagii_ (Part 5, 6),
_Christ. Meisneri_. 1717-24.
FABRICIUS (J. A.) Jo. Alberti Fabricii Bibliographia antiqvaria sive
Introdvcto in Notitiam Scriptorvm qvi antiqvitates Hebraicas Graecas
Romanas et Christianas scriptis illvstrarvnt. Editio tertia ex mscpto
b. Avctoris insigniter locvpletata et recentissimorvm scriptorvm
recensione avcta stvdio et opera Pavlli Schaffshavsen. 4to, pp. (8),
1155. _Hambvrgi: Bohn._ 1760.
FABRICIUS. Bibliotheca Ecclesiastica, ... Curante Jo. Alberto Fabricio.
4 vols., folio, pp. (8), 228; 202; 270; 356.
_Hamburgi & Felginer._ 1718.
"This is a careful reprint, with notes, &c., of the various
authors who have left biographical notices of early ecclesiastical
writers down to the seventeenth century: St. Hieronymus; Gennaduis
Massiliensis; St. Isiodorus Hisp.; Idlefonsus Tolet.; Honorious
Augustod.; Sigebertus Gemblacensis," etc. _See_ Petzholdt, pp. 480,
679.
FABRICIUS. Jo. Alb. Fabricii Bibliotheca Latina nvnc melivs delecta
rectivs digesta et avcta diligentia Jo. Avg. Ernesti. 3 vols., 8vo, pp.
xliv, 512; (2), 473; (2), 572.
_Lipsiae: Weidmanni heredes et Reich._ 1773-74.
The first edition is _Hamburgi_, 1721.
FABRICIUS. Joannis Alberti Fabricii Bibliotheca Graeca sive Notitia
Scriptorvm vetervm Graecorvm qvorvmcvmqve monvmenta integra avt
fragmenta edita exstant tvm plerorvmqve e mss. ac deperditis ab Avctore
tertivm recognita et plvrimis locis avcta Editio qvarta variorvm cvris
emendatior atqve avctior cvrante Gottlieb Christophoro Harles Accedvnt
b. J. A. Fabricii et Christoph. Avgvsti Hevmanni Supplementa inedita.
Vol. I. 4to. _Hambvrgi: Bohn._ 1790.... + Index ... 4to.
_Lipsiae: Cnobloch._ 1838.
First published _Hamburgi_, 1705-28. "This incomparable book will
always be esteemed as containing an interesting account of the
treasures of ancient learning, whether in print or manuscript; no
classical library can be deemed complete without it ... Fabricius
is, perhaps, unrivalled in variety of scholastic attainments, and
diligence and accuracy of research."--DIBDIN. For a list of his
other bibliographical works _see_ Petzholdt.
FALKENSTEIN (Karl). Geschichte der Buchdrucker-Kunst in ihrer
Entstehung und Ausbildung. Ein Denkmal zur vierten Säcular-Feier der
Erfindung der Typographie. 4to. _Leipzig._ 1840.
A very complete and well digested history of printing, from the
earliest period down to 1840, commencing with a large folded
facsimile wood-block, dated 1423.
FARIBAULT (G. B.) Catalogue d'ouvrages sur l'histoire de l'Amérique,
et en particulier sur celle du Canada, de la Louisiane, de l'Acadie,
et autre lieux, ci-devant connus sous le nom de Nouvelle-France; avec
des notes bibliographiques, critiques et littéraires. En Trois Parties.
Rédigé par G. B. Faribault, Avocat. 8vo, pp. (2), 207.
_Québec: W. Cowan._ 1837.
Extremely scarce. Part I., contains the authors, arranged
alphabetically. Part II., anonymous works arranged chronologically.
Part III., a catalogue of maps, charts, and plans. The number of
works described is 969, and to many of them are added descriptive
notes.
FARMER (R.) ... Catalogue of the ... Library of the Rev. Dr. Farmer,
particularly rich in early English Poetry, Plays, Chronicles, English
History, Topography, &c. _London._ 1798.
Twelve copies printed on large paper in royal 8vo.
FARNHAM (L.) A Glance at Private Libraries [in Boston]. By Luther
Farnham. 8vo, pp. 79. _Boston._ 1855.
The principal collections noticed are those of Webster,
Ticknor, Livermore, Hosmer, Lawrence, Prescott, Everett, Chase,
Crowninshield, Sparks, Parker, and Adams; seven of which are now
dispersed.
FERRIAR (J.) The Bibliomania, An Epistle, to Richard Heber, Esq. By
John Ferriar, M.D. _London: Cadell and Davies._ 1809.
Reprinted in the following work.
FERRIAR. Illustrations of Sterne. 2 vols., post 8vo. _London._ 1812.
A bibliographical and critical account of the Shandy Library,
_i.e._ the books from which Sterne pillaged in composing _Tristram
Shandy_. A curious and amusing book, full of quaint and humorous
selections from the old French novelists.
FÉTIS (F. J.) Biographie universelle des Musiciens et Bibliographie
générale de la Musique. Seconde edition entièrement refondue et
augmentée de plus de moitié par F. J. Fétis. 6 vols., 8vo.
_Paris: Didot frères, fils & Cie._ 1860-64.
A very excellent work, both the lives and list of works of the
musicians are extensive and elaborate. The first edition is
_Bruxelles_. 1834-44. 8 vols., 8vo.
FIELD (J.) Bibliotheca Histrionica. A Catalogue of the Theatrical and
Miscellaneous Library of Mr. John Field, in which are contained several
interesting Specimens of the Early Drama, ... 8vo, pp. 97.
_London: Sotheby._ 1827.
Some copies on large paper in royal 8vo.
FIELD (T. W.) An Essay toward an Indian Bibliography. Being a Catalogue
of Books, relating to the History, Antiquities, Languages, Customs,
Religion, Wars, Literature, and Origin of the American Indians, in the
Library of Thomas W. Field. With Bibliographical and Historical Notes,
and Synopses of the Contents of some of the Works least known. 8vo, pp.
iv, 430. _New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co._ 1873.
So far, the most extensive list of books on this subject. Mr.
Field has devoted many years to the acquisition of the books, and
his notes, which are numerous, convey much valuable information
concerning not only the books, but the Indians themselves. "This
bibliographical handbook, embracing a collection of about 1800
works, may be considered the chief, if not the only one of its
kind. The author's notes are judicious and valuable, and have an
interest beyond even the actual subject of the Essay. Collectors
of Americana of every kind will derive pleasure and profit from
a labour that evinces a wide range of study and experience."--B.
QUARITCH.
Fifty Years' Recollections of An Old Bookseller, consisting of
Anecdotes, Characteristic Sketches of Authors, Artists, Actors, Books,
Booksellers, &c., for Half a Century. 8vo. 1837.
FIGANIERE (J. C. de). Bibliographia Historica Portugueza, ou Catalogo
methodico dos Auctores Portuguezes, e de alguns Estrangeiros
domiciliarios em Portugal, que tractaram da Historia civil, politica
e ecclesiastica d'estes Reinos e seus dominios, e das Nações
ultramarinas, e cujas Obras correm impressas em vulgar; onde tamben se
apontam muitos Documentos e Escriptos anonymos que lhe dizem respeito.
Por Jorge Cesar de Figaniere. 8vo, pp. ix, 359.
_Lisboa: typogr. do Panorama._ 1850.
FINOTTI (Joseph M.) Bibliographia Catholica Americana: A List of Works
by Catholic Authors, and Published in the United States. Part I. From
1784 to 1820 inclusive. 8vo, pp. 318, (1). _New York._ 1872.
For a notice of this see _The American Bibliopolist_, June, 1873.
[FISCHER (Augustin).] Bibliotheca Mejicana. A Catalogue of an
extraordinary Collection of Books & Manuscripts, almost wholly relating
to the History and Literature of North and South America, particularly
Mexico. 8vo, pp. (4), 312, 41, (1). _London: Puttick & Simpson._ 1869.
Father Fischer was chaplain to the Emperor Maximilian. This is a
catalogue of his library, with some additions from Dr. Berendt's
Collection.
FISHWICK (H.) The Lancashire Library. A Bibliographical Account of
Books on Topography, Biography, History, Science, and Miscellaneous
Literature relating to the County Palatine Including An Account of
Lancashire Tracts, Pamphlets, and Sermons printed before the Year 1720.
With Collations, & Bibliographical, Critical, & Biographical Notes on
the Books and Authors By Lieut.-Col. Henry Fishwick, F.S.A. ... 8vo,
pp. vi, (2), 443. _London: George Routledge and Sons_ ... 1875.
The titles and collations in this otherwise good work are unusually
redundant. The titles are given at length, with every detail of
the location of the publisher, which is a waste of space, and to
some of them there is appended such a statement as "Temple of the
Muses," which is merely an advertising bait of the publishers.
[FLEISCHER (Guillaume).] Dictionnaire de Bibliographie Française.
Tom. I.-II. [A-Bh.] 8vo, pp. (4), 520; (4), 636.
_Paris: au bureau de Bibliographie Française._ 1812.
FLOEGEL (Charles Frederic). Geschichte der Komischen Literatur. 4
vols., 8vo. _Leipzig._ 1784-87.
A literary history of the comic writers of all countries.
[FOLSOM (George).] A Catalogue of Original Documents in the English
Archives, relating to the Early History of the State of Maine.... Rl.
8vo, pp. iv, 137. _New York: Privately Printed._ 1858.
FONTAINE DE RESBECQ (A. de). Voyages littéraires sur les quais de
Paris.... 16mo. _Paris._ 1857.
FONTANINI (G.) Biblioteca dell' Eloquenza Italiana ... con le
Annotazioni del Signor Apostolo Zeno accresciuta di nuove aggiunte.
Tom. I.-II. ed Indice. 4to, pp. xxiv, 536; 528, (31).
_Parma: fratelli Gossi._ 1803-04.
"An excellent work, the chief source for Italian
Bibliography."--EBERT. _See also_ Petzholdt, p. 354.
FOPPENS (J. F.) Bibliotheca Belgica, sive Virorum in Belgio vita,
scriptisque illustrium Catalogus, Librorumque Nomenclatura Continens
Scriptores à Clariss. Viris Valerio Andrea, Auberto Miraeo, Francisco
Sweertio, Aliisque, recensitos, usque ad annum M.D.C.LXXX. Cura et
studio Joannis Francisci Foppens. 2 vols., 4to, pp. (2), xxxxiv, 600;
(2), 601-1233. 144 Portraits. _Bruxellis: Foppens._ 1739.
A work of standard authority, quoted by most subsequent
biographers, and favorably mentioned by Dibdin in his _Library
Companion_. There are copies on thick paper, which are rare.
FORBES (J.) A Manual of select Medical Bibliography, in which the
Books are arranged Chronologically according to the Subjects, ... an
Appendix containing lists of the collected works of Authors, Systematic
Treatises on Medicine, Transactions of Societies, Journals, etc. By
John Forbes. 8vo. _London._ 1835.
Included in Forbes' _Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine_.
FORTESCUE (T.) The Foreste, or Collection of Historyes, no lesse
profitable than pleasant and necessary, doone out of French into
English. By Thomas Fortescue. 4to. Black letter.
_London: John Daye._ 1571-76.
This curious book treats on the original invention of writing,
printing, paper and parchment making, formation of the first
libraries, etc.
[FORTIA D'URBAN (_Le Marquis_).] Nouveau Sistême de Bibliographie
alfabétique, Seconde Édition, ... 12mo, pp. (4), 68, 82, xxvi, 335.
_Paris: Treuttel et Wurtz._ 1822.
FOSTER (B. F.) The Origin and Progress of Book-Keeping; comprising
an account of all the works on this subject published in the English
language from 1543 to 1852. With Remarks, Critical, and Historical.
8vo, pp. 54. _London._ 1852.
FOURNIER (Fr. Ign.) Nouveau Dictionnaire portatif de Bibliographie
contenant plus de vingt-trois mille Articles de Livres rares, curieux,
estimés et recherchés, avec les marques connues por distinguer les
éditions originales des contrefactions qui en ont été faites, et des
notes instructives sur la rareté ou le mérite de certains Livres: on a
fixe la valeur d'après les prix auxquels ces Livres ont été portés dans
les ventes les plus fameuses; précédé d'un précis sur les Bibliothèques
et sur Bibliographie, et suivi du Catalogue des Éditions citées par
l'Académie de la Crusca ... et des éditions imprimées par les Aldes,
les Elzevirs, Tonson, Cominus, Baskerville, Barbou, Didot, Herhan,
etc., etc.... Seconde Édition, revue et considérablement augmentée;
Par Fr. Ign. Founder. 8vo, pp. 10, x, 566, (2), 49.
_Paris: Fournier frères._ 1809.
Contains lists of the Aldine and other celebrated editions of
books, Continental and English. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 86. This
edition is much superior to that of 1805.
FOWLE (W. F.) Catalogue of the Choice Collection of Books belonging
to William F. Fowle, Esq., of Boston, Mass. 8vo, pp. viii, 147.
_Cambridge: Riverside Press._ 1865.
Eighty-five copies printed on large paper, imperial 8vo. This
library, although it contained but 1,614 volumes, realized
$17,512.19, an average of almost $11 per volume, the highest,
probably, ever attained in America up to its date.
La France littéraire, ... 4 vols., 8vo.
_Paris: Duchesne veuve._ 1769-84.
FRANCK (A.) Catalogue de livres, manuscrits et cartes relatifs a
l'Amérique en vente ... à la Librairie A. Franck. 8vo. _Paris._ [n. d.]
M. Franck has published many other valuable catalogues.
FRANKE (C. A.) Handbuch der Buchdrucker-Kunst. 8vo. _Weimar._ 1857.
Contains a dictionary of terms used in a printing-office in
English, French, and German.
FRANKLIN (Alfred). Histoire de la Bibliothèque Mazarine, depuis sa
fondation jusqu'à nos jours. 8vo. _Paris._ 1859.
Only three hundred copies printed.
FREELING (F.) Catalogue of the Curious, Choice and Valuable Library of
Sir Francis Freeling. 8vo. _London._ 1836.
Also on large paper, royal 8vo.
FRERE (E.) Manuel du Bibliographe Normand, ou Dictionnaire
Bibliographique et Historique. 2 vols., 8vo. _Rouen._ 1858.
FREYTAG (F. G.) Adparatvs litterarivs vbi libri partim antiqvi partim
rari recensentvr collectvs Frider. Gotthilf Freytag.... 3 vols., 8vo,
pp. (8), 720, (1); (6), 721-1466, (22); (8) 798, (58).
_Lipsiae_, 1752-55.
FREYTAG. Analecta litteraria de libris rarioribus. 8vo. _Lipsiæ_, 1750.
FRY (E.) Pantographia; containing Accurate Copies of all known
Alphabets in the World; together with an English Explanation of the
Peculiar Force or Power of each Letter: To which are added, Specimens
of all well authenticated Oral Languages; forming a comprehensive
digest of Phonology. By Edmund Fry, Letter-Founder, Type Street. Rl.
8vo, pp. xxxvi, 324. _London: John & Arthur Arch._ MDCCXCIX.
[FRY.] Bibliographical Memoranda in Illustration of Early English
Literature. 4to. _Bristol._ 1806.
One hundred copies printed. Consists chiefly of long extracts from
rare old English poetical works.
FÜRST (J.) Bibliotheca Judaica. Bibliographisches Handbuch der
gesammten Jüdischen Literatur mit Einschluss der Schriften über Juden
und Judenthum und einer Geschichte der Jüdischen Bibliographie. Nach
alphabetischer Ordnung der Verfasser bearbeitet von Julius Fürst. 3
vols., 8vo, pp. viii, 419; vi, 409; viii, 664.
_Leipzig: Engelmann._ 1849-63.
GAMBA (B.) Delle Novelle Italiane in prosa Bibliografia di Bartolommeo
Gamba Bassanese Edizione seconda con correzioni ed aggiunte. 8vo, pp.
xv, 306. _Firenze: tipografia all' insegna di Dante._ 1835.
Italian novelists arranged according to centuries, from the 14th
to the 19th inclusive. Appended is a good alphabetical index. This
edition was edited by Giuseppe Molini.
GAMBA. Serie dei Testi di Lingua e di altre opere importanti nella
Italiana Letteratura scritte dal secolo XIV. al XIX., di Bartolommeo
Gamba de Bassano. Quarta Edizione riveduta, ... 4to, pp. xxv, 795.
Portrait. _Venezia: co' tipi del Gondoliere._ 1839.
Concerning this _see_ Petzholdt, p. 356.
GARDINER (W.) Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Books, Selected with the
Greatest Care, on sale by William Gardiner. 8vo. _London._ 1810-14.
A series forms seven parts. They are replete with original,
uncommon, and characteristic bibliographical notes. Gardiner was
the "Mustapha" of the _Bibliomania_. _See_ his memorable and
incisive attack on Dibdin at the end of catalogue, Part I., for
1812.
[GASSETT (Henry).] Catalogue of Books on the Masonic Institution, in
Public Libraries of Twenty-Eight States of the Union, Anti-Masonic
in Arguments and Conclusions. By Distinguished Literary Gentlemen,
Citizens of the United States. With Introductory Remarks, and a
Compilation of Records. By a Member of the Suffolk Committee of 1829.
8vo, pp. xi, 270. _Boston: Printed by Damrell & Moore._ 1852.
GAY (J.) Bibliographic anecdotique du Jeu des Échecs; par Jean Gay.
12mo, pp. 303. _Paris: Gay._ 1864.
[GAY (Jules).] Bibliographie des Principaux Ouvrages relatifs à
l'Amour, aux Femmes, au Mariage, indiquant les auteurs de ces ouvrages,
leurs éditions, leur valeur et les prohibitions ou condamnations dont
certains d'entre eux ont été l'objet. Par M. le C. d'I***. _Paris:
chez Jules Gay._ 1861. + Troisième édition. 6 vols., 16mo.
_Turin et Londres._ 1871-73.
One hundred copies of the third edition were printed on large paper.
GEE (J.) Catalogue of Popish Books, Printed, Reprinted, and Dispersed
in these Nations, by Romish Priests, &c: With Lists of Jesuits,
Priests, &c. in and about London. By John Gee. 4to. [n. p.] 1624.
Also: Catalogue of all the Discourses published anonymously against
Popery during the Reign of K. James II., with the Names of the
Authors.... 4to. _London._ 1689.
A General Catalogue of Books in all Languages, Arts and Sciences, that
have been printed in Ireland and published in Dublin, from the year
1700 to the present time. The whole Alphabetically and Classically
Arranged under the several Branches of Literature; with their sizes and
prices. 8vo, pp. 112. _Printed by Peter Hoey, Bookseller. Dublin._ 1791.
GEORGE III. Bibliotheca Regiæ Catalogus. Catalogue of the magnificent
Library of his late Majesty George III., compiled by Sir F. Barnard,
N. Carlisle, and J. H. Glover. Together with the Catalogue of Maps,
Prints, Drawings, &c. forming the Geographical and Topographical
Collection attached to the Library, compiled by A. Macpherson. 6 vols.,
rl. folio. _London._ 1820-29.
Of this magnificent and valuable work only two hundred copies were
printed, all for presents. This noble collection, which has been
styled by Sir Henry Ellis "A gift greater than has been bestowed
by any Sovereign of any nation, since the Library of the Ptolemies
was founded at Alexandria," was presented to the nation by his late
Majesty George IV., and is now deposited in a splendid room in the
British Museum, built for its reception.
GEORGI. Theophili Georgi Allgemeines Europäisches Bücher-Lexicon.... 5
vols., folio, pp. (4), 398; 458; 238; 350; (4), 404. _Leipzig: Georgi._
1742-53. + Svpplement. 3 vols., folio, pp. (2), 400; (2), 390; (4),
408. _Leipzig._ 1750-58.
A Universal Dictionary of Books printed in Europe from 1500 to
1757, with the date, size, price, and number of sheets or pages of
each. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 281, 282.
GILDEMEISTER (J.) Bibliothecae Sanskritae sive Recensvs Librorvm
Sanskritorvm hvcvsqve typis vel lapide exscriptorvm critici Specimen.
Concinnavit Joannes Gildemeister. 8vo, pp. xiv, 192.
_Bonnae ad Rh.: Koenig._ 1847.
An exact Bibliography of Sanscrit Literature. _See_ Petzholdt, p.
440.
GINGUENÉ (P. L.) Histoire Littéraire d'Italie, avec une Continuation
par Salfi. 10 vols., 8vo. _Paris._ 1811-23.
"Cet ouvrage intéressant, et qui a obtenu le suffrage des Italiens
eux-mêmes, est plutôt un cours de littérature italienne qu'une
histoire littéraire complète de l'Italie."
Giornale generale della Bibliografia Italiana. Anno I.-III. 8vo.
_Firenze presso Molini. Per la Germania presso Ebhardt a
Venezia._ 1861-63.
Edited by Giacomo Molini. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 351.
GIRARD (C.) Bibliographia Americana Historico Naturalis. a
Bibliography of American Natural History for the year 1851. By Charles
Girard. 8vo, pp. iv, (2), 66. _Washington: Smithsonian Institute._ 1852.
GIRAULT (C. X.) Système de Bibliographie, Extr. du Cours de Bibliogr.
de Marseille, t. 3, chap. 4, No. XIV. Par Cl. Xav. Girault. 8vo, pp.
15. Table. _Dijon, impr. de Frantin._ 1809.
GOODHUGH (W.) The English Gentleman's Library Manual; or a Guide to the
formation of a Library of Select Literature; accompanied with original
Notices, Biographical and Critical, of Authors and Books. By William
Goodhugh. 8vo, pp. 10, (1), 392. _London: William Goodhugh._ 1827.
Also on large paper.
GORDON (R.) Catalogue of the Library of Sir Robert Gordon, of
Gordonstoun. 8vo. _London._ 1816.
A valuable library. Some copies printed on large paper.
GOSSETT (I.) A Catalogue of the ... Library of ... Rev. Is. Gossett,
D.D., sold ... 1813, ... 8vo. _London._ 1813.
Dr. Gossett was the "Lepidus" of Dibdin in his _Bibliomania_. Some
copies were printed on thick paper.
GOUGH (R.) Anecdotes of British Topography; or an Historical Account of
What has been Done for illustrating the Topographical Antiquities of
Great Britain and Ireland. By Richard Gough. 4to.
_London._ 1768. + 2 vols., 4to. _London._ 1780.
This most useful work has never been superseded. It contains an
account of all books, prints, drawings, &c., illustrating the
various counties, till the period of its publication.
GOUGH. Catalogue of the Books, relating to British Topography, and
Saxon and Northern Literature, bequeathed to the Bodleian Library in
1799, by Richard Gough, Esq. 4to. _Oxford._ 1814.
GOUJET. Bibliothèque des Auteurs Ecclésiastiques du dix-huitième
siècle. Pour servir de continuation à celle de Du-Pin. Par Goujet. Tom.
I.-II. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xvi, 672, lxxvi; (10), 648, xlvi.
_Paris: Prallard & Quillau._ 1736.
GOUJET. Bibliothèque Française, ou Histoire de la Litérature Française
depuis l'Origine de l'Imprimerie, avec des Jugements, par l'Abbé
Goujet. 18 vols., 12mo. _Paris._ 1740.
"Ouvrage estimable, qui renferme des Analyses exactes de livres peu
connus, et qui prouve dans son laborieux auteur une lecture immense
et une patience indéfatigable."--_Biographie Universelle._
GOWANS (W.) A Catalogue of Books on Freemasonry, And Kindred Subjects.
By William Gowans. 12mo, pp. (2), 59. _New York: William Gowans._ 1858.
Swarms with errors. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 471.
[GOWANS.] Catalogue of the Library and Antiquarian Collection of John
Allan, Esq., with the Names of Purchasers and the price each article
sold for, preceded by a few Introductory Remarks. Rl. 8vo.
_New York: William Gowans._ 1865.
One hundred copies only printed. Contains list of purchasers' names
and prices only. Mr. Gowans' various catalogues are interesting,
not so much for their bibliographical information, which is of
doubtful value, as for the notes appended, written by Mr. Gowans
under the signature of "Western Memorabilia."
GRÆSSE (J. G. T.) Trésor de Livres rares et précieux, ou Nouveau
Dictionnaire bibliographique contenant plus de cent mille articles de
livres rares, curieux et recherchés, d'ouvrages de luxe, etc. Avec les
signes connus pour distinguer les éditions originates des contrefaçons
qui en ont été faites, des notes sur la rareté et le mérite de livres
cités et les prix que ces livres ont atteints dans les ventes les
plus fameuses, et qu'ils conservent encore dans les magazins des
bouquinistes les plus renommés de l'Europe. Par Jean George Théodore
Graesse. 7 vols., 4to, pp. (2), 588; (4), 648; (2), 525, (1); (2), 704;
(2), 534; (2), 543; (2) 523; 500. _Dresde: Kuntze._ 1859-62.
In some respects superior to Brunet, and indispensable in a large
library.
GRAFTON. Catalogue of the valuable Library of the Duke of Grafton ...
sold ... 1815. 8vo. _London._ 1815.
Also on large paper, rl. 8vo. A most valuable collection of large
paper classics and other rare and curious books.
GRÉGOIRE (H.) De la Littérature des Nègres, ou Recherches sur leurs
facultés intellectuelles, leurs qualités morales et leur littérature;
suivies des Notices sur la vie et les ouvrages des Nègres qui se sont
distingués dans les Sciences, les Lettres et les Arts. Par H. Grégoire.
8vo, pp. xvi, 287, (1). _Paris: Chez Maradan._ M.DCCC.VIII.
_See_ Petzholdt, _also_ Lanjuinais (J. D.), _infra_.
GREGOIRE. An Enquiry concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties,
and Literature of Negroes. Followed with an Account of the Life and
Works of Fifteen Negroes & Mulattoes, distinguished in Science,
Literature and the Arts. By H. Gregoire.... Translated by D. B. Warden.
8vo, pp. (2), 253, (1 l.) _Brooklyn: Printed by Thomas Kirk._ 1810.
GRESWELL (W. P.) Annals of Parisian Typography, containing an Account
of the Earliest Typographical Establishments of Paris; and Notices and
Illustrations of the most Remarkable Productions of the Parisian Gothic
Press; compiled principally to shew its General Character; and its
Particular Influence upon the Early English Press. By The Rev. William
Parr Greswell. Rl. 8vo, pp. xii, 356. _London: Cadell & Davis._ 1818.
Also on large paper. This highly interesting volume contains copies
of the curious woodcut devices of the early French printers.
[GRESWELL.] A View of the Early Parisian Greek Press, including the
Lives of the Stephani; Notices of other Contemporary Greek Printers of
Paris; various Particulars of the Literary and Ecclesiastical History
of their Times; and an Appendix of Casauboniana. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xix,
412; vii, 405; Appendix, 78; Index, 407-413.
_Oxford: Printed by T. Combe._ 1833.
Displays learning, industry, discrimination, and a vigor of mind
that throws life and interest into the subject. Some copies contain
Casauboniana.
GREVE (E. W.) Hand- und Lehrbuch der Buchbinder- ... Kunst.... 2 vols.,
8vo. 11 Plates and Portrait. _Berlin._ 1822. + Zweite unveränderte
Ausgabe. 2 vols., 8vo. _Berlin: Eichler._ 1832.
[GRIFFITHS (A. F.)] Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica: or a Descriptive
Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry:
... Illustrated by Occasional Extracts and Remarks, Critical and
Biographical. Rl. 8vo, pp. viii, 481.
_London: Printed for the Proprietors of the Collection._ 1815.
This extraordinary collection of old English poetry formed part of
the extensive library of Thomas Hill (the "Hull" of Theodore Hook
in his _Gilbert Gurney_), when he failed in business as a sugar
baker. This portion of the library, its great value not being
known to the creditors, was presented to him. He afterwards sold
it to Messrs. Longman & Co., who employed Griffiths to make out
this _catalogue raisonné_. The initials at the beginning of each
letter have very neat woodcuts of the poets from rare prints. It is
now very scarce. Thirty copies, with a colored frontispiece, were
printed on large paper.
GRÖNING. Johannis Gröningii Bibliotheca Juris Gentium communis, Qua
praecipuorum, Asiae, Africae, et Americae, Populorum de Juris Naturae &
Gentium Principiis Instituta, Nec non Scriptorum, aetatum fere omnium,
Sententiae, Ordine Geographico-Chronologico recensentur & declarantur.
8vo, pp. (2), 150. _Hamburgi: Liebezeit._ 1701.
_See_ Petzholdt, p. 658.
GUILD (R. A.) The Librarian's Manual: a Treatise on Bibliography,
comprising a Select and Descriptive List of Bibliographical Works;
to which are added, Sketches of Publick Libraries. Illustrated with
Engravings. By Reuben A. Guild, A. M. ... 4to, pp. 10, 304.
_New York: Charles B. Norton._ MDCCCLVIII.
Ten copies printed on large paper. The first part consists of a
descriptive list of 495 separate works, comprising 1916 volumes of
such bibliographical books as are considered to be of the first
importance for a library apparatus, including a copious American
Bibliography. The second part contains historical sketches of
fourteen of the largest public libraries in Europe and America.
_See_ Petzholdt, p. 16, _and_ Norton (C. B.), _infra_.
GUTENBERG (J.) John Gutenberg, First Master Printer, His Acts, and most
remarkable Discourses, and his Death. From the German, by C. W. 4to,
pp. 141. _London: Trübner and Co._ 1860.
One hundred copies printed. "Only a few copies allowed to be sold
by the book-loving amateur who has produced this beautiful volume
for presentation to his friends."
GUTIERREZ (J. M.) Apuntes biograficos de escritores, oradores y hombres
de estado de la Republica Argentina, por José Maria Gutierrez. 8vo, pp.
294. _Buenos-Aires._ 1860.
GUTIERREZ. Bibliografia de la primera imprenta de Buenos Aires
desde su fundacion hasta el año de 1810 inclusive o Catalogo de las
producciones de la Imprenta de Ninos Espositos, con observaciones y
noticias curiosas. Precedida de una biografia del virey Don Juan José
de Vertiz y de una disertacion sobre el orijen del arte de imprímír
en America y especialmente en el Rio de la Plata. Por el Dr. D. Juan
Maria Gutierrez. Orijenes del arte de imprímír en la America Espanola,
Introduccion a la Bibliografia de la imprenta de Ninos Espositos desde
su fundacion en 1781 hasta Mayo de 1819.... 8vo, pp. (2), 43, 246.
_Buenos Aires: Imprenta de Mayo._ 1866.
Fifty copies only printed.
GUTIERREZ. Estudios biograficos y criticos sobre algunos poetas
Sud-Americanos anteriores al siglo XIX. Por Juan Maria Gutierrez. Tomo
1. 8vo, pp. viii, 358. _Buenos-Aires._ 1865.
Contains biographical and critical studies on eight South American
poets, most of them belonging to the sixteenth and seventeenth
century. Written with great taste and considerable judgment.
GUYOT (C. _and_ R. T.) Liste littéraire philocophe ou Catalogue d'étude
de ce qui a été jusqu'à nos jours sur les Sourds-Muets; sur l'oreille,
l'ouïe, la voix, le langage, la mimique, les aveugles, etc. etc. par
C. Guyot et R. T. Guyot. Rl. 8vo, pp. xv, 496, 63.
_Groningue: Oomkens impr._ 1842.
_See_ Petzholdt, p. 599.
HAGEN (H. A.) Bibliotheca Entomologica.... Von Hermann August Hagen. 2
vols., 8vo, pp. xii, 566; (2), 512. _Leipzig: Engelmann._ 1862-64.
The second volume contains a Bibliography of Entomological Works
and a carefully compiled index. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 563.
HAIG (B. D.) A List of the Works printed in England, prior to the year
1600, in the Library of the Hon. Society of King's Inns, Dublin. By
Benjamin David Haig. 8vo, pp. 18. _Dublin._ 1858.
One hundred and ten copies only printed.
HAIN (L.) Repertorium Bibliographicum, in quo libri omnes ab Arte
Typographica inventa usque ad Annum MD. Typis expressi, ordine
alphabetico vel simpliciter enumerantur vel adcuratius recensentur.
Opera Ludovici Hain. 4 vols., 8vo, pp. (4), 596; (2), 566; (4), 558;
(4), 548. _Sumptibus, J. G. Cottae, Stuttgartiae_ ... 1826-1838.
The object of this work is similar to Panzer's _Annales_, but the
arrangement being alphabetical is more convenient. Some copies are
on fine paper. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 126.
HAJI KHALFA. Lexicon Bibliographicum et Encyclopædicum ... [Arabice]
primum edidit Latine vertit et Commentario Indicibusque instruxit
Gustavus Fluegel.... 7 vols., rl. 4to.
_Leipzig: Oriental Translation Fund._ 1835-57.
This valuable Arabic work, which formed the groundwork of
Herbelot's _Bibliothèque Orientale_, contains accounts of
several thousand Arabic, Persian, and Turkish works, arranged
alphabetically.
HALL (F. E.) A Contribution towards an Index to the Bibliography of the
Indian Philosophical Systems. By Fitz Edward Hall.... 8vo, pp. (6),
236. _Calcutta: Printed by Lewis._ 1859.
The author is a native of Vermont, and this was published by order
of the Government of the North Western Provinces. _See_ Petzholdt,
p. 464.
HALLAM (H.) Introduction to the Literature of Europe, in the Fifteenth,
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. By Henry Hallam, F.R.A.S. 4 vols.,
8vo, pp. xxxii, Errata, 10 lines, 659; xvi, 511; xx, 687; xix, 651.
_London: John Murray._ 1837-39.
Repeatedly reprinted, both in England, France, and America. "The
most important contribution to literary history which English
libraries have received for many years."--_Edinburgh Review_, LXXII.
HALLER (A. von). Bibliotheca Botanica. Qua scripta ad Rem Herbariam
facientia a rerum initiis recensentur. Auctore Alberto von Haller. 2
vols., 4to, pp. xvi, 654; (2), 785. _Tiguri._ 1771-72.
A carefully written Bibliography of all Botanical Works. _See_
Petzholdt, 554, etc.
HALLIWELL (J. O.) A Brief Account of an Unique Edition of Sir Philip
Sidney's Arcadia. 4to. _Brixton Hill._ 1854.
Twenty-five copies privately printed.
HALLIWELL. A Brief Hand-list of Books, Manuscripts, etc., Illustrative
of the Life and Writings of Shakespeare, collected between the years
1842 and 1859. By J. O. Halliwell. Cr. 8vo. _London._ 1859.
Thirty copies privately printed.
HALLIWELL. A Brief Hand-List of the Collections respecting the
Life and Works of Shakespeare, and the History and Antiquities of
Stratford-upon-Avon, formed by the late Robert Bell Wheler, and
Presented by his Sister, to be preserved for ever in the Shakespeare
Library and Museum. 4to. _London._ 1863.
One hundred copies privately printed.
HALLIWELL. A Brief Hand-list of the Early Quarto Editions of the Plays
of Shakespeare; with Notices of the Old Impressions of the Poems. By J.
O. Halliwell. 8vo. _London._ 1860.
Twenty-five copies privately printed.
HALLIWELL. A Brief List of some of the Rarer and most Curious Old-Book
Rarities in the Library of J. O. Halliwell, Esq. Illustrative chiefly
of Early English Popular Literature. Sm. 4to, pp. vii, 72.
_West Brompton._ 1862.
Twenty-five copies privately printed. Many of the books in this
extraordinary collection are unique.
HALLIWELL. Brief Notices of Bibliographical Rarities in the Library of
J. O. Halliwell at ... Brixton Hill. 4to. _London._ 1855.
Twenty-five copies privately printed.
HALLIWELL. A Catalogue of Chap-Books, Garlands, and Popular Histories,
in the Possession of J. O. Halliwell. Sm. 8vo, pp. (4), iv, 190.
_London._ 1849.
Privately printed.
HALLIWELL. A Catalogue of an Unique Collection of Ancient English
Broadside Ballads, with Notes of the Tunes and Imprints. Cr. 8vo.
_London._ 1856.
Ten copies only printed.
HALLIWELL. A Catalogue of the Early Editions of Shakespeare's Plays,
&c., By J. O. Halliwell. 8vo. _London._ 1845.
HALLIWELL. Catalogue of Proclamations, Broadsides, Ballads, and Poems,
presented to the Cheetham Library, Manchester, by James O. Halliwell,
Esq. 4to. Facsimile. 1851.
One hundred copies printed for private circulation.
HALLIWELL. Contributions to Early English Literature, derived chiefly
from rare books and inedited MSS. Edited by J. O. Halliwell, Esq. 4to.
_Printed for Private Circulation only._ 1849.
Only seventy-five copies printed.
HALLIWELL. A Dictionary of Old English Plays, existing either in
Print or in Manuscript, from the earliest times to the close of the
seventeenth century; including also notices of Latin Plays written by
English Authors during the same Period. By J. O. Halliwell. 8vo, pp.
viii, 296. _London: John Russell Smith._ 1860.
HALLIWELL. Early Editions of Shakespeare, described by J. O. Halliwell.
8vo. _London._ 1857.
HALLIWELL. Essays on Numerical Contractions, and early Almanacs (with
facsimiles). By J. O. Halliwell. 8vo. _London._ 1839.
HALLIWELL. A Hand-List of upwards of a Thousand Volumes of
Shakesperiana, added to the three previous Collections of a similar
kind formed by J. O. Halliwell, and of which Lists have been previously
printed. Sq. 8vo. _London._ 1862.
Twenty-five copies privately printed.
HALLIWELL. A Hand-list of a Curious and Interesting Collection of
Early Editions of the Works of Shakespeare; mostly printed before the
appearance of the first Folio Edition of 1623. 8vo.
_West Brompton._ 1867.
For private circulation only.
HALLIWELL. A Handbook of the Early English Literature preserved in the
Malone Collection [in the Bodleian Library]; selected from the Printed
Catalogue of that Collection. By J. O. Halliwell. 8vo. _London._ 1860.
Printed for private circulation only.
HALLIWELL. Hand-List of the Early English Literature, preserved in the
Douce Collection [in the Bodleian Library]. Selected from the Printed
Catalogue of that Collection. By J. O. Halliwell. 8vo. _London._ 1860.
Seventy-five copies only printed.
HALLIWELL. A List of Works illustrative of the Life and Writings
of Shakespeare, the History of Stratford-on-Avon, and the Rise and
Progress of the Early English Drama. Printed for very Limited and
Private Circulation at the Expense of J. O. Halliwell, 1850-1866. 8vo,
pp. 69, (1). _London._ 1867.
HALLIWELL. Literature of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries,
illustrated by reprints of nine very rare Tracts. Rl. 4to.
_London._ 1851.
Twenty-five copies printed on thick paper, and fifty on ordinary
paper, all for private circulation.
HALLIWELL. Notes on ascertaining the value; and directions for the
preservation of old Books, Manuscripts, Deeds and Family Papers. By J.
O. Halliwell. 12mo. _London._ 1851.
Only twenty-five copies printed.
HALLIWELL. Shakesperiana: A Catalogue of the Early Editions of
Shakespeare's Plays and of the Commentaries and other Publications
illustrative of his Works. By James Orchard Halliwell. 8vo, pp. 46.
_London: John Russell Smith._ 1841.
Also on large paper. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 255.
HALLIWELL. Some Account of the Popular Tracts formerly in the Library
of Captain Cox, of Coventry, A.D. 1575. By J. O. Halliwell. 8vo.
_London._ 1849.
Fifty copies privately printed.
"This Captain Cox, by Saint Mary,
Had a goodly library."--BEN JOHNSON.
HALLIWELL. Some Account of the Antiquities, Coins, Manuscripts, Rare
Books, Ancient Documents, and other Reliques, illustrative of the
Life and Works of Shakespeare, in the Possession of James Orchard
Halliwell.... 4to. _Brixton Hill._ 1852.
Eighty copies only printed for private circulation. Also: Account
of the Theological MSS. in his Library at Brixton Hill.... 4to.
1854. Privately printed.--Account of the Vernon Manuscript,
a volume of Early English Poetry, preserved in the Bodleian
Library.... 8vo. 1848. Fifty copies printed.--Description of the
Ancient and Modern MSS. in the Plymouth Library.... Rl. 4to. 1853.
Only eighty copies privately printed; at the end are added some
hitherto unpublished pieces by Dr. Forman Shirley, Nicholas Breton,
&c.
HALLOIX (Peter). Illustrium ecclesiæ orientalis scriptorum, qui primo
et secundo seculo floruerunt, vitæ et documents. 2 vols., folio.
_Duaci._ 1633-36.
HAMST (Olphar). _See_ [Thomas (Ralph)].
HANNETT (John). Bibliopegia, or Bookbinding; in two parts. Part I.: The
Books of the Ancients and History of the Art of Bookbinding. Part II.:
The Practical Art of Bookbinding. Sixth Edition. 12mo. _London._ 1865.
"The work of a practical bookbinder, minute and clear."
HANROTT (P. A.) Catalogue of the ... Library of P. A. Hanrott, Esq....
5 vols., 8vo, pp. (2), 153; (2), 137; (2), 153; (2), 85; (2), 67.
_London._ 1833-34.
A few copies of this valuable catalogue--the sale of which occupied
forty-seven days, and made seven parts--were printed upon large
paper.
HANSARD (T. C.) Treatises on Printing and Type-Founding. By T. C.
Hansard. From the Seventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. 8vo.
_Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black._ 1841.
HANSARD. Typographia: an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress
of the Art of Printing; with Practical Directions for conducting
every Department in an Office: With a Description of Stereotype and
Lithography. Illustrated by Engravings, Biographical Notices, and
Portraits. By T. C. Hansard. Rl. 8vo. _London._ 1825.
This is not a mere practical treatise, but a compendium of Ames,
Herbert, Dibdin, and others, giving a complete history of the art,
and much curious information respecting early printers, as well
at practical information indispensable to authors and persons
connected with literature. The perusal of this work will point
out to authors the best method of arranging matter for press,
correcting proofs, etc.
HARDY (T. D.) Descriptive Catalogue of Materials relating to the
History of Great Britain and Ireland, to the end of the reign of Henry
VII. By Thomas Duffus Hardy. 3 vols., rl. 8vo, pp. cxxxiv, 918; civ,
601; cxxxiv, 482. _London: Longman._ 1862-71.
HARLES. Gottlieb Christoph. Harles brevior Notitia Litteratvrae Graecae
in primis Scriptorvm Graecorvm ordini temporis accommodata In vsvm
Stvdiosae Jvventvtis. 8vo, pp. x, 778. _Lipsiae: Weidmann._ 1812. +
Additamenta. 1829. 8vo, 15 l.
HARLES. Theoph. Christoph. Harles brevior Notitia Litteratvrae Romanae
in primis Scriptorvm Latinorvm ordini temporis adcommodata In vsvm
Scholarvm. 8vo, pp. xii, 330. _Lipsiae: Weidmann._ 1803. + Additamenta.
1819. 8vo, pp. (2), 151.
"All the works of Harles are valuable, and necessary to the
Bibliographical and Critical Student."--HORNE. _See also_
Petzholdt, p. 681, 682.
HARLEY (Edward). Catalogus Bibliothecæ Harlianæ, In Locos communes
distributes cum Indice Auctorum. 5 vols., 8vo.
_Londini: Apud Thomam Osborne._ MDCCXLIII-V.
This valuable collection was purchased after the death of Edward
Harley, second Earl of Oxford, by T. Osborne, the well known
bookseller, for £30,000. The catalogue made by T. Oldys, with a
preface by Dr. S. Johnson, was issued in parts; the first two
volumes in 1743, and two more in 1744. The last volume is not,
properly, a part of the work, though issued under the same name.
The books were not sold by auction, and the prices were not
affixed, as is usual with booksellers. For a valuable article
on this catalogue (containing 360,000 volumes), see _Notes and
Queries_.
HARPEL (O. H.) Harpel's Typograph, or Book of Specimens. Containing
Useful Information, Suggestions, and a Collection of Examples of
Letterpress Job Printing, arranged for the assistance of Master
Printers, Amateurs, Apprentices, and others, by Oscar H. Harpel,
Typographic Designer and Printer. 8vo, pp. 252.
_Cincinnati: Author._ 1870.
HARRIS (W.) A Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Institution of
Great Britain, Including a Complete List of all the Greek Writers,
by ... Dr. Charles Burney, methodically arranged with Alphabetical
Index of Authors, by William Harris, Keeper of the Library. The Second
Edition.... Rl. 8vo. _London._ 1821.
"A most valuable and judiciously compiled Catalogue."--DIBDIN.
"This Library contains the best and most useful edition of every
Greek and Roman classic author, with the best translations in
English and in some other modern languages."--HORNE. First
published in 1809.
[HARRISSE (Henry).] Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima A Description
of Works relating to America published between the Years 1492 and 1551
Imp. 8vo, pp. (8), liv, 519. _New-York Geo. P. Philes_, MDCCCLXVI
Four hundred copies printed in imperial 8vo, one hundred and nine
in 4to, ten of which are on Holland paper. It was undertaken at
the suggestion of Mr. S. L. M. Barlow, of New York, and contains
the titles of over three hundred books. As a specimen of American
typography, it has probably never been surpassed. In regard to
its merits it has received at the hands of some members of the
Geographical Society of Paris very high praise, of which an
English version (in part) will be found in Stevens' _Bibliotheca
Historica_, followed by some rather severe criticism on the work
by Mr. Stevens, who, writing in the third person, quotes largely
from an article in the _Athenæum_ of the 6th of October, 1866, of
which Mr. Stevens is the author. The writer of this notice does
not presume to enter into a controversy with, or a criticism upon,
the works of either of these bibliographers, but he cannot help
regretting that a work so elaborate, learned, and useful to the
American bibliographer, as this _Bibliotheca Americana_ is, should
have been the vehicle of any exhibition of personal pique. We have
been assured on very good authority that the blunder of "Ander
Schiffahrt's" was really due to the proof-reader, and that the
Index, in which Schiffahrt (Ander) is made to appear once more in
_propria persona_, was not the work of Mr. Harrisse at all. Let it
suffice for us to remark that for the student of the earliest of
books relating to America, this book is indispensably necessary. We
may add that Mr. Harrisse has, in some instances, quoted works from
White Kennett's _Bibliothecæ Americanæ Primordia_, and made the
remark that he has found nothing in the works so quoted relating to
America. This has arisen from the fact that he has misapprehended
the nature of that work, which purposely introduces many books
which had no relation to America. The following is a continuation:
[HARRISSE.] Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima A Description of Works
relating to America published between the Years 1492 and 1551 Additions
Imp. 8vo, pp. (iv), 40, 199, (1). _Paris Librairie Tross_ M.DCCC.LXXII
Two hundred copies printed in 8vo, and fifty copies in 4to. In the
matter of printing and paper this volume exceeds in beauty that of
its predecessor. Its contents cover the same ground; some titles
contained in the former work are further elaborated, and many are
entirely new. It will, perhaps, not be saying too much that many of
them are only remotely related to America, but the author's careful
researches and elaborate dissertations have combined to render the
volume a very desirable addition to an American bibliographical
collection.
[HARRISSE.] A Brief Disquisition Concerning the Early History of
Printing in America. Imp. 8vo. _New York: Privately Printed._ 1866.
Twenty-five copies printed, of which five are on drawing paper.
Forms part of the introduction to the _Bibliotheca Americana
Vetustissima_. A Spanish version has been printed.
[HARRISSE.] Fernand Colomb Sa Vie, ses Œuvres Essai critique par
l'auteur de la Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima. Imp. 8vo, pp. (vii),
230, (1). _Paris_ M DCCC LXXII
Two hundred and fifty copies printed, of which twenty-five are on
Whatman's paper.
[HARRISSE.] Notes on Columbus. Sm. folio, pp. vii, 227. 13 Photographs.
_New York: Privately Printed._ 1866.
Ninety copies only printed for presentation, at the expense of
Samuel L. M. Barlow, of New York. It is one of the finest specimens
of printing by the Riverside Press, and having been privately
printed, is as rare as it is beautiful. It is both bibliographical
and historical, and in each department is a specimen of seal and
erudition.
[HARRISSE.] Notes pour servir à l'histoire, à la bibliographie et à la
cartographie de la Nouvelle-France et des pays adjacents 1540-1700 Par
l'auteur de la Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima Cr. 8vo, pp. (6),
xxxiii, (1), 367. _Paris Librairie Tross_ 1872
This is a capital resumé of the Bibliography of Canada up to
1700. The volume is very handsomely printed; some copies are on
vellum paper, and others on Dutch paper. The following should have
appeared under Desjardins: "Rapports sur les Deux Ouvrages de
Bibliographie Américaine de M. Henri Harisse Avocat. Par M. Ernest
Desjardins lu à la Séance de la Commission Centrale, le 18 Janvier
1867." 8vo, pp. 20. _Paris Imprimerie de E. Martinet_ 1867.
HARTSHORNE (C. H.) The Book Rarities in the University of Cambridge.
Illustrated by Original Letters, and Notes, Biographical, Literary, and
Antiquarian. By Rev. C. H. Hartshorne, M.A. 8vo, pp. xiv, (1), 559. 22
Engravings. _London: Longman._ 1829.
Twenty-five copies printed in imperial 8vo on large vellum paper.
The original letters in this volume form a very interesting portion
of its contents. Those of Ciofanus are filled with abuse of Aldus
Junior, whom he terms _la Cornacchia Esopea_, and of whose literary
ability he speaks very slightingly. It also includes a reprint of
_Capell's Shakesperiana_.
[HARTSHORNE.] A Geyfte ffor the Neue Yere: or, a playne, plesaunte,
and profytable Pathewaie to the Black Lettre Paradyse. Sq. 18mo.
_Cambridge._ 1825.
This amusing bibliographical squib is written by "Carolus Henricus
Hartshorne," in whose hand the memorandum of the number of copies
printed is given on the fly-leaf. It appears from this that
only twenty were printed, and probably in a private manner for
presentation. The spelling and printing are equally ancient in
style, and the whole discourse, ending with the poem, runs upon
black letter and other antique lore.
HARTZHEIM. Bibliotheca Coloniensis in qua Vita et Libri typo vulgati
et manuscripti recensentur omnium Archi-Dioeceseos Coloniensis. Folio.
_Coloniæ._ 1747.
Hartzheim's Literary History of the Bishopric of Cologne,
Westphalia, Cleves, etc., gives a very ample and complete account
of the ancient writers and early printed books of those countries.
HARVARD. Catalogus Librorum Bibliothecæ Collegij Harvardini quod est
Cantabrigiæ in Nova Anglia. 4to, pp. (2), ii, 102. _Bostoni: Typis B.
Green._ MDCCXXIII. + Continuatio Supplimenti. 4to, pp. 10.
_Boston._ 1725.
Probably the first catalogue of a public library printed in North
America. A select catalogue was printed for undergraduates in 1773,
and a complete catalogue in 1790.
A Catalogue of the Library of Harvard University in Cambridge,
Massachusetts.... [By B. Peirce.] 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xvii, (2), 952,
(2); xii, 223. _Cambridge: E. W. Metcalf._ 1830-34. + First Supplement.
[By T. W. Harris.] 8vo, pp. (4), 260. _Cambridge: Charles Folsom._
1834. + Catalogue of the Maps and Charts. [By B. Pierce.] 8vo.
_Cambridge: E. W. Metcalf and Company._ 1831.
Catalogue of the Law Library of Harvard University. [By Charles
Sumner.] 8vo, pp. viii, 80. _Cambridge._ 1834.
With historical sketch. + A Catalogue of the Law Library....
[By William R. Woodward.] Second Edition. 8vo, pp. xii, 228.
_Cambridge._ 1841. + Fourth Edition. 8vo, pp. (2), 354. _Cambridge:
Metcalf & Co._ 1846.
HARWOOD (E.) A View of the various Editions of the Greek and Roman
Classics, with Remarks. By Edward Harwood. Third Edition. Corrected and
Enlarged, 12mo, pp. xxiv, 276. _London: Robinson._ 1782.
Superseded by the later works of Dibdin, Moss, and others. _See_
Petzholdt, p. 683.
HASLEWOOD (J.) Account of the Life and Publications of Joseph Ritson.
By Joseph Haslewood. 8vo. Portrait. _London._ 1824.
HAVEN (S. F.) Archæology of the United States, or Sketches, Historical,
and Bibliographical of the Progress of Information and Opinion
respecting Vestiges of Antiquity in the United States. By Samuel F.
Haven, ... 4to, pp. iv, 168. _New York: G. P. Putnam._ 1856.
A Smithsonian publication.
HAYNES (T. W.) Baptist Cyclopædia, or, Dictionary of Baptist Biography,
Bibliography, Antiquities, History, Chronology, Theology, Polity,
and Literature, By Thomas Wilson Haynes. Vol. 1. 8vo, pp. 294, 29.
_Charleston._ 1848.
HAYM (N. F.) Biblioteca Italiana o sia Notizia de' Libri rari Italiani
Divisa in quattro Parti cioè Istoria, Poesia, Prose, Arti e Scienze;
Già compilata da Niccola Francesco Haym.... 4to, pp. (12), 682,
lxxxiii. _Milano: Galeazzi._ 1771-73. + Edizione corretta, ampliata, e
di giudizj intorno alle migliori opere arricchita.... 4 vols., 8vo, pp.
(4), 306; 268; 210; 368. _Milano: Silvestri._ 1803.
First published at _Venice_ in 1728. These later editions are
edited by Ferdinando Giandonati. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 353, 354.
HAZLITT (W. C.) Collections and Notes 1867-1876 By W. Carew Hazlitt
8vo, pp. xi, 498. _London Reeves and Turner_ 1876
This is a continuation of the following:
HAZLITT. Hand-Book to the Popular, Poetical, and Dramatic Literature of
Great Britain, from the Invention of Printing to the Restoration. By
W. Carew Hazlitt.... 8vo, pp. xii, 701.
_London: John Russell Smith._ 1867-68.
One hundred copies printed on large paper.
HEATH (Benjamin). Catalogue of ... the Library of ... [the Rev. Dr.
Heath].... 8vo. _London._ 1810.
The first edition or sale catalogue of this library was
characterised by the auctioneer as "The most Perfect, Genuine,
Learned, and Useful Library of Books ever offered to the British
Public." After the sale a few copies were issued on large paper,
with the prices and purchasers' names printed to each title. 8vo,
pp. (4), 384.
HEBENSTREIT (W.) Dictionarium Editionum tum selectarum tum optimarum
Auctorum Classicorum, et Græcorum et Romanorum, ad optimos
Bibliographorum libros collatum, emendavit, supplevit, notulisque
criticis instruxit W. Hebenstreit.... 8vo, pp. xxiv, 275.
_Vindobonæ: Armbruster._ 1827.
HEBER (R.) Bibliotheca Heberiana. _See_ page xix.
Add to the note: a few copies were printed on large and thick
paper. Mr. Heber was elder half-brother of Bishop Heber, and
figures as "Atticus" in Dibdin's _Bibliomania_, the first edition
of which is in the form of an Epistle addressed to him.
HEBER. Bibliotheca Heberiana. Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque
de feu M. Richard Heber. 8vo. _Paris._ 1836.
The catalogue contains the portion of the late Mr. Heber's books
which, remained in Paris, and is necessary to make a complete set
of the catalogues.
HÉRISSANT (L. A. P.) Bibliothèque physique de la France, ou liste
de tous les ouvrages, tant imprimés que manuscrits, qui traitent de
l'Histoire Naturelle de ce royaume.... Par Louis Antoine Prosper
Hérissant.... 8vo, pp. 40, 496. _Paris: Hérissant._ 1771.
_See_ Petzholdt, p. 545.
HERRERA (P.) Ensayo sobre la Historia de la Literatura Ecuatoriana, por
Pablo Herrera. _Quito._ 1860.
HESSE (L. A. C.) Manuels-Roret. Bibliothéconomie, ou Nouveau Manuel
Complet pour l'Arrangement, la Conservation, et l'Administration des
Bibliothèques. Par L. A. Constantin. Revue, augmentée, et ornée de
Figures. 18mo, pp. (4), 266; Roret, pp. 90. 2 Plans. _Paris._ 1841.
HIBBERT (G.) A Catalogue of the Library of George Hibbert, Esq.
of Portland Place, ... by Mr. Evans.... 8vo, pp. 484. Plates and
Facsimiles. _London: W. Nicoll._ 1829.
This collection sold for £21,560, and was one of the most important
ever sold. The catalogue contains interesting bibliographical
notes. Some copies were printed on large paper, and six were
printed on large and thick paper with proof impressions of the
plates, and also the etchings of the plates upon India paper.
HIDALGO (D.) Boletin bibliografico Español y estranjero.... Por
Dionisio Hidalgo. 8vo. _Madrid: imp. de Reneses._ 1850.
Continued under the "direccion de Dionisio Hidalgo y Carlos
Bailly-Bailliere." _See_ Petzholdt, p. 383, 389.
HIDALGO. Diccionario general de Bibliografía Española, por Dionisio
Hidalgo. Tom. 1. 8vo, pp. xxvi, (1), 529.
_Madrid: impr. de las Escuelas pias._ 1862.
HIRSCH (J. C.) Bibliotheca Nvmismatica exhibens Catalogvm Avctorvm qvi
de Re Monetaria et Nvmis tam antiqvis qvam recentioribvs scripsere,
collecta et indice rervm instrvcta a Joh. Christ. Hirsch. Folio, pp.
(8), 233. _Norimbergae, hered. Felseckeri._ 1760.
Histoire de la Bibliophilie, Relieures, Recherches sur les
Bibliothèques des plus célèbres Amateurs, Armorial des Bibliophiles. 10
parts imp. folio. 50 Plates of Facsimiles. _Paris: Techener._ 1861-64.
Histoire Literaire de la France, par les Religieux Benedictins, (D.D.
Rivet, Taillandier et Clemencet) de la Congregation de St. Maur. 12
vols., 4to. _Paris._ 1733-63.
This important work contains much curious and interesting
bibliographical biography of the earlier French ecclesiastical
writers and Fathers of the Church.
The Historic Literature of Ireland, an Essay on the Publications of the
Irish Archæological Society, founded A.D. 1840, for the printing of the
Genealogical, Ecclesiastical, Bardic, Topographical, and Historical
Remains of Ireland. 8vo, pp. 64. _Dublin._ 1851.
An Historical Account of all the books that have been written relating
to the Antiquities, Natural History, or Topographical Description of
any part of England. 8vo. _London._ 1720.
HOFFMANN (S. F. W.) Hoffmanni Lexicon Bibliographicum, sive Index
Editionum et Interpretationum Scriptorum Græcorum tum sacrorum tum
profanorum. 3 vols., rl. 8vo. _Lipsiæ: J. A. G. Weigel._ 1832-36.
The most comprehensive and the best bibliographical catalogue of
the Greek and Latin Classics, and the Fathers, with the various
translations, commentaries, etc. Reprinted with additions, as below:
HOFFMANN. S. F. W. Hoffmann's Bibliographisches Lexicon der gesammten
Litteratur der Griechen.... Erster Theil, A-D. Rl. 8vo, pp. iv, 614;
Zweiter Theil, E-N. pp. vi, 649. _Leipzig: Böhme._ 1838-39. Dritter
Theil, O-Z.... pp. (2), 664. _Leipzig: Geuther._ 1845.
_See_ Petzholdt, p. 690.
HOLMES (J.) Descriptive Catalogue of Books in the Library of John
Holmes. With Notices of Authors and Printers. 4 vols., 8vo, and two
supplements. _Norwich._ 1828-40.
Privately printed, and valuable for the extensive bibliographical
and biographical notes. It it seldom found complete.
HOLTROP (J. G.) Catalogus librorum sæculo xv^{o} impressorum, quotquot
in Bibliotheca Regia Hagana asservantur. Edidit Job. Guil. Holtrop.
8vo, pp. (2), xxxiii, 592. _Hagæ-Comitum: Nijhoff._ 1856.
This excellent catalogue is divided into two portions, the first
of which contains six hundred and fifty-one articles printed in
Belgium, the other "extra Belgium," consists of nine hundred and
twenty-eight articles.
HOLTROP. Monumens typographiques des Pays-Bas, au quinzième siècle.
Collection de facsimile d'après les originaux conservés à la
Bibliothèque Royale de La Haye et ailleurs. Publiée par J. W. Holtrop.
Rl. 4to. _La Haye: Nijhoff._ 1857.
[HOMER (A.)] Bibliotheca Americana. _See_ page xviii.
HORNE (T. H.) A Catalogue of the Library of the College of St. Margaret
and St. Bernard, commonly called Queen's College in the University of
Cambridge, methodically arranged by Thomas Hartwell Horne. 2 vols., rl.
8vo, pp. lxiii, (1), 512; (2), 513-1194.
_London: For the Society._ M.DCCC.XX.VII.
HORNE. An Introduction to the Study of Bibliography. To which is
prefixed a Memoir on the Public Libraries of the Antients. By Thomas
Hartwell Horne. Illustrated with Engravings. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xiv,
xxv, 402; (4), 403-738, (2), clvi. 10 Plates.
_London: T. Cadell & W. Davies._ 1814.
Fifty copies printed on large paper. On page 92, _et seq._, is a
chapter on Mexican and North American picture-writing. Prefaced is
a memoir on the public libraries of the Ancients. The most useful
work of the kind in the English language; a a new edition is much
wanted. _See also_ Petzholdt, pp. 10, 50.
HORNE. A Manual of Biblical Bibliography, comprising a Catalogue,
methodically arranged, of the Principal Editions and Versions of the
Holy Scriptures, together with Notices of the Principal Philologers,
Critics and Interpreters of the Bible. By Thomas Hartwell Horne. 8vo.
_London: Longman_ ... 1839.
[HORNE.] Outlines for the Classification of a Library; submitted to the
consideration of the Trustees of the British Museum. 4to.
_London._ 1825.
This plan for a classified catalogue was approved by the trustees,
and the cataloguing under the author's directions proceeded for
many years upon this principle. One hundred and seven copies only
printed, of which seven are on large paper, imp. 4to.
HORNE. Reminiscences Personal and Bibliographical of Thomas Hartwell
Horne ... with notes by his Daughter Sarah Anne Cheyne and a short
introduction by The Rev. Joseph B. M'Caul.... 8vo, pp. xv, (1), 208.
Portrait. _London: Longman_ ... 1862.
HOSMER (Z.) Catalogue of the ... Library of Zelotes Hosmer, Esq., of
Cambridge, Mass., ... sold ... May 7, 1861, ... 8vo, pp. (2), iv, 114.
_Boston._ 1861.
Some copies printed on large paper, rl. 8vo. Strong in early
English literature, bibliography, and rare editions of the Greek
and Latin classics.
HOUGH (F. B.) Bibliographical List of Books and Pamphlets containing
Eulogies, Orations, Poems, or other Papers, relating to the Death of
General Washington, or to the Honors Paid to His Memory. By Franklin B.
Hough. Imp. 8vo, pp. 59. _Albany: Privately Printed._ 1865.
Twenty-four copies only privately printed on tinted paper. It is
included in the same author's "Washingtoniana; or Memorials of the
Death of George Washington, ..." and, we may add, the titles are
not correctly quoted.
[HOWES (Thomas), _of Norwich_.] Critical Observations on Books, Ancient
and Modern.... 1776-91. 6 vols., 8vo.
"Neither the extraordinary learning, nor the logical application
of it, nor the greatness of the subjects on which it is employed,
have kept from passing away into the oblivious gulf of time
the work called 'Critical Observations, &c.' by Tho. Howes, of
Norwich."--_Gentleman's Magazine, Article on Foster's Remains._
HUBER (Johann Joseph von). Handbuch für Künstler und Freunde der Kunst.
2 vols., 8vo. _Augsburg und Leipzig._ 1819.
HÜBNER (J.) Bibliotheca Genealogica, Das ist: Ein Verzeichniss aller
Alten und Neuen Genealogischen Bücher von allen Nationen in der Welt,
den Liebhabern der Politischen Wissenschaften zur Bequemlichkeit
gesammlet ... von Joh. Hübnero. 8vo, pp. (14), 608.
_Hamburg: Brandt._ 1729.
HUGO (T.) The Bewick Collector. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Works of
Thomas and John Bewick; including Cuts, in various states for Books and
Pamphlets, Private Gentlemen, Public Companies, ... Newspapers [etc.];
with an Appendix of Portraits, Autographs, ... etc. The whole described
from the Originals.... By Thomas Hugo, M.A. ... 8vo, pp. xxiii, 562.
_London: Lovell Reeve._ MDCCCLXVI. + Supplement. pp. xxxii. 353.
_London: Lovell Reeve._ MDCCCLXVIII.
HULSE (S.) Hulsiani Bibliotheca, sive Catalogus Librorum Samuelis
Hulsii. 4 vols., 8vo. _Hag. Com._ 1730.
"This is the catalogue of a most noble library, abundantly rich in
almost every department of human knowledge. The Greek and Roman
classics abound in magnificent profusion, both as to early and
curious as well as splendid and useful editions."--_Note by_ Mr.
HEBER.
HUME (A.) The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of The United
Kingdom: being an Account of their Respective Origin, History,
Objects, and Constitution; ... and a General Introduction and a
Classified Index. Compiled ... by the Rev. A. Hume. 8vo, pp. xxxii,
307. _London: Longman_.... 1847. + With a Supplement containing all
the Recently-Established Societies and Printing Clubs, and their
Publications to the Present Time, by A. I. Evans. Post 8vo, pp. xxxii,
294, 72. _London: G. Willis._ MDCCCLIII.
Contains lists of the books issued by the Camden, Shakespeare,
Maitland, Bannatyne, Roxburghe, and all the other Societies.
HUMPHREYS (H. N.) A History of the Art of Printing, from its Invention
to its wide-spread Development in the Middle of the 16th Century.
Preceded by a Short Account of the Origin of the Alphabet, and of the
successive Methods of Recording Events and Multiplying Ms. Books before
the Invention of Printing. By H. Noel Humphreys.... With One Hundred
Illustrations.... Imp. 4to, pp. 224. 105 Plates.
_London: Bernard Quaritch._ 1867.
The first issue consisted of three hundred copies only. The
publisher's certificate to that effect is usually inserted in the
work. "The illustrations of this work, which, unlike facsimiles
produced by hand, must _necessarily_ be absolute reproductions
of their originals, exceed one hundred in number, and frequently
consist of representations of entire pages from many of the most
interesting books produced by the early printers. Among them
may be mentioned an entire folio page from the first printed
Bible, the magnificent work of Gutenberg, richly adorned with
ornamental borderings by a contemporary German illuminator. An
entire page from the celebrated Psalter of Schæffer, in which
the large capitals are printed in colours, in rivalry with the
illuminators of the time. Pages from the first books printed in
Italy, France, Spain, Flanders, and Holland, accompany the accounts
of the introduction of the printing press to those countries; and
several such entire pages in facsimile illustrate the description
of the works of William Caxton, the founder of the printing press
in England. In addition to these and many illustrations of other
kinds, will be found a very interesting and an abundant series of
examples from the most richly decorated of the French 'Horæ,' and
from the profusely illustrated German books produced in the first
half of the sixteenth century." The copies dated 1868 are somewhat
inferior as regards the plates.
HUMPHREYS. Master Pieces of the Early Printers & Engravers. A Series
of Facsimiles from Rare and Curious Books remarkable for Illustrative
Devices, Beautiful Borders, Decorative Initials, Printers Marks,
Elaborate Title-pages, &c. By H. Noel Humphreys, ... Imp. 4to.
_London: H. Sotheran & Co._ 1870.
First issued in parts, which are preferable for the early
impressions of the seventy curious plates. "The great beauty of
many of the books produced by the Early Printers, both at regards
the remarkable and various character of their Types, and the
exquisitely designed Initials and Borderings with which their pages
are enriched, is scarcely known and appreciated beyond the narrow
circle of enthusiastic bibliographers who have made the first
works that issued from the printing press a subject of special
study; and it is to make them more widely known that the present
work has been projected. The greater part of the examples are now
published for the first time, and have never appeared in any other
bibliographical work. They comprise designs by Wohlgemuth, Durer,
Burgemair, Cranach, and others equally celebrated."
HUNT (F. Knight). The Fourth Estate: Contributions towards a History
of Newspapers, and of the Liberty of the Press.... 2 vols., 12mo, pp.
viii, 302; iv, 298. _London: David Bogue._ 1850.
HUNTER (J.) English Monastic Libraries. I. A Catalogue of the Library
of the Priory of Bretton, in Yorkshire. II. Notices of the Libraries
belonging to other Religious Houses. By The Rev. Joseph Hunter, F.S.A.
4to, pp. xii, 30. _London: J. B. Nichols and Son._ 1831.
HUTTON (J.) Catalogue of the Library of John Hutton. 8vo.
_London._ 1764.
An exceedingly curious and rare collection. _See_ Dibdin's
_Bibliomania_, 496-497.
ICAZBALCETA (J. G.) Apuntes para un Catálogo de Escritores en Lenguas
Indígenas de América. Por Joaquin García Icazbalceta. 12mo, pp. xiii,
157. _México. Se han impreso
60 ejemplares en la imprenta particular del autor._ 1866.
Describes some of the rarest of books printed in Mexico.
Index to Foreign Scientific Periodicals contained in the Patent Office
Library. Printed and published by order of the Commissioners of
Patents. Vols. I.-IV. Imp. 8vo. _London._ 1867-70.
The first number of this valuable index was published June 1, 1866,
and has been since regularly continued fortnightly; it gives a list
of the contents of all the articles contained in the principal
scientific periodicals published on the Continent (translated into
English), with an alphabetical list of the names of the authors,
and a most complete classified Index of Subjects, which much adds
to its value.
Index to the Catalogue of Books in the Bates Hall of the Public Library
of the City of Boston.... 8vo, pp. vii, (1), 902. _Boston: J. E.
Farwell & Company._ 1865. + First Supplement. 8vo, pp. iv, (1), 718;
Index, pp. 21. [_Ibid._] 1866.
Also: Index to the Catalogue of a Portion of the Public Library of
the City of Boston, arranged in the Lower Hall. Imp. 8vo. _Boston:
Press of Geo. C. Rand & Avery._ 1859.
[IRELAND.] Memoirs of Jeanne d'Arc surnamed La Pucelle D'Orleans; with
the History of her Times.... 2 vols., 8vo, pp. clxii, 239; cccxix, 144.
_London: Robert Triphook._ 1824.
The second volume contains an extensive bibliography of books
relating to Joan of Arc. Consult also J. Bartlelemy de Beauregard,
and the _Bulletin de Bouquiniste_.
IRVING (D.) The Lives of the Scotish Poets, with Preliminary
Dissertations on the Literary History of Scotland, and the Early
Scotish Drama.... By David Irving, L.L.D. Second Edition, Improved. 2
vols., 8vo, pp. (6), 447; (6), 507. _London: Longman._ 1810.
JADIS (H.) Shaksperiana; A Complete Collection of the Books and
Pamphlets which have been published relative to the Life, or
Illustrative of the Writings of Shakspere, in the possession of H.
Jadis. 8vo. _London._ 1826.
JARVIS (S. F.) A Catalogue of the Entire Library of the Late Rev.
Samuel Farmar Jarvis.... Sold November ... 1851. [Prepared by Joseph
Sabin.] 8vo, pp. (8), 219. _New York._ 1851.
Arranged in classes, and describes the largest library of its kind
which has been sold in the United States.
JEWETT (C. C.) ... Notices of Public Libraries in the United States....
By Charles C. Jewett.... 8vo, pp. (2), 207. _Washington, D.C._ 1857.
JEWETT. ... On the Construction of Catalogues of Libraries ... and
their Publication by means of Separate, Stereotyped Titles. With
Rules and Examples. By Charles C. Jewett.... Rl. 8vo, pp. vi, (1),
78. _Washington._ 1852. + Second Edition. Rl. 8vo, pp. xii, 96.
_Washington._ 1853.
A well written summary of all that has been done towards solving
this difficult subject. Librarians and private collectors will find
in it many valuable practical hints.
JOCHER (Adam). Obraz bibliograficzno-historyczny literatury i nauk w
Polsce, od wprowadzenia do niej druku po rok 1830 wlacznie ... Wydanie
Adama Zawadzkiego. 3 vols., 8vo. _Wilno: J. Zawadzki._ 1840-57.
Contents: Vol. I. Literatura i filologja starozytna. Nauki razem
wziete. Zbiory. Polygrafia. 1840. Vol. II. Teologia. Wstepne
wiadomosci, historia, literatura, krytyka, zródla i powaga.
Institucja. 1842. Vol. III. Praktyka, prawo koscielne, dzieje. 1857.
JÖCHER (C. J.) Allgemeines Gelehrten Lexicon, Darinne die Gelehrten
aller Stände ... welche vom Anfange der Welt bis auf ietztige Zeit
gelebt, und sich der gelehrten Welt ... bekannt gemacht, ... aus den
glaubwürdigsten Scribenten in alphabetischer Ordnung beschrieben
werden.... Heraus gegeben von Christian Gottlieb Jöcher. 4 vols, 4to,
pp. (4), 2250, (4); (4), 2636, (4); (2), 2338, (5); (18), 2284, (5).
Portrait. _Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Gleditschen._ MDCCL-MDCCLI. +
Fortsetzung und Ergänzungen ... von Johann Christoph Adelung und
Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund. 6 vols., 4to, pp. (16), 2496; (2), 2364;
lxxxi, 2208; x, 2200; ix, 2200; vii, 2200.
_Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Gleditschen._ 1784--_Bremen._ 1819.
"Opus incredibili labore congestum et duraturum ad posteritatem
monumentum."--ERNESTI. "Maximum vero sibi nomen peperit _Lexico
eruditorum Theotisco_, quod primum sub auspiciis J. B. Menckenii
... lucem vidit."--_Saxii Onomasticon. See_ Petzholdt, p. 76.
JOHNSON (J.) Typographia, or the Printer's Instructor; Including
an Account of the Origin of Printing, with Biographical Notices of
the Printers of England, from Caxton to the Close of this Sixteenth
Century: A Series of Ancient and Modern Alphabets, and Domesday
Characters; together with An Elucidation of every Subject connected
with the Art. By J. Johnson, Printer. 2 vols., 16mo, pp. (14), xii,
610, (10); (4), iv, 588. Typographia, pp. 56; Text resumed, pp.
645-663, (16). _London: Longman, Hurst_.... 1829.
This valuable work is too often regarded merely as a book for
printers, whereas it contains more information respecting early
printed books than is to be found in any other and more costly
volumes. Its real compiler was Mr. Richard Thomson, Librarian
of the London Institution, who was assisted by Dibdin, Wilkins,
Baber, and other well known bibliographers. It was issued in three
different sizes, the largest being known as the Roxburghe Edition
with Portraits on India paper.
JOLLEY (T.) Catalogue ... of the very Extensive, singularly curious and
valuable Library of Thomas Jolley, Esq.... 7 parts 8vo.
_London: S. Leigh Sotheby._ MDCCCXLIII.
JONCKBLOET (M. W. J. A.) Étude sur le Roman de Renart par M. W. J. A.
Jonckbloet.... 8vo, pp. (6), 405. _Groningue: J. B. Wolters._ 1863.
[JONES (T.)] A Catalogue of the Collection of Tracts for and against
Popery (published in or about the reign of James II.) in the Manchester
Library, founded by Humphrey Chetham; in which is incorporated, with
large Additions and Bibliographical Notes, the whole of Peck's Lists
of the Tracts in that Controversy, with his references. 2 vols., 4to,
pp. (4), xii, 256; (4), x, 257-525.
_Printed for the Chetham Society._ 1859-65.
Chetham Society's Publications, Vols. XLVIII and LXIV.
JOSEPH (Michael à S.) Bibliographia Critica, Sacra, et Prophana. 4
vols., folio. _Matriti._ 1740-42.
This work is valuable as containing much information not elsewhere
found--say _Acta Bollandiana Sanctorum_, of which the analysis to
the end of July, occupies 100 cols.; _Bibliotheca_, 120 cols.;
_Codex_, 35 cols.; _Collectio Conciliorum et Canonum_, 44 cols.;
_Decretales_, 60 cols.; _Liturgiæ_, 29 cols.; _Martyrologium_, 21
cols.; _Reginaldus Polus_, 50 cols.
Journal de l'Amateur de livres. 3 vols., 8vo. _Paris: Jannet._ 1848-50.
Journal général de la Littérature étrangère, ou Indicateur
bibliographique et raisonné des Livres nouveaux et tous genres.... 8vo.
_Paris et Strasbourg: Treuttel et Würtz._ 1801. Continued.
A valuable journal, edited by Philip Werner Loos.
Journal de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie en Belgique. Livres,
brochures, compositions musicales, cartes géographiques, gravures,
lithographies, etc. Publié, à l'aide de documents officiels, par Ch.
Hen. 8vo. _Bruxelles._ 1853-63.
Journal général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie. Deuxième Série....
8vo. _Paris: au Cercle de la Librairie._ 1857.
Concerning this valuable periodical _see_ Petzholdt, p. 323.
KAHL (L. M.) Bibliothecae Philosophicae Strvvianae emendatae
continvatae atqve vltra dimidiam partem avctae a Lvd. Mart. Kahlio.
Tom. I. Scriptores Philosophiae contemplativae percensens. Tom. II.
Scriptores Philosophiae practicae percensens. 2 vols., rl. 8vo, pp.
(12), 476; (8), 454. _Gottingae: Vandenhoeck et Cvno._ 1740.
KAYSER (C. G.) Index ... Librorum, qui ab anno 1750 ad 1870 in Germania
et in terris confinibus prodierunt: Vollständiges Bücher-Lexicon.... 18
vols., 4to. _Leipzig._ 1831-73. Continued.
A very useful bibliography of all books printed in Germany and the
neighboring countries, from 1750 to 1870, with approximate prices.
_See_ Petzholdt, p. 291.
KELLY (J.) The American Catalogue of Books (Original and Reprints),
published in the United States from Jan., 1861, to Jan., 1866, with
Date of Publication, Size, Price, and Publisher's Name. With Supplement
containing Pamphlets, Sermons, and Addresses on the Civil War in the
United States, 1861-1866; and Appendix, containing Names of Learned
Societies and other Literary Associations, with a List of their
Publications, 1861-1866. Compiled and arranged by James Kelly. 8vo, pp.
(4), 303. _New York: John Wiley & Son._ 1866. + Vol. II. 1871. 8vo, pp.
(4), 488.
Intended as a continuation of Roorbach's _Bibliotheca Americana_.
[KENNETT (White).] Bibliothecæ Americanæ Primordia. An Attempt Towards
laying the Foundation of an American Library, In several Books, Papers,
and Writings, Humbly given to the Society for Propagation of the Gospel
in Foreign Parts, For the Perpetual Use and Benefit of their Members,
their Missionaries, Friends, Correspondents, and Others concern'd in
the Good Design of Planting and Promoting Christianity within Her
Majesties Colonies and Plantations in the West-Indies. By a Member
of the said Society. 4to, pp. (2), xvi, iii, 275, (224).
_London: J. Churchill._ 1713.
There are copies on large paper. "In this short catalogue will be
found about twenty original tracts relating to Newfoundland; above
fifty concerning Virginia; one hundred, or more, of New England:
and so on in proportion to the colonies."--_Preface._ "This, as
far as it goes, is the best Catalogue of Books relating to America
extant, the titles being copied at full length with the greatest
exactness, together with name of the printer, and the number of
pages in each volume. It unfortunately contains only the books
given to the society by White Kennett, Bishop of Peterborough. It
is rich in English tracts relating to New England."--RICH. The
collection to which it refers has disappeared--some scattered and
neglected remains were found a few years since among the archives
of the Society at Lambeth.
KENT. Outline of a Course of English Reading, based on that prepared
for the Mercantile Library Association of the City of New-York, By the
late Chancellor Kent: With Additions by Charles King, LL.D., President
of Columbia College, N.Y., and With Further Additions and Notes [by
Henry A. Oakley]. 12mo, pp. viii, 120.
_New-York: G. P. Putnam and Co._ 1853.
[KERNOT (Henry).] Bibliotheca Diabolica; a Selection of the most
valuable Books relating to the Devil. Chronologically Arranged with
Notes, Quotations and Proverbs, and a Copious Index. Imp. 8vo.
[_New York._] 1874.
Although the real object of this monograph was the sale of a lot of
books, it is none the less valuable as the only monograph of its
kind in English.
KETTELL (S.) Specimens of American Poetry, with Critical and
Biographical Notices. By Samuel Kettell. 3 vols., 12mo, pp. xlviii,
353; x, 408; x, 406. _Boston: S. G. Goodrich and Co._ MDCCCXXIX.
This collection embraces specimens of 188 American poets, beginning
with Cotton Mather and ending with J. G. Whittier. The third volume
contains a Bibliographical and Chronological List of American Poets.
KISTNER (Otto). Buddha and his Doctrines. 8vo. _London._ 1869.
A biographical essay, to which additions have been made by William
Edden, in Trübner's Record, July 16, 1869.
[KOOP (Matthias).] Historical Account of the Substances which have been
used to describe Events, and to convey Ideas, from the earliest date to
the Invention of Paper. Printed on the First Useful Paper manufactured
solely from Straw. Rl. 8vo. _London._ 1800.
Eighty-two pages printed on straw paper, with an appendix printed
on paper made from wood, the first example of paper so made.
KNIGHT (C.) The Old Printer and the Modern Press. By Charles Knight.
Post 8vo. _London: John Murray._ 1854.
KNIGHT. William Caxton, the First English Printer. A Biography. By
Charles Knight. 12mo. _London: Charles Knight and Co._ 1844.
"The Father of Printing could not have found a more suitable or a
more enthusiastic biographer."--_Patriot._
KREYSIG (G. C.) Bibliotheca Scriptorvm venaticorvm continens Avctores,
qvi de venatione, sylvis, avcvpio, piscatvra et aliis eo spectantibvs
commentati svnt. Congessit George Christoph Kreysig. Sm. 8vo, pp. (18),
208. _Altenbvrgi: Richter._ 1750.
For other works by this author _see_ Petzholdt, pp. 797, 818.
LACROIX (A.), _et_ BAUDRY. Bibliographie des Ingénieurs et Architectes
des Chefs d'usines industrielles et d'exploitations agricoles et des
Élèves des écoles polytechnique et professionnelles. 8vo. Continued.
_Paris._ 1857.
_See_ Petzholdt, p. 729.
[LACROIX (Paul).] Bibliographie et iconographie de tous les ouvrages de
Restif de la Brétonne. Par P.L. Jacob [_pseudon_]. 8vo, pp. (4), xv,
510. Portrait. _Paris: A. Fontaine._ 1875.
LACROIX. Histoire de l'Imprimerie, par Paul Lacroix, Edouard Fournier
et Ferdinand Leré. Imp. 8vo. Facsimiles. _Paris._ 1852.
LA CROIX DU MAINE. Les Bibliotheques Françoises de La Croix du Maine
et de Du Verdier, Sieur de Vauprivas; ... corrigée & augmentée ...
des Remarques ... de M. de la Monnoye & de M.... Bouhier; ... de M.
Falconet ... Par M. Rigoley de Juvigny ... Table Raisonnée. 6 vols.,
4to, pp. 608, (2); (4), 444, civ, 108; (4), viii, xliii, 698, (1); (4),
650, (1); (4), 571, (1); viii, 359, 118, (2).
_Paris: Michel Lambert, Imprimeur._ 1772-73.
Best edition of this highly valuable and important work which
is an alphabetical account of early French literature, the most
extensive published. "Ces ouvrages sont très précieux pour
l'histoire littéraire de la France, antérieure à la fin du seizième
siècle."--BRUNET. There are copies on large paper.
LAIRE (F. X.) Index Librorum ab inventa typographia ad annum 1500;
Chronologicè dispositus cum notis historiam typographico-litterariam
illustrantibus. Hunc disposuit Franc. Xav. Laire. 2 vols., 8vo, pp.
(4), viii, 475; (4), 464. _Senonis, ap. vid. et fil. Tarbé._ 1791.
"These are scarce and dear volumes, and supply some deficiencies
in Audiffredi. The bibliographer should omit no opportunity of
possessing them."--DIBDIN. Also on thick paper. De Bure compiled a
third volume. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 122.
LAIRE. Specimen Typographiæ Romanæ XV. sæculi opera et studio Francisci
Xaver. Laire. 8vo, pp. xv, 308. _Romæ: Monaldini._ 1778.
Concerning this scarce volume _see_ Petzholdt, p. 120.
LA LANDE (Joseph J. Le François de). Bibliographie astronomique; avec
l'histoire de l'astronomie depuis 1781 jusqu'à 1802. Par Jérôme de La
Lande. 4to, pp. (4), viii, 916.
_Paris, de l'impr. de la République._ _An_ XII.--1803.
"A perfect model of scientific Bibliography."--_Prof._ A. DE
MORGAN. Table of authors at the end. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 538.
LALANNE (L.) Curiosités Bibliographiques. Par Ludovic Lalanne. Sm. 8vo,
pp. (4), 469. _Paris: Paulin._ 1845.
LAMBINET (P.) Origine de l'Imprimerie, d'après les titres authentiques,
l'opinion de Daunou et celle de Van Praet; suivie des établissemens de
cet art dans la Belgique et de l'Histoire de la Stéréotypie; ornée de
calques, de portraits et d'écussons, par P. Lambinet. 2 vols., 8vo, pp.
xxx, 435; xv, 424. _Paris: Nicolle._ 1810.
Also: Recherches historiques, littéraires et critiques, sur
l'origine de l'Imprimerie; particulièrement Sur ses premiers
établissemens, au xvme. siècle, dans la Belgique, maintenant réunie
à la République française; Ornées des portraits et des écussons des
premiers Imprimeurs belges. Rl. 8vo, pp. (2), xvi, 500. _Bruxelles
de l'impr. de Flon. An_ VII. "A work of deep research, which in a
considerable degree illustrates the history of printing."--HORNE.
LANGBAINE (G.) An Account of the English Dramatick Poets, or, some
Observations and Remarks on the Lives and Writings, of all those that
have Publish'd either Comedies, Tragedies, Tragi-Comedies, Pastorals,
Masques, Interludes, Farces, or Operas in the English Tongue. By Gerard
Langbaine. 8vo. _Oxford._ 1691.
"A work which, for an age that offered small facility or
encouragement to the prosecution of researches in the field
of early English Literature, was one of _extraordinary_
merit."--HALLIWELL. "Of the several early Catalogues of the English
stage, Langbaine's only is to be implicitly relied on for to
fidelity."--LOWNDES.
LANJUINAIS (J. D.) Notice de l'ouvrage de M. Évêque et Sénateur
Grégoire, intitulé: De la Littérature des Nègres. Par J. D. Lanjuinais.
8vo, pp. 24. _Paris: Maradan._ 1808.
LASTRI (M.) Biblioteca georgica, ossia Catalogo ragionato degli
scrittori di agricoltura, veterinaria, agrimensura, meteorologia,
economia pubblica, caccia, pesca, etc. spettanti all' Italia, del
proposto Marcantonio Lastri. 4to, pp. xi, 152. _Firenze: Pagani._ 1787.
LECLERC (C.) Bibliotheca Americana Catalogue Raisonné d'une
très-précieuse collection de livres anciens et modernes sur l'Amérique
et les Philippines Classés par ordre alphabétique de noms d'auteurs.
Rédigé par Ch. Leclerc. Rl. 8vo, pp. vii, 407.
_Paris Maisonneuve & C^{ie}_ M.D.CCC.LXVII
Describes 1,645 works and contains a careful collation of each
book, and in many instances analyses and important notes. It was
followed by "Bibliotheca Historica; Catalogue raisonné d'une
collection de livres sur l'Histoire de l'Europe et de l'Amérique."
8vo, pp. 193. _Paris._ 1868.
LARKIN (E. _and_ S.) Catalogue of Books, for Sale by E. and S. Larkin,
No. 47, Cornhill, Boston, consisting of the most esteemed Authors,
and arranged under the following Heads, viz. Law, Divinity, Surgery,
Physic, Chemistry, Anatomy, History, Biography, Voyages, Travels,
Memoirs, Lives, Novels, Romances, Poetry, Dramatics, Miscellanies,
Agriculture, Mathematics, Philosophy, Trade and Commerce, Classical and
School Books. 12mo, pp. 92. _Boston: Printed for E. and S. Larkin._
LE LONG (J.) Bibliotheca Sacra, post J. Le Long ct C. F. Boerneri
iteratas curas ordine disposita, emendata, suppleta, continuata ab A.
G. Masch. 4 vols., 4to, pp. (2), cxxxii, 465, (1); xvi, 226; 352; xx,
(2), 754, 192. _Halæ._ 1778-90.
Dr. Dibdin justly terms this work a "Standard authority on matters
of Biblical Literature." There is scarcely an edition of the Bible
extant in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, or Polyglots, but it is accurately
described, and all textual, as well as typographical variations,
pointed out; it is perhaps the most perfect Manual of Biblical
Bibliography extant. The first edition was _Parisiis._ 1709. 2
vols., 8vo.
LE LONG. Bibliothèque Historique de la France, contenant le Catalogue
des Ouvrages, imprimés & manuscrits, qui traitent ... de ce Royaume;
... augmentée par M. Fevret De Fontette. 5 vols., folio, pp. (2),
xxxiv, (2), 926; (4), vi, (6), 892; (2), vii, (1), 850, cvii; (4), xvi,
536, 285; viii, 771.
_Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Jean-Thomas Herissant._ 1768-78.
This is perhaps the most laborious and most able bibliographical
work which has ever appeared. It is scarcely possible to find a
volume or a manuscript in any way connected with French history
which is not fully described, and it frequently gives curious
details respecting English historians. Brunet remarks "Cet ouvrage
et un des travaux les plus essentiels qu'ait produit la science
bibliographique, et il doit se trouver dans tous les Bibliothèques."
LENGLET DU FRESNOY (N.) Méthode pour étudier l'Histoire: avec un
Catalogue des principaux Historiens, et des Remarques sur la bonté de
leur Ouvrages, et sur le choix des meilleures Editions. Par Lenglet du
Fresnoy. 4 vols., 4to. Maps, &c. _Paris._ 1729. + Nouvelle Edition,
Augmentée.... _Paris: Gandouin._ 1735. Supplément. 5 vols., 4to.
_Paris: Rollin fils & De Bure l'aîné._ 1740.
A most valuable and comprehensive work, and the master-key to all
the locked-up treasures of ancient and modern history, and to the
more secret stores of the obscure memorialists of every nation.
_See_ Petzholdt, pp. 816, 817.
LENGLET DU FRESNOY. Méthode pour étudier le Géographie.... Avec ...
un Catalogue des Cartes Géographiques, de Relations, Voyages, &
Descriptions les plus nécessaires pour la Géographie. Par Lenglet
Dufresnoy. 5 vols., 12mo. _Paris: Rollin fils & De Bure l'aîné._ 1736.
_See_ Petzholdt, p. 789.
LEON (A. de). Epitome de la Biblioteca Oriental í Occidental, Nautica í
Geografica.... Por Antonio de Leon, Relator del Supremo í Real Consejo
de las Indias. 4to, Engraved Title, pp. (86), 186, Appendix, 12,
Colophon, 1 l. _Madrid: Iuan Gonzalez._ 1629.
"The author of this work, probably the first which contains a
Catalogue of Books on America, afterwards took the surname of
Pinelo. The following enlarged edition by Barcia is so clumsily
thrown together that it is quite a relief to refer from it to this
neat and well-arranged little manual."--RICH.
LEON PINELO. Epitome de la Biblioteca Oriental y Occidental, Nautica
y Geografica: de Don Antonio de Leon Pinelo, del Consejo de S. M. en
la casa de la Contratacion de Sevilla y Coronista mayor de las Indias,
Añadido y enmendado nuevamente, en que se contienen los Escritores
de las Indias Orientales y Occidentales y Reinos convecinos, China,
Tartaria, Japon, Persia, Armenia, Etiopia y otras partes.... 3 vols.,
folio, pp. 1172. _Madrid: Francisco Martinez._ M.DCC.XXXVII-VIII.
"The most complete general Bibliography of Geographical Works,
Travels, Missionary Reports, etc. The second volume contains the
works relating to America, and its greatest value consists in the
notices it gives of the Spanish manuscripts on the subjects, most
of which are still existing in Spain."--RICH. See also Harrisse's
_Bib. Am. Vet._
LE PRINCE (Nicolas Thomas). Essai historique sur le Bibliothèque du
roi, aujourd'hui Bibliothèque impériale, avec des notices sur les
dépôts qui la composent et le catalogue de ses principaux fonds.
18mo. _Paris._ 1782. + Nouvelle édition, augmentée des Annales de la
bibliothèque. Par Louis Paris. 18mo, pp. 466. _Paris._ 1856.
LEWIS (J.) Complete History of the several translations of the Holy
Bible and New Testament into English, both in Ms. and in Print, and of
the most remarkable editions of them since the invention of Printing.
8vo. _London._ 1739.
LEWIS. The Life of Mayster Wyllyam Caxton, of the Weald of Kent; the
First Printer in England. In which is given an Account of the Rise
and Progress of the Art of Pryntyng in England, during his Time, till
1493. Collected by John Lewis, Minister of Mergate in Kent. 8vo, pp.
xxii, 156, (4). Portrait and 2 Plates.
_London: Printed in the Year_ M.DCC.XXXVII.
One hundred and fifty copies printed on large thick paper. Some
copies possess an additional leaf, paged 158, containing the
Character of Caxton by Bishop Bale and a note respecting Sir Walter
Manny from Froissart.
LEYPOLDT (F.) The Annual American Catalogue. [Third year.] Containing
an Alphabetical List of Books published in the United States, and
imported, during the year 1871. With a classified Index. 8vo.
_New York: Publishers' and Stationers'
Weekly Trade Circular._ 1872.
LIBRI (G.) Catalogue of the Extraordinary Collection of Splendid
Manuscripts chiefly upon vellum, in various Languages of Europe and the
East, formed by Guglielmo Libri ... Sold ... 1859. Imp. 8vo, pp. (2),
xxxix, 260. 37 Plates. [_London._ 1859.]
LIBRI. Catalogue of the Choicer Portion of the Magnificent Library
formed by M. Guglielmo Libri ... Sold ... 1859. Imp. 8vo, pp. xx, 380.
_London._ 1859.
LIBRI. Catalogue of the Mathematical, Historical, Bibliographical and
Miscellaneous Portion of the ... Library of M. Guglielmo Libri.... Sold
... 1861 ... 2 parts, imp. 8vo, pp. xxxi, (1), 799. 3 Facsimiles.
LIBRI. Catalogue de la partie réservée et la plus précieuse de la
Collection Libri, ... Laquelle sera mise aux enchères ... Imp. 8vo, pp.
(4), 143. [_London._ 1862.]
It was also issued in the English language as:
LIBRI. Catalogue of the Reserved ... portion of the Libri Collection
... of Ancient Manuscripts and Printed Books.... Sold ... 1862. Imp.
8vo, pp. (4), 185.
LIBRI. Catalogue of ... Precious Manuscripts and Objects of Art and
Vertu, of M. Guglielmo Libri, ... Sold ... 1864. Imp. 8vo, pp. (2), 44.
15 Plates.
LIBRI. ... Prices and Purchasers Names to the Catalogues. Imp. 8vo, pp.
(2), 48. _Puttick and Simpson._ 1868.
LIBRI. Monuments Inédits ou peu Connus, faisant partie du Cabinet de
Guillaume Libri, et qui se rapportent à l'Histoire de l'Ornementation
chez différents Peuples. Seconde Édition, augmentée de plusieurs
Planches. Folio. _Londres._ 1864.
First issued in 1862. Of this splendid work only one hundred and
fifty copies were printed. It contains 65 large Plates, exhibiting
numerous specimens of richly ornamented Early Bookbindings,
Illuminated Manuscripts, Drawings by Raffaelle, Michael Angelo,
Da Vinci, Rubens, Guercino, splendid Works of Art in Gold, Ivory,
&c. Early Engraved Maps, Antiquities in Gold by the Aborigines of
America, &c., all beautifully executed facsimiles of the originals,
in Gold, Silver, and Colors; with Descriptions in English and
French.
LINDE (A. van der). The Haarlem Legend of the Invention of Printing by
Lourens Janszoon Coster, critically examined by Dr. A. van der Linde,
translated from the Dutch by J. H. Hessels, with an Introduction and a
Classified List of the Costerian Incunabula. Rl. 8vo. _London._ 1871.
A careful investigation and proof of the utter falsehood of the
Haarlem Legend of the "Invention of Printing."
LINDEN (Joannes Antonides van der). De Scriptis Medicis libri duo. 8vo.
_Amstelodami._ 1637.
Prefixed is Manuductio ad Medicinam edition. An edition, printed in
the same place, appeared 1851 and 1852.
LINNÆUS. Caroli Linnaei Bibliotheca botanica recensens Libros plus
mille de plantis huc usque editos, secundum Systema Auctorum Naturale
in classes, ordines, genera & species dispositos, additis Editionis
Loco, Tempore, Forma, Lingua, &c. cum explicatione Fundamentorum
Botanicorum pars Ima. 8vo, pp. (16), 168, Fundam. Botan., pp. (4), 36.
_Amstelodami: Schouten._ 1736.
For other editions _see_ Petzholdt, pp. 553, 554. Power quotes an
edition 1851--an error for 1751.
The Literary World. A Gazette for Authors, Readers, and Publishers.
[Edited by Chas. F. Hoffman, Evart A. and Geo. L. Duyckinck.] 13 vols.,
4to. _New York._ 1847-53.
[LIVERMORE (George).] Remarks on Public Libraries. From the "North
American Review," for July, 1850. For Private Distribution only. 8vo,
pp. 40. _Cambridge: Printed by Bolles and Houghton._ 1850.
LLEWELLYN (_Dr._ Thos.) Historical Account of the British or Welsh
Versions and Editions of the Bible, with an Appendix containing the
Dedications affixed to the first Editions. 8vo. _London._ 1768.
Sold at Dr. Gossett's sale for £1 9s.
LOFTIE (W. I.) A Century of Bibles: or, the Authorized Version from
1611 to 1711; to which is added William Kilburne's Tract on Dangerous
Errors in the late Printed Bibles, 1659; with Lists of Bibles in the
British Museum, Bodleian, Stuttgart and other Libraries. By Rev. W. I.
Loftie. Post 8vo, pp. (8), 249, (2). _London: B. M. Pickering._ 1872.
Also on large paper.
LONDON. The London Catalogue of Books in all Languages, Arts and
Sciences, that have been printed in Great Britain from the year
MDCC. Properly classed under the general Branches of Literature, and
Alphabetically disposed under each head, with their Sizes, and Prices.
Carefully Compiled and Corrected, with innumerable Additions. Rl. 8vo,
pp. (4), 144. _London: W. Harris._ 1773.
Printed with the title, "A General Catalogue," 1779. + _London:
W. Bent._ 1791. 8vo, pp. 160. For the titles of other editions,
besides the following, _see_ Petzholdt, p. 346.
The London Catalogue of Books, with their Sizes, Prices, and
Publishers. Containing the Books published in London and those altered
in size or price since the year 1800 to 1827. 8vo, pp (4), 309.
_London: Longman_ ... 1827. + A Supplement ... to June 1829, ... 8vo,
pp. 47. _London._ 1829. + 1814 to 1846. _London._ 1846. + 1831 to 1855.
8vo, pp. vi, 583. _London: Thomas Hodgson._ MDCCCLV.
A Catalogue of the Library of the London Institution: Systematically
Classed. Preceded by an Historical and Bibliographical Account of the
Establishment.... 4 vols., rl. 8vo, pp. lxviii, 669, (1), Plan; xxxiii,
658, xviii; (2), xcvi, 667, (1); xxiv, 569, (1).
_Not published._ 1835-52.
This very excellent catalogue was the joint labors of Messrs.
Upcott, Brayley, and Thompson, to whom great credit is due for the
able manner in which they have performed so long and tedious a task.
Catalogue of the Extensive Library of the Athenæum Club, London, with
the Supplement. 2 vols., rl. 8vo. _London._ 1845-51.
Privately printed for the members only.
LORENZ (Otto). Catalogue Général de la Librairie Française pendant 25
ans (1840-1865) Rédigé par Otto Lorenz, Libraire ... 4 vols., 8vo, pp.
(8), 628; (4), 636; (4), 623; (8), 671.
_Paris Chez O. Lorenz_ ... 1867-71.
LOW (S.) The English Catalogue of Books ... 1835, to ... 1863.
Comprising the contents of the "London" and "British" Catalogues, and
the principal works published in ... America and Continental Europe....
Compiled by Sampson Low. 8vo, pp. vi, (2), 910. _London: Sampson Low,
Son, and Marston._ 1864. + Vol. II. 1863 to ... 1872. 8vo, pp. (4),
452. [_Ibid._] 1873.
LOW. Index to the British Catalogue of Books ... 1837 to 1857
inclusive. Compiled by Sampson Low. 8vo.
_London: Sampson Low, Son, and Co._ 1858.
LOW. An Index to Current Literature; comprising a Reference to the
Author and Subject of every Book in the English Language, and the
Articles in Literature, Science, and Art, in several Publications.
1859, 1860, 1861. By Sampson Low. 8vo, pp. lxxxvi, 170. _London._ 1862.
A most valuable index to serial literature, discontinued from want
of public appreciation and support.
LOWNDES (W. T.) The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature,
containing an account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, published
in or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of
Printing; with Bibliographical and Critical Notices, Collations of the
Rarer Articles, and the Prices at which they have been sold in this
Present Century. By William Thomas Lowndes. 4 vols., 8vo, pp. xii,
2002. _London: William Pickering._ MDCCCXXXIV.
First published as a serial; Part 1. is dated 1828. Invaluable to
the collector or librarian. The type of this is larger than that of
the following edition:
LOWNDES. [Same Title.] New Edition, Revised, Corrected and Enlarged, By
Henry G. Bohn. 6 vols., 8vo, pp. 2746. _London: Henry G. Bohn._ 1857-69.
Issued in eleven parts, each of which contains some preliminary,
explanatory, or exculpatory notice by Mr. Bohn. It is much to
be regretted that the earlier part of the work does not include
the same ratio of additions as the later, and book-collectors,
in general, would have been pleased to pay a higher price for
a handsomer book. Mr. Bohn's name as editor did not appear on
the first title to Vol. 1. Power remarks "A good guide to Mr.
Bohn's various reprints and 'Libraries,' and the appendix is a
carefully-compiled list of the publications of the Book-printing
Clubs, the private presses, such as Strawberry Hill, Lee Priory,
&c., and the rare reprints of Collier, Halliwell, Maidment,
Turnbull, and others. _The Bibliographer's Manual_ is a work which,
for want of a better, no English book-lover can do without. The
first edition has the advantage of Mr. Bohn's, being printed in
more legible type." Later issues bear the name of _Bell & Daldy_ as
publishers. In 1869, two hundred and fifty copies were printed on
large paper, in 6 vols., cr. 8vo. The statement that one hundred
copies were printed on large paper, which appears on that number
of copies which were sent to America, is, to say the least, an
abbreviation of the truth. Mr. Bohn's eleven prefatory notices,
which to some extent explain the nature and extent of his labors,
have been omitted in the large paper copies, both editions being
in other respects exactly the same. There is no substitute for
_The Bibliographer's Manual_; undertaken originally to supply an
obvious desideratum felt by all readers and book-buyers, it forms
at once a key to the riches of English literature for the student,
and a guide in the formation of a library for the collector. In
its present enlarged form it comprises notices of upwards of one
hundred thousand distinct books published in Great Britain and
Ireland, but it is susceptible of much improvement.
LOWNDES. The British Librarian, or Book Collector's Guide to the
formation of a Library, in all Branches of Literature, ... With Prices,
Critical Notes, References, and an Index of Authors and Subjects....
By William T. Lowndes. 8vo, 1320 columns.
_London: Whittaker and Co._ 1839-42.
Eleven parts; comprising "Religion and its History," being all
that were published. It is a valuable Bibliography of Theological
Literature; its completion was prevented by the death of the author.
LOWNDES. Shakespeare and his Commentators, from Lowndes'
Bibliographer's Manual. 8vo. Portrait. _London._ 1831.
Fifty-two copies printed--not for sale. This was reproduced with
additions as below:
LOWNDES. A Bibliographical Account of the Works of Shakespeare,
including every known Edition, Translation, and Commentary. By
Henry G. Bohn. Printed off separately from his enlarged edition of
the Bibliographer's Manual, with some Additions. Sm. 4to, pp. (4),
2253-2368. _London._ 1868.
The additions contain lists of the early quartos in the library of
the Marquis of Bute, also that of Mr. James Lenox of New York. _See
also_ Sabin's _American Bibliopolist_, June, 1870.
[LUCOMBE (Philip).] A Concise History of the Origin and Progress of
the Art of Printing; ... Compiled from those who have wrote on this
Curious Art. 8vo, pp. (12), 494, 12. Portrait.
_London: W. Adlard and J. Browne._ 1770.
LUDEWIG (H. E.) The Literature of American Local History; a
Bibliographical Essay. By Hermann E. Ludewig. 8vo, pp. xx, 180.
_New York: Printed for the Author._ M.DCCC.XLVI.
Privately printed, and scarce. A Supplement was subsequently
printed in the _Literary World_, of which twenty-six copies only
were separately printed--that being the number of persons who had
the politeness to acknowledge the gift of the "Essay."
LUDEWIG. The Literature of American Aboriginal Languages. By Hermann E.
Ludewig. With Additions and Corrections, By Professor Wm. W. Turner.
Edited by Nicolas Trübner. 8vo, pp. viii, (1), ix-xxiv, 258.
_London: Trübner & Co._ MDCCCLVIII.
M'CCULLOCH (J. R.) The Literature of Political Economy: A Classified
Catalogue of select publications in the different departments of that
science, with Historical, Critical, and Biographical [_sic_] Notices.
By J. R. M'cCulloch, Esq., ... 8vo, pp. xiii, (I), 407.
_London: Longman._ MDCCCXLV.
With two indexes, one of authors and the other of works.
MACHADO (D. B.) Bibliotheca Lusitana Historica, Critica, e Cronologica.
Na qual se comprehende a Noticia dos Authores Portuguezes, e das Obras,
que compuzeraõ desde o tempo da promulgacaõ da Ley da Graça até o tempo
prezente. Offerecida à Augusta Magestade de D. Joaõ v. Nosso Senhor por
Diogo Barbosa Machado. 4 vols., folio, pp. (80), 767, Portrait; (2),
927; (2), 799; (6), 725. _Lisboa, Off. de Fonseca._ 1741-59.
The extreme rarity of this great work, the highest authority upon
Portuguese bibliography, arises from the circumstance that a large
proportion of the first three volumes perished by fire at Lisbon in
1755. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 381.
MACKELDEY (F.) Compendium of Modern Civil Law, from the Twelfth German
Edition. With a Bibliographical List of Books on the Civil Law. Vol. I.
8vo. _New York._ 1845.
No more of the translation published. For the title of the original
_see_ Petzholdt, p. 650.
MACRAY (W. D.) Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D.
1867. With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the
Fourteenth Century. By the Rev. William Dunn Macray, A.M. ... 8vo, pp.
v, (I, 1), 369, (1). _Rivingtons, London._ 1868.
This is the fullest account of this splendid collection, which
contains 350,000 printed books and 25,000 manuscripts.
MACRAY. A Manual of British Historians to A.D. 1600. Containing a
Chronological Account of the early Chroniclers and Monkish Writers,
their Printed Works and unpublished MSS., with the Period of each
history, and when the writer flourished. By the Rev. William Dunn
Macray, A.M. ... 8vo. _W. Pickering, London._ 1845.
MADDEN (J. P. A.) Lettres d'un bibliographe. 3 vols., 8vo. Facsimiles.
_Versailles._ 1868-74.
Vol. III., pp. 41-101 contains "Études sur Gutenberg et sur
Schoiffer."
MAISONNEUVE ET CIE. Catalogue de Livres anciens et modernes divisé en
six parties. Rl. 8vo. _Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie._ 1862.
The various catalogues put forth by this house are usually replete
with bibliographical information. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 101.
MAITLAND (S. R.) List of some of the Early Printed Books in the
Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth. By the Rev. S. R. Maitland. 8vo, pp.
xxii, (1), 464. _Privately Printed, London._ 1843.
Very scarce; a few copies only having been printed for presents.
The compiler was the keeper of the manuscripts and libraries of
the Archbishop of Canterbury, and thus had unusual facilities for
giving accurate descriptions of, and extracts from, the various
works.
MAITTAIRE (M.) Annales typographici ab artis inventae origine ad
annum MD. Operâ Mich. Maittaire. 4to, pp. (12), 388. Portraits.
_Hagae-Comitum, Vaillant._ 1719. + Ab anno M.D. ad annum M.D.XXXVI.
continuati. Tom. II. Pars I.-II. pp. (20), 395, Portrait; (2), 395-860.
_Hagae-Comitum, Vaillant et Provost._ 1722. + Ab anno M.D.XXXVI. ad
annum M.D.LVII. continuati: cum Appendice. Tom. III. Pars I.-II.
pp. (10), 412; (2), 413-925. [_Ibid._] 1725. + Annales typographici
ab artis inventae origine ad annum M.DCLXIV. Editio nova auctior &
emendatior. Tom. I. Pars I.-II. pp. (2), xvi, 415; (2), 415-791.
_Amstelodami, Humbert._ 1733. + Annalium typographicorum Tomus Quintus
et ultimus; Indicem in Tomos Quatuor praeeuntes complectens. Pars
I.-II. pp. viii, 536; (2), 573. _Londini, Darres & Du Bosc._ 1741. +
Annalium typographicorum Supplementum adornavit M. Denis. 2 vols., 4to.
_Viennæ._ 1789.
"Maittaire's valuable annals are indispensable in every
bibliographical library."--HORNE'S _Bibliography_.
MAJOR (J. R.) Bibliography of the First Letter of Columbus, describing
his Discovery of the New World. By J. R. Major. 8vo. _London._ 1872.
Seventy-five copies only printed.
M[AJOR] (J[ohn]). Rational Madness: a Song, for the Lovers of Curious
and Rare Books: adapted to the Popular Tune of "Liberty Hall," by J. M.
4to. _London._ [n. d.]
Fifty copies only privately printed.
MALCOLM (J. P.) Lives of Topographers and Antiquarians, who have
written concerning the Antiquities of England, with a complete List of
their Works. Rl. 4to. 26 Portraits. _London._ 1815.
Includes a complete collation of their works, etc.
MALCOM (Howard). Theological Index. References to the Principal Works
in every Department of Religious Literature, Embracing nearly 70,000
Citations, alphabetically arranged under two thousand heads. Rl. 8vo,
pp. 487, (1). _Boston: Gould and Lincoln._ 1868.
In a second edition some of the numerous blunders in this work were
corrected. See _North American Review_, July, 1868.
MANGET (J. J.) Jo. Jacobi Mangeti Bibliotheca chemica curiosa, seu
rerum ad alchemiam pertinentium Thesaurus instructissimus: ... 2 vols.,
folio, pp. (18), 938, Portrait; (2), 904. _Genevæ, Chouet._ 1702.
For other works by this learned writer _see_ Petzholdt, pp. 574,
591, 600.
MANNE (E. de). Nouveau Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Anonymes et
Pseudonymes la plupart contemporains avec les noms des auteurs ou
éditeurs accompagné de notes historiques et critiques Par E. de Manne.
Nouvelle édition revue, corrigée & très-augmentée, pouvant servir
de supplement à tous les Manuels de Bibliographie jusqu'à ce jour.
8vo, pp. vii, 407. _Lyon: Scheuring._ 1862. + Troisième edition,
très-augmentée. 8vo, pp. vii, 607. _Lyon: Scheuring._ 1868.
Supplementary to Barbier. _See_ Quérard (J. M.), _and_ Petzholdt,
p. 106.
MARSDEN (W.) Bibliotheca Marsdeniana, Philologica et Orientalis. A
Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts collected with a view to the general
comparison of Languages, and to the Study of Oriental Literature. By
William Marsden. 4to, pp. 309. _London: Printed by Cox._ 1827.
Not printed for sale. This collection is now placed in the library
of King's College, London. It is a most useful work of its kind;
an alphabetical catalogue of authors is followed by a classed
catalogue of the books in the various languages. _See_ Petzholdt,
p. 685.
MARSDEN. A Catalogue of Dictionaries, Vocabularies, Grammars, and
Alphabets in Two Parts. Part I. Alphabetical Catalogue of Authors. Part
II. Chronological Catalogue of Works in each Class of Language. By
William Marsden. 4to, pp. (6), 156. _London._ 1796.
MARTIN (J.) A Bibliographical Catalogue of Books Privately Printed,
including those of the Bannatyne, Maitland and Roxburghe Clubs, and of
The Private Presses at Darlington, Auchinleck, Lee-Priory, Newcastle,
Middle Hill, and Strawberry Hill. By John Martin, F.L.S. 2 vols., 8vo,
pp. xiv, 314; (4), 317-563. _London: J. and A. Arch_; ... M.DCCC.XXXIV.
Fifty copies printed on large paper. The accounts of the various
clubs and private presses are not included in the second edition.
MARTIN. Bibliographical Catalogue of Privately Printed Books. By John
Martin, F.S.A., Librarian, Woburn Abbey. Second Edition. 8vo, pp. xxv,
593. [_London: Woodfall and Kinder._] M.DCCC.LIV.
Two hundred and fifty copies printed, of which fifty are on large
paper. The collector should secure both editions. _See_ Petzholdt,
p. 13.
MARVIN (J. G.) Legal Bibliography, or a Thesaurus of American, English,
Irish, and Scotch Law Books. Together with some Continental Treatises.
Interspersed with Critical Observations upon their various Editions and
Authority. To which is prefixed a Copious List of Abbreviations. By
John Marvin, Counsellor at Law.... 8vo, pp. vii, 800.
_Philadelphia: T. & T. W. Johnson._ 1847.
Prefixed is a copious list of abbreviations, and a good index of
subjects.
MASCH (A. G.) Bibliotheca Sacra. _See_ Le Long (J.), p. xc.
MASKELL (W.) Selected Centuries of Books from the Library of a Priest
in the Diocese of Salisbury. By Rev. W. Maskell. 8vo.
_London: W. Pickering._ 1843.
A catalogue raisonné of three hundred rare books, of which very few
copies were printed.
MASON (S.) Bibliotheca Hibernicana; or Descriptive Catalogue of Sir
Robert Peel's Select Irish Library. By Shaw Mason. 8vo. Map and
Facsimiles. _London._ 1823.
Fifty copies only printed.
Masonic Books. _See_ [Gassett (H.)], _and_ Petzholdt's _Bib. Bibliog._,
p. 471, _et seq._
MASSACHUSETTS. Catalogue of the Library of the Massachusetts Historical
Society. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. vii, 732; vii, 651.
_Boston: Printed for the Society._ M.DCCC.LIX.
A valuable work of reference for books and pamphlets printed in and
relating to America. A few copies were printed on large paper in
4to.
MATON (W. G.), _and_ RACKETT (T.) An Historical Account of
Testaceological Writers. By William George Maton, and Thomas
Rackett.... 4to. _London._ 1804.
From the "Transactions of the Linnean Society," VII. 119-244.
Translated into French by M. Boulard. 8vo. _Paris: Garnery._ 1811.
_See_ Petzholdt, p. 560.
MAUNSELL (A.) The first Part of the Catalogue of English printed
Bookes: Which concerneth such matters of Diuinitie, as haue bin either
written in our owne Tongue, or translated out of anie other language:
And haue bin published, to the glory of God, and edification of the
Church of Christ in England. Gathered into Alphabet, and such Method as
it is, by Andrew Maunsell, Bookeseller. Folio, pp. (8), 123. _London:
Printed by Windet._ 1595. + The Seconde parte ... pp. (6), 27.
_London: Printed by Roberts._ 1595.
"This is not only very rare, but one of the most valuable
bibliographical books we have remaining."--DR. BLISS. _See also_
Petzholdt, p. 342.
MAXWELL (_Sir_ Stirling). An Essay towards a Collection of Books
relating to Proverbs, Emblems, Apophthegms, Epitaphs, and Ana, being a
Catalogue of those at Keir. 8vo. _London._ 1860.
Privately printed, and very rare.
MÉCÈNE ET PHOTIUS. Le Bibliothécaire. Archives d'Histoire littéraire,
de Biographie, de Bibliologie et de Bibliographie, rédigées par Mécène
et Photius, ... 8vo, pp. 64. _Paris, au Bureau du Bibliothécaire._ 1844.
No. 1. Juillet, 1844--no more published.
MEERMAN (Gerhard). Origines Typographicæ. 2 vols., 4to, pp. xi, (1),
260; viii, 312. 2 Portraits, 10 Tables.
_Hagæ Comitum, N. Van Daalen._ 1765.
Also on large and fine paper.
MEIKLE (W.) The Canadian Newspaper Directory; or, Advertiser's Guide:
containing a complete List of all the Newspapers in Canada, the
circulation of each, and all information in reference thereto. By W.
Meikle. 8vo, pp. 60. _Toronto._ 1858.
MELBOURNE. Catalogue of the Melbourne Public Library for 1861. Rl. 8vo,
pp. lxiv, 582; (2), 27, xxxv. Plate. [_Victoria._ 1861.]
[MELZI (Gaetano de' Conti).] Bibliografia dei Romanzi e Poemi
cavallereschi Italiani Seconda Edizione corretta ed accresciuta. 8vo,
pp. viii, 380. _Milano: Tosi._ 1838.
_See_ Petzholdt, p. 720.
M[ELZI]. Dizionario di Opere anonime e pseudonime di Scrittori Italiani
o come che sia aventi relazione all' Italia di G. M. 3 vols., 8vo, pp.
(4), 482; (4), 483; xvi, 701. _Milano: Pirola._ 1848-59.
MENDEZ (F.) Typographia Española ò Historia de la Introduccion,
Propagacion y Progresos del Arte de la Imprenta en España. A la que
antecede una Noticia general sobre la Imprenta de la Europa, y de la
China: adornado todo con Notas instructivas y curiosas. Tom. I. Su
Autor Francisco Mendez. Sm. 4to, pp. (2), xviii, 427.
_Madrid, impr. de la Vidua de Ibarra._ 1796.
"An indispensable work to the student of Spanish bibliography.
Contains a short history of printing in Europe and China, and 59
plates of ancient writing." The death of the author prevented its
completion.
MERCKLIN (G. A.) Lindenius renovatus, sive, Johannis Antonidae van der
Linden de Scriptis Medicis Libri duo: ... Noviter praeter haec additâ
plurimorum Authorum, ... Vitae Curriculorum succinctâ Descriptione:
Adscitâ undique ab ... Anno M.DC.LXII. usque ad praesentem continuati,
dimidio penè amplificati, perplurimùm interpolati, & ab extantioribus
mendis purgati à Georg. Abrah. Mercklino. 4to, pp. (22), 1158; (6),
160. _Norimbergae: Endter._ 1686.
Part II. has a separate title-page, pagination and register. _See_
Petzholdt, p. 573.
MERRYWEATHER (F. S.) Bibliomania in The Middle Ages. Or Sketches of
Bookworms, Collectors, Bible Students, Scribes, and Illuminators,
from the Anglo Saxon and Norman Periods, to the Introduction of
Printing into England; with Anecdotes, illustrating the History of the
Monastic Libraries of Great Britain, in the Olden Time. By F. Somner
Merryweather. Sm. 8vo, pp. iv, 218. _London: Merryweather._ M.DCCC.XLIX.
"Treats of every subject connected with the Bibliography of the
Middle Ages in Great Britain."--_Literary Gazette._
MEUSEL (J. G.) _See_ Struvio (B. G.)
MIDDLETON (Conyers). Dissertation concerning the Origin of Printing
in England, shewing that it was first introduced and practised by
our countryman, William Caxton, at Westminster, and not by a foreign
printer at Oxford. Sm. 4to, pp. 29. _Cambridge._ 1735.
An interesting treatise, with an account of the several productions
of Caxton.
[MILLER (John).] Fly Leaves; or, Scraps and Sketches, Literary,
Bibliographical and Miscellaneous, consisting of Notes on Antiquarian
and Historical Subjects, Collections towards neglected Biography, ...
Choice Specimens of Ancient Poetry, chiefly from unpublished MSS....
With numerous Bibliographical Notices, etc. 2 vols., 12mo, pp. x, 189;
xii, 180. _London: John Miller._ 1845-55.
First and Second Series--all published.
MONTFAUCON (Dom Ber. de). Bibliotheca Bibliothecarum Manuscriptorum
nova. 2 vols., folio. _Paris: Briasson._ 1739.
A list of all the manuscripts which the author saw or heard of in
forty years researches among European libraries.
MONTFAUCON. Bibliotheca Coisliniana olim Segueriana, seu omnium
manuscriptorum Græcorum quæ in eà continentur accurata descriptio.
Folio. _Parisiis: Guérin._ 1715.
MONTFAUCON. Diarium Italicum sive ... bibliothecarum ... notitiae ...
itinerario Italico collectæ. 4to. _Parisiis._ 1702.
This was highly esteemed, and translated into English. Ticoroni
criticised it in "Osservazioni"--_Roma._ 1709. 4to--and Riccobaldi
defended it in an "Apologia," _Venezia_. 1710. 4to.
MOREAU (Célestin). Bibliographie des Mazarinades publiée pour la
Société de l'Histoire de France par C. Moreau. 3 vols., 8vo, pp. (6),
lxiv, 426; (6), 398; (6), 464. _Paris: Renouard et Cie._ 1850-51.
Concerning this curious work _see_ Petzholdt, p. 227.
MORENI (D.) Bibliografia storico-ragionata della Toscana o sia Catalogo
degli Scrittori che hanno illustrata la Storia delle Città, Luoghi, e
Persone della medesima raccolto dal Sacerdote Domenico Moreni. 2 vols.,
4to, pp. xii, 531; xii, 551. _Firenze: Ciardetti._ 1805.
MORES (E. R.) A Dissertation upon English Typographical Founders and
Founderies, with Appendix. By Edward Rowe Mores. Rl. 8vo.
_London._ 1778.
"Of this curious and valuable work only one hundred copies
were printed; of the Appendix, by Nichols, pp. 8, only
eighty."--LOWNDES' _Manual_.
MORGAN (H. J.) Bibliotheca Canadensis: or A Manual of Canadian
Literature. By Henry J. Morgan, ... Imp. 8vo, pp. xiv, 411.
_Ottawa: Printed by G. E. Desbarats._ 1867.
Very scarce; most of the copies having been destroyed by fire.
It is to be regretted that when the author undertook this work
he had not made himself better acquainted with the duties of a
bibliographer--to say that it is carelessly done, is but mild
criticism. The critical notices are numerous, voluminous, and often
unnecessary.
MORRILL (F. K.) The Amateurs' Guide for 1872. A Complete Book of
Reference, relative to the Amateur Editors, Authors, Printers and
Publishers of America. Written and Compiled by Fred. K. Morrill. 32mo,
pp. 100. _Chicago._ 1872.
MORTILLARO (V.) Studio bibliografico di Vicenzo Mortillaro. Seconde
Edizione. 8vo, pp. 120. _Palermo: Solli._ 1832.
Concerning this _see_ Petzholdt, p. 51.
MOSS (J. W.) A Manual of Classical Bibliography: comprising a copious
detail of the various Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics, and
of the Critical and Philological Works published in illustration of
them, with an Account of the principal Translations, into English,
French, Italian, Spanish, German, etc. By Joseph William Moss. Second
Edition, Completed to the end of 1836, by the addition of a Supplement,
containing a Bibliographical Index of several thousand Editions which
have appeared either here or abroad since the original publication
of this work in 1825; ... 2 vols., 8vo, pp. vii, 544; (2), 731;
Supplement, (74). _London: Bohn._ 1837.
MOULE (T.) Bibliotheca Heraldica Magnae Britanniae. An Analytical
Catalogue of Books on Genealogy, Heraldry, Nobility, Knighthood,
& Ceremonies: with a List of Provincial Visitations, Pedigrees,
Collections of Arms, and other Manuscripts; And a Supplement,
enumerating the principal Foreign Genealogical Works. By Thomas Moule.
Rl. 8vo, pp. xxiii, 668. Plate. _London: Printed for the Author._ 1822.
Also on large paper. "An accurate and valuable work."--LOWNDES.
MOXON (Joseph). Mechanick Exercise, or the Doctrine of Handy-Works. 2
vols., 4to. Portraits and Plates. _London._ 1677-83.
The second volume relates to the art of printing, letter-cutting,
the compositor's and pressman's trade, and is very scarce.
MULLER (Frederik). Catalogue of Books relating to America including
a large number of rare works printed before 1700 amongst which a
nearly complete collection of the Dutch publications on New-Netherland
from 1612 to 1820. On Sale ... by Fr. Muller.... 12mo, pp. 104.
[_Amsterdam._ 1850.]
Also on large paper in 4to.
MULLER. Catalogus van Boeken, Plaatwerken en Kaarten, over de
Nederlandsche Bezittingen ... in Azie, Afrika en Amerika, ...
verkrijgbaar bij Frederik Muller te Amsterdam. Rl. 8vo, pp. (2),
103. [_Amsterdam._] 1854. + Tweede Catalogus. 4to, pp. (2), 28.
[_Amsterdam._] 1858.
MULLER. Catalogue of Books, Maps, Plates on America, and of a
Remarkable Collection of Early Voyages, offered for sale by Frederik
Muller, at Amsterdam.... With Bibliographical and Historical Notes and
presenting an Essay towards a Dutch-American Bibliography.... 8vo, pp.
viii, 288. 3 Facsimiles. _Amsterdam: Frederik Muller._ 1872. + Part II.
1875. 8vo, pp. (2), 289-420. Part III. 8vo, pp. (2), 173.
"This is much more than a catalogue, it it a tolerably complete
Bibliography of Dutch Books relating to America, contains
translations of the titles, with critical and other notes
concerning the books, and is a most desirable addition to a
bibliographical collection."--SABIN'S _American Bibliopolist_. For
a list of many of Mr. Muller's catalogues _see_ Petzholdt, pp. 16,
275, 379, 490, 492, 808, 854, 855, 864.
MULLINS (J. D.) Free Libraries and News Rooms, their Formation and
Management. 12mo. _London: H. Sotheran & Co._ 1870.
Full of valuable hints and important facts to assist the promoters
(and others) of free public libraries. Mr. Mullins compiled the
catalogue of the Birmingham Free Libraries, published in 1869.
MUÑOZ (T.) Diccionario bibliográfico-histórico de los Antiguos Reinos,
Provincias, Ciudades, Villas, Iglesias y Santuarios de España, por
Tomas Muños y Romero. Obra premiada por la Biblioteca nacional en el
concurso público de enero de 1858, é impresa á expensas del Gobierno.
Rl. 8vo, pp. vii, 329. _Madrid: impr. de Rivadeneyra._ 1858.
MUNSELL (J.) Bibliotheca Munselliana. A Catalogue of the Books and
Pamphlets issued from the Press of Joel Munsell, from the year 1828 to
1870. 8vo, pp. 191. _Albany: Privately Printed._ 1872.
The only work of its kind issued in the United States. The notes
are characteristic, amusing, and sometimes humorous.
MUNSELL. Catalogue of American and Foreign Books in Bibliography and
other Departments of Literature. Offered ... by J. Munsell, Albany.
Consisting of Rare Works relating to Printing, Voyages and Travels, &c.
8vo, pp. 74. _Albany: J. Munsell._ 1857.
Also on large paper.
MUNSELL. Catalogue of a Bibliographical Library, offered for sale
complete at the prices affixed. Collected by Joel Munsell, Albany. 8vo,
pp. 36. _Albany: Joel Munsell._ 1856.
MUNSELL. A Chronology of Paper and Paper Making. By Joel Munsell. 8vo,
pp. vii, 110. _Albany: Joel Munsell._ 1857. + Third Edition. 8vo.
[_Ibid._] 1864. + Fourth Edition. 8vo, pp. 226. [_Ibid._] 1870.
Two hundred copies printed. Contains specimens of Japanese paper,
and paper made from straw. In this interesting work no less than
110 substances are named from which paper can be made, including
Espartero, or Spanish grass, and cane from the southern states.
MUNSELL. The Typographical Miscellany. By Joel Munsell. 8vo, pp. (6),
268. _Albany: J. Munsell._ 1850.
Also: Catalogue of Books on Printing and the Kindred Arts;
embracing also Works on Copyright, Liberty of the Press, Literary
Property, Bibliography, etc. 8vo, pp. 47. _Albany: Joel Munsell._
1868.
MURHARD (F. W. A.) Litteratur der mathematischen Wissenschaften. Von
Fr. Wilh. Aug. Murhard. 5 vols., 8vo, pp. (2), xxii, 256; (2), xviii,
436; xvi, 360; (8), 343; (4), vi, 243.
_Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel._ 1797-1805.
Also entitled, _Bibliotheca Mathematica_. A very similar work to
that of Ersch, but rather fuller in the mathematical part.
NAMUR (P.) Bibliographie paléographico-diplomatico-bibliologique
générale ou Répertoire systématique indiquant 1° tous les ouvrages
relatifs à la paléographie; à la diplomatique; à l'histoire
de l'imprimerie et de la librairie; à la bibliographie; aux
bio-bibliographies et à l'histoire des bibliothèques; 2° la notice des
recueils périodiques, littéraires et critiques des différents pays.
Suivi d'un Répertoire alphabétique général. Par P. Namur. 2 vols., 8vo,
pp. xxvii, 227; vi, 306. _Liége: Collardin._ 1838.
Gives the titles of 10,236 separate works relating to Paléography
or writing, Diplomatics or Manuscripts, the History of Printing
and the Book Trade, Bibliography, Libraries, Periodicals, &c.
No work (up to its date) contains so full a list of this class
of books. The titles are, however, frequently inaccurate, the
descriptions few and meagre. Each volume has a good, systematic,
and alphabetical index.
NAMUR. Bibliographie des ouvrages publiés sous le nom d'Ana;
accompagnée de notes critiques, historiques et littéraires; par P.
Namur. 8vo, pp. xvi, 64. _Bruxelles._ 1839.
NAMUR. Manuel du Bibliothécaire, accompagné de notes critiques,
historiques, et littéraires. Par P. Namur. 8vo, pp. iv, 368.
_Bruxelles: Tircher._ 1834.
_See_ Petzholdt, pp. 13, 51, 54, 368, 455. Also: Histoire des
Bibliothèques publiques de Bruxelles.... 8vo. _Bruxelles._
1840.--Histoire de la Bibliothèque publique de Louvain....
8vo. _Bruxelles._ 1841.--Histoire de la Bibliothèque publique
de Liège.... 8vo. _Bruxelles._ 1842.--Projet d'un nouveau
bibliographie del connaissances humaines.... 8vo. _Bruxelles._ 1839.
NATTALI AND BOND. Catalogue of Ancient and Modern Books in all
Languages, and in every Class of Literature. 12mo, pp. 320.
_London._ 1861.
Includes many interesting bibliographical notices. All the
catalogues put forth by this eminently respectable firm are
characterized by great fairness in their description of the books
for sale.
NAVARRETE (M. F. de). Biblioteca Marítima Española, Obra póstuma del
Don Martin Fernandez de Navarrete. Impresa de Real Orden. 2 vols., 8vo,
pp. xxxvii, 671; (4), 784. _Madrid: impr. de la Viuda de Calero._ 1851.
Concerning this _see_ Petzholdt, p. 749.
NEW BEDFORD. Catalogue of the Free Public Library, New Bedford, Mass.
8vo, pp. vii, 354, (1). _New Bedford: B. Lindsey, Printer._ 1858. +
Supplement. 8vo, pp. (4), 313, (1). _New Bedford._ 1869.
Edited by J. B. Congden, and one of the most thorough works of its
class.
NEW YORK. Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the New-York
Historical Society. 8vo, pp. viii, 653.
_New York: Printed for the Society._ MDCCCLIX.
NEW YORK. Catalogue of the New-York State Library. Books, Maps,
Manuscripts, Medals, &c. First Supplement. 5 vols., rl. 8vo.
_Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen._ 1855-61.
Edited by Henry A. Homes, M.A.
Catalogue of the Books on Bibliography, Typography, and Engravings,
in the New York State Library. 8vo, pp. 143.
_Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen, Printer._ 1858.
Catalogue of the New York State Library, 1872. Subject Index of the
General Library. 8vo, pp. xvii, (1), 651. _Albany._ 1872.
An admirably digested work by Dr. H. A. Homes, the librarian.
NICHOLS (J.) Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, illustrating the
Antiquities, Topographical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous of England,
with the Supplement. 10 vols., 4to. Portraits, Plates, Maps, &c.
_London._ 1780-97.
The value, importance, and great rarity of a complete copy of
this work is well known. As it was twenty years in course of
publication, very few complete sets were ever made up, but it is
especially rare to find the two supplemental volumes. Sir M. Sykes'
copy sold for £84.
NICHOLS. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, comprising
Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer, Printer, and many of his
learned friends; an Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of
Literature in this Kingdom during the Last Century; and Biographical
Anecdotes of a Considerable Number of Eminent Writers, and Ingenious
Artists, with a very Copious Index. By John Nichols.... 9 vols., 8vo.
_London: Printed for the Author._ 1812-15.
NICHOLS. Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth
Century, Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of
Eminent Persons, and intended as a Sequel to the Literary Anecdotes.
By John Nichols.... 8 vols., 8vo.
_London: Printed for the Author._ 1817-58.
"It is impossible in a small space to give anything like an
adequate idea of the vast amount of curious information which
these volumes contain. The hundreds of literary celebrities who
are brought forward not merely by passing anecdotes but by highly
valuable memoirs and sketches, and the extensive bibliographical
and literary matter which they contain, render this one of the most
permanently interesting sets of books ever published." Vols. vii.
and viii. are additions by the author's son, J. B. Nichols.
NICHOLSON (J. B.) A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding: ... designed for
the Practical Workman, the Amateur, and the Book-Collector. By James B.
Nicholson. 12mo, pp. 318. _Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird._ 1856.
NICOL (G. & W.) A Catalogue of the Library of the Late John, Duke of
Roxburghe, arranged by G. & W. Nicol, etc., which will be sold by
auction, by Robert H. Evans. 8vo.
_London: Printed by W. Bulmer & Co._ 1812.
No. 6,292 is the celebrated Valdarfer Boccaccio of 1471, the only
known copy, which was purchased by the Marquis of Blandford for
£2,260, the highest price ever paid for a single volume. Dibdin
gives (_more suo_) a long account of the contest for this volume in
his _Bibliographical Decameron_, III. 62-65. The Roxburghe Club was
one of the results of this famous sale.
NICOLSON (W.) The English, Scotch, and Irish Historical Libraries,
giving a short view and character of most of our historians, either
in print or in manuscript, with an account of our Records, Law-books,
Coins, &c., To which is added a letter to the Rev. White Kennett in
defence of the English Historical Library, &c. A New Edition corrected.
By William Nicolson. 4to. _London._ 1796.
The first edition of the English portion is _London_, 1696. 8vo,
pp. 238, (34). The second edition, _London_, M.DCC.XIV. Folio, pp.
xviii, 272. The third edition, _London_, 1736. Folio, pp. xviii,
272. The letter to Kennett was first printed in 1702. The first
edition of the Scottish portion is _London: Childe_. 1702. 8vo,
pp. 2, 4, xl, 376. The Irish portion was first printed _Dublin:
Taylor_. 1724. 8vo, pp. xxxix, 256.
NODIER (C.) Bibliographie entomologique, ou Catalogue raisonné des
ouvrages relatifs à l'entomologie et aux insectes, avec des notes
critiques et l'exposition des méthodes; par Charles Nodier. 12 mo, pp.
viii, 64. _Paris: Moutardier. An_ IX-1801.
NODIER. Bibliothèque sacrée Grecque et Latine, comprenant le Tableau
chronologique, biographiques des auteurs inspirés ecclésiastiques,
depuis Moise jusqu'à St. Thomas d'Aquin. Par Charles Nodier. 8vo.
_Paris._ 1826. + Seconde édition. 8vo, pp. (4), 436. _Bruxelles._ 1828.
NODIER. Description raisonnée d'une jolie collection de livres. Par
Charles Nodier. Précédée d'une Introduction par G. Duplessis; de la vie
de Ch. Nodier par Francis Wey et d'une notice bibliographique sur ses
ouvrages. 8vo, pp. (4), vii, 36, 492, 28, 24. _Paris: Techener._ 1844.
For other works by this eminent bibliographer _see_ Catalogue of
the Astor Library, _also_ Petzholdt's _Bibliotheca Bibliographica_.
NOPITSCH (C. C.) Literatur der Sprichwörter. Ein Handbuch für
Literarhistoriker, Bibliographen und Bibliothekare. Verfasset von
Christian Conrad Nopitsch. 8vo, pp. (4), viii, 284. _Nürnberg._ 1822. +
Zweite Ausgabe. 8vo, pp. viii, 284. _Nürnberg: Ebner._ 1833.
To collectors of works, containing early or local proverbs, a study
as entertaining, as useful to the etymologist, this manual will be
found indispensable, as there are many works, particularly among
those early printed, which contain proverbs among other matter,
though not clearly stated in the title; it is, in fact, a very
extensive chronological list of proverbial works, and a collection
of proverbs in all languages. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 697.
NORTON (C. B.) Norton's Literary Letter, ... 4to. 5 Nos.
_Charles B. Norton ... New York._ 1859-60.
Includes the Bibliography of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Notices relating to the Bannatyne Club, with Critiques on its
Publications. 4to. _Edinburgh._ 1836.
Fifty copies privately printed.
Nouveau Manuel de Bibliographie Universelle. [Par F. Denis, P. Pinçon,
et De Martonne.] _Paris._ 1857.
NOUVION (Victor de). Extraits des auteurs et voyageurs qui ont écrit
sur la Guyane, suivis du catalogue bibliographique de la Guyane. 8vo,
pp. xcii, 616. _Paris: Béthune et Plon._ 1844.
The catalogue occupies pp. 579-616. "Publications de la Société
d'Études pour la colonisation de la Guyane française," No. 4.
NUTT (D.) A Catalogue of Theological Books in Foreign Languages, ...
On Sale by David Nutt. With Appendix. 8vo, pp. viii, 600.
_London._ MDCCCLVII.
The notes to this catalogue are replete with bibliographical
information.
NUTT. A Catalogue of Foreign Theology ... By D. Nutt ... 8vo, pp. vii,
(1), 372, Appendix, 55. _London._ 1837.
NYERUP (R.) Spicilegium bibliographicum. Describitur in tribus
speciminibus semicenturia monumentorum typographicorum rarissimorum,
quæ Cl. M. Maittairio ignota fuere. 18mo. _Hauniæ._ 1783.
NYERUP_ (R.) _OG KRAFT (J. E.) Almindeligt Literaturlexicon for
Danmark, Norge, og Island eller Fortegnelse over danske, norske og
islandske saavel af dode som nu levende Forfattere med Anförelse af
deres vigtigste Levnets-Omstaendigheder og Liste over deres Skrifter
ved R. Nyerup og J. E. Kraft. 2 vols., 4to, pp. (2), viii, 692 columns;
(2), 367 columns. _Kjöbenhavn: Gyldendal._ 1820.
A universal literary lexicon of Denmark, Norway, and Iceland,
giving an account of authors and their works, with dates and
particulars of editions.
Observations on several Authors and Books necessary for the Formation
of a Select and Small Library. 8vo. [_London._] 1813.
See _Pamphleteer_, II. 279-296.
O'CALLAGHAN (E. B.) A List of Editions of the Holy Scriptures and Parts
thereof, Printed in America previous to 1860, with Introduction and
Bibliographical Notes, by E. B. O'Callaghan. Rl. 8vo, pp. liv, 415.
Facsimiles. _Albany: Munsell & Rowland._ 1861.
A carefully executed work. Only one hundred and fifty copies
printed.
OETTINGER (E. M.) Bibliographie biographique universelle. Dictionnaire
des ouvrages relatifs á l'Histoire de la Vie publique et privée des
Personnages célèbres de tous les temps et de toutes les nations, depuis
le commencement du monde jusqu'à nos jours; ... Enrichi du Répertoire
des Bio-Bibliographies générales, nationales et spéciales. Par Edouard
Marie Oettinger. 4 vols., imp. 8vo, pp. (8), 788. _Leipzig._ 1850. + 2
vols., imp. 8vo, pp. (4), iv, 1264 columns; pp. (4), 1265-2192 columns.
_Bruxelles: Stienon._ 1854.
This laborious work indicates under the head of each remarkable
person, all the biographies that have been written concerning them.
[OLDYS (William).] The British Librarian: Exhibiting a Compendious
Review or Abstract Of our most Scarce, Useful, and Valuable Books in
all Sciences, as well in Manuscript as in Print: With many Characters,
Historical and Critical, of the Authors, their Antagonists, etc. In
a Manner never before attempted, And Useful to all Readers. With a
complete Index ... 8vo, pp. (6), vii, (1), 402.
_London: Printed for T. Osborne._ M.DCC.XXXIII.
"_The British Librarian_ is a work of no common occurrence or mean
value. It is rigidly correct."--DIBDIN. First published in six
numbers, January to June, 1737. Some copies have separate titles to
the six parts.
OLDYS. Copious and Exact Catalogue of Pamphlets in the Harleian
Library. 4to. 39 Nos. [n. p. n. d.]
This contains an account of 548 of the rarest and most curious
tracts, with a most excellent analysis of their contents.
O'REILLY (E.) Chronological Account of nearly four hundred Irish
Writers, commencing with the earliest account of Irish History, and
carried down to 1750, with a descriptive Catalogue of such of their
Works as are still extant. By Edward O'Reilly. 4to. _Dublin._ 1820.
Included in "Transactions of the Iberno-Celtic Society."
The Origin of Printing. In two Essays; I. The Substance of Dr.
Middleton's Dissertation on the Origin of Printing in England. II.
Mr. Meerman's Account of the Invention of the Art at Harleim, and its
Progress to Mentz. With Occasional Remarks; and an Appendix. The Second
Edition: with some Improvements. [By William Bowyer.] 8vo, pp. xvi,
300. _London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols._ 1776.
ORME (W.) Bibliotheca Biblica; a Select List of Books on Sacred
Literature, with Notices Biographical, Critical and Bibliographical. By
William Orme. 8vo, pp. xi, 491. _Edinburgh._ 1824.
A useful book of reference in the more important departments of
Biblical Literature, such as Polyglots, editions of the Hebrew
and Greek Scriptures, Concordances, Lexicons, and Introductions
to the Bible; works relating to its Geography, Chronology, and
Antiquities; its Translations and Commentaries, Hermeneutics,
Philology, &c.
OTTLEY (W. Y.) An Inquiry concerning the Invention of Printing; in
which the Systems of Meerman, Heinecken, Santander, and Koning are
Reviewed; including also Notices of the early use of Wood-Engraving in
Europe, the Block Books, etc. By the late William Young Ottley, Esq....
With an Introduction by J. Ph. Berjeau. Illustrated.... 4to, pp. xlii,
377. 37 Plates. _London: Joseph Lilly._ MDCCCLXII.
One of the most important books ever produced on the vexed question
of the Invention of Printing; the author has the courage to assert
the claims of Holland to that honor.
OTTO (F.) The History of Russian Literature, with a Lexicon of Russian
Authors, by Dr. Frederick Otto.... Translated from the German, under
the Superintendence of the Author, by the Late George Cox, M.A. ...
8vo, pp. xxiv, 408. _Oxford: D. A. Talboys._ MDCCCXXXIX.
OXFORD. Catalogue of the Library of the Oxford and Cambridge University
Club. 8vo. 1840.
Privately printed. A valuable collection of books; the contents of
the collected works of each author are given.
OXFORD. Catalogue of the Works in Medicine, and Natural History
contained in the Radcliffe Library, Oxford. 8vo. _Oxford._ 1835.
The building in which these books are located is probably the
finest edifice in the world devoted to such a purpose. _See also_
Bodleian Library, p. xxii.
PALMER (J.) General History of Printing, particularly its Introduction,
Rise and Progress here in England. 4to. _London._ 1732.
PANZER (G. W.) Annales Typographici ab artis inventæ origine ad annvm
MD post Maittairii Denisii aliorvmqve doctissimorvm virorvm cvras in
ordinem redacti emendati et avcti Opera Georgii Wolfgangi Panzer. 11
vols., 4to, pp. (16), 560; (4), 562; (4), 570; (4), 500; (4), 566; (4),
506; (4), 572; (4), 564; (4), 555; (4), 544; (8), 640.
_Norimbergæ: Zeh._ 1793-1803.
For a continuation see _Bibliophile Belge_, Vol. V. The labors
of Orlandi, Maittaire, and Denis, are eclipsed by this very
elaborate and valuable production, which comprehends a complete
and systematic account of all books printed from the origin of the
typographical art to the year 1536. It is rare. "An indispensable
work for bibliographers."--POWER..
PARR (S.) Bibliotheca Parriana: A Catalogue of the Library of ... Dr.
Samuel Parr.... [Edited by H. G. Bohn.] 8vo. _London._ 1827.
"Remarkable as a 'catalogue raisonné,' with Dr. Parr's own
critical and often caustic remarks; some pages having been
cancelled it is therefore rare."--POWER. "There is much curious
and debateable matter scattered through this work; the whole is
interesting to the scholar, and should obtain a place in every good
library."--_Gentleman's Magazine_, November, 1827.
PAULY (A.) Bibliographie des sciences médicales;
Bibliographie--biographie--histoire--épidémies--topographies--endémies
Par Alphonse Pauly 8vo, pp. xix, (1), 1758 cols., pp. (72).
_Paris: Tross._ 1874.
PEIGNOT (G.) Dictionnaire raisonné de Bibliologie, contenant: 1'o.
L'Explication des principaux termes relatifs à la Bibliographie, à
l'Art typographique, à la Diplomatique, aux Langes, aux Archives, aux
Manuscrits, aux Médailles, aux Antiquités, etc.; 2'o. des Notices
historiques, détaillées sur les principales Bibliothèques anciennes
et modernes; sur les différentes Sectes philosophiques; sur les plus
célèbres Imprimeurs, avec une indication des meilleures éditions
sorties de leurs presses, et sur les Bibliographes, avec la liste
de leur ouvrages; 3'o. Enfin, l'exposition des différens Systèmes
bibliographiques, etc.... Par G. Peignot. + Supplément.... 3 vols.,
8vo, pp. xxiv, 472; (4), 456; x, 373.
_Paris: Renouard. An_ X-XII. [1802-4.]
Peignot's first work; the supplement is often wanting. An
exceedingly useful work. Notices of printers, authors, editions,
bibliographical terms, &c. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 8.
PEIGNOT. Dictionnaire critique, littéraire et bibliographique des
principaux livres condamnés au feu, supprimés ou censurés, précédé d'un
discours sur ces sortes d'ouvrages. Par G. Peignot. 2 vols., 8vo, pp.
xvi, xl, 343; (4), 295. _Paris: Renouard._ 1806.
"The completest work in this branch of bibliography; an accurate
description of various suppressed, condemned, or censured books,
Indices Expurgatorii, and a list of more than thirty writers who
have treated on this subject."--HORNE.
PEIGNOT. Essai de Curiosités bibliographiques.... Par Gabriel Peignot.
8vo, pp. viii, lxx, 178. _Paris: Renouard. An_ XIII. [1805.]
Three hundred copies printed on vellum paper. An account of books
which have realized more than 1,000 francs at public sales.
P[EIGNOT]. Manuel bibliographique, ou Essai sur les Bibliothèques
anciennes et modernes, et sur la connaissance des livres, des formats,
des éditions; sur la manière de composer une Bibliothèque choisie,
classée méthodiquement, et sur les principaux ouvrages à consulter dans
chaque partie de l'enseignement des écoles centrales; le tout suivi de
plusieurs notices bibliographiques, instructives et curieuses, par G. P
... 8vo, pp. xiv, 364.
_Paris: Villiers, Desessarts et Desray. An_ IX. [1801.]
Three hundred and six copies printed, of which six are on vellum
paper. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 87.
PEIGNOT. Manuel du Bibliophile, ou Traité du choix des livres.... Par
Gabriel Peignot. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. lx, 413; (4), 492.
_Dijon: Lagier._ 1823.
Ten copies on fine, and three on rose-colored paper. First printed
in 1817. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 91.
PEIGNOT. Répertoire bibliographique universel, contenant la Notice
raisonnée des Bibliographies spéciales publiées jusqu'à ce jour, et
d'un grand nombre d'auteurs ouvrages de bibliographie, ... Par Gabriel
Peignot. 8vo, pp. xx, 514. _Paris: Renouard._ 1812.
Four copies on large vellum, and two on Holland paper. This
elaborate work gives an account of special bibliographies up to
date. _See also_ Petzholdt, p. 10.
PEIGNOT. Répertoire de Bibliographies spéciales, curieuses et
instructives, contenant la Notice raisonnée 1^{o} des ouvrages imprimés
à petit nombre d'exemplaires; 2^{o} des livres dont on a tiré des
exemplaires sur papier de couleur; 3^{o} des livres dont le texte est
gravé; et 4^{o} des livres qui ont paru sous le nom d'Ana.... Par
Gabriel Peignot. 8vo, pp. xvi, 286. _Paris: Renouard et Allais._ 1810.
Ten copies on vellum paper.
PEIGNOT. Variétés, notices et raretés bibliographiques, recueil faisant
suite aux Curiosités bibliographiques. Par G. Peignot. 8vo, pp. xii,
136. _Paris: Renouard._ 1822.
The other works of this eminent bibliographer will be found
described in Petzholdt; _see_ his Index.
PERCHERON (A.) Bibliographie entomologique, comprenant l'indication par
ordre alphabétique de noms d'auteurs 1^{o} des ouvrages entomologiques
publié en France et à l'étranger, depuis les temps les plus réculés
jusques et y compris l'année 1834; 2^{o} des monographies et mémoires
contenus dans les recueils, journaux et collections académiques
françaises et étrangères; Accompagnée de notices sur les ouvrages
périodiques, les dictionnaires et les mémoires des sociétés savantes;
Suivie d'une table méthodique et chronologique des matières; par A.
Percheron. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xii, 326; (2), 376.
_Paris: Baillière._ 1837.
[PERKINS (Frederick B.)] The Best Reading. Hints on the Selection of
Books; on the Formation of Libraries, Public and Private; on Courses of
Reading, etc. With a Classified Bibliography ... 12mo, pp. 255.
_New York: G. P. Putnam & Sons._ 1872.
Mr. Perkins disclaims several portions of this work, which were
altered by the publisher. A third or fourth edition, brought down
to December, 1874, was issued in 1875. A new and greatly enlarged
edition is on the point of publication.
PERKINS (H.) Catalogue of the very Valuable and Important Library
formed by the late Henry Perkins, Esq. Comprising many Splendid
Illuminated Manuscripts, Ancient Bibles, Examples of Printing on
Vellum, Choice Specimens of Early Typography, the Four First Folio
Editions of Shakespeare, &c. Imp. 8vo. 10 Facsimiles. _London._ 1873.
Includes two sets of the Mazarine Bible, and other books of the
highest rarity.
PERU. Bibliotheca Peruviana. A Catalogue of Books, Tracts, &
Manuscripts, chiefly relating to North and South America, the property
of a gentleman long resident in Mexico and Peru, comprising Works
printed at Lima, scarce Spanish Books, Indian dialects, Voyages and
Travels, ... _Sold ... By Messrs. Puttick & Simpson, ... London, ...
March_ 27, 1873. 8vo.
PETTIGREW (T. J.) Bibliotheca Sussexiana. A Descriptive Catalogue,
accompanied by Historical and Biographical Notices, of the Manuscripts
and Printed Books contained in The Library of His Royal Highness the
Duke of Sussex, K.G., D.C.L. &c. &c. &c. &c. in Kensington Palace. By
Thomas Joseph Pettigrew. 2 vols., imp. 8vo, in 3, pp. (4), 26, (2),
ccxciv; (24), 516; (4), vi, lv, 588. 20 Plates.
_London: Longman & Co._ 1827-39.
The most extraordinary, curious, and extensive biblical collection
ever formed. The fifty copies of this valuable catalogue printed
upon large paper in 4to, were intended for presents only. It will
be found very useful in the collation of early rare editions. Vol.
I., Part I., contains Manuscripts; Part II., printed editions of
the Holy Scriptures, viz.: Polyglots of the Old and New Testaments
and of detached portions thereof; Hebrew Bibles, Hebrew and
Hebrew-Samaritan Pentateuchs, and portions of the Old Testament
in Hebrew; Greek Bibles, Greek Pentateuch, and portions of the
Old Testament in Greek and Latin; Bibles, and parts of the Old
Testament in Latin. Vol. II., Theology, printed books. It is the
best account of the early editions of the Holy Scriptures extant.
PETZHOLDT (J.) Bibliotheca Bibliographica. Kritisches Verzeichniss
der das Gesammtgebiet der Bibliographie betreffenden Litteratur des
In- und Auslandes In systematischer Ordnung bearbeitet von D^{r.}
Julius Petzholdt. Mit alphabetischem Namen- und Sachregister. Imp.
8vo, pp. xii, 939. _Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann._ 1866.
"An exhaustive catalogue of books about books."--POWER. Our own
opinion of this extraordinary work is recorded in our preface.
PETZHOLDT. Catalogus "Indicis Librorum prohibitorum et expurgandorum."
Specimen quod maxime Viris praenobilissimis et perillustribus
Praefectis Bibliothecarum Berolinensis, Bruxellensis, Dresdensis,
Florentinae, Gottingensis, Lipsiensis, Londinensis, Lovaniensis,
Madritensis, Mediolanensis, Monacensis, Norimbergensis, Oxoniensis,
Parisinae, Petropolitanae, Pragensis, Vaticano-Romanae, Venetianae et
Vindobonensis, eo consilio, ut catalogum ex opibus suis corrigant,
suppleant atque augeant, rite pie offert Auctor J. Petzholdt. 8vo, pp.
34. _Dresdae: Typ. Blochmanni et fil._ 1859.
For other works by this eminent bibliographer, _see_ the Index to
his _Bibliotheca Bibliographica_.
The Philobiblion. A Monthly Catalogue and Literary Journal....
Containing Critical Notices of, and Extracts from, Rare, Curious, and
Valuable Old Books. 2 vols., 4to, pp. 288; (4), 290, all published.
_New York: Geo. P. Philes & Co._ 1862-63.
Printed on very thin paper; now scarce. The critical notices were
mostly written by the publisher.
[PINTO DE SOUSA (José Carlos).] Bibliotheca Historica de Portugal
e seus Dominios Ultramarinos: Na qual se contém varias Historias
daquelle, e destes MS. e impressas em prosa, e em verso, só, e juntas
com as de outros Estados, escritas por Authores Portuguezes, e
Estrangeiros; ... Nova Ediçaõ, correcta, e amplamente augmentada....
Sm. 4to, pp. (26), xiii, 408, 100.
_Lisboa, na Typographia do Arco do Cego._ 1801.
[POLLEN (J.)] Universal Catalogue of Books on Art, comprehending
Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decoration, Coins, Antiquities, &c.
2 vols., 4to. _London._ 1868-70.
Edited by John Pollen. "These 'First Proof Sheets' form an
elaborate Index, not only to Books, but to articles on Art in
Magazines, Reviews," &c.--POWER. The work is very carelessly
executed and is very far from complete; it forms material, however,
for some able man to work up in better shape.
POOLE (W. F.) An Index to Periodical Literature. By Wm. Fred. Poole,
A.M. 8vo, pp. x, (2), 533. _New York: Charles B. Norton._ 1853.
This useful work is the index to twelve British and sixty-three
American Reviews and Magazines. It is now very scarce. The author
is preparing a supplement under the auspices of the Library
Association.
POWER (J.) A Handy-Book About Books, for Book-Lovers, Book-Buyers, and
Book-Sellers. Attempted by John Power. 8vo, pp. xiv, (2), 217, (1). 8
Plates. _London: John Wilson._ 1870.
Contains a large amount of information on bibliography and
typography, together with a chronological table, a bookseller's
directory, a collection of useful receipts, a dictionary of
terms, and other useful information of a miscellaneous character,
interesting to book-collectors. The bibliographical portion is
referred to in our preface.
The Present State of the Republick of Letters. [Edited by Andrew Reid.]
18 vols., 8vo. _London._ 1728-36.
Gives a general view of the state of learning throughout Europe,
and contains accounts of the most valuable books then published,
with abstracts, memoirs of authors, and other miscellaneous matter
relative to literature.
PRITZEL (G. A.) Thesaurus literaturae botanicae omnium gentium inde a
rerum botanicarum initiis ad nostra usque tempora, quindecim millia
operum recensens. Curavit G. A. Pritzel. 4to, pp. (2), viii, 547.
_Lipsiae: Brockhaus._ 1851.
"Fifteen thousand works are noticed."--POWER. _See also_ Petzholdt,
p. 556.
[PSAUME (Etienne).] Dictionnaire bibliographique, ou Nouveau Manuel du
Libraire et de l'Amateur de Livres.... Précédé d'un Essai élémentaire
sur la Bibliographie; par M. P*****. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. viii, 264,
9-264, ii; (4), 507. _Paris: Ponthieu._ 1824.
_See_ Petzholdt, p. 93.
The Publishers' Circular, and General Record of British and Foreign
Literature: containing a complete Alphabetical List of all new Works
published in Great Britain, and every Work of Interest published
abroad. Rl. 8vo. _London._ 1837.
Continued in bi-monthly numbers; a very useful aid to
bibliographers.
[PUTNAM (George Palmer).] The American Book-Circular, with Notes and
Statistics. 8vo, pp. 64. _New York: Wiley & Putnam._ 1843.
PUTNAM. The Book-Buyers' Manual; a Catalogue of Foreign and American
Books in every department of Literature, with a classified Index.
Published by Geo. P. Putnam and Co. 8vo, pp. 236, viii, 48.
_New York._ 1852.
"A very useful manual, not pretending to great bibliographical
accuracy, but sufficiently so for the purpose for which it is
intended."--TRÜBNER.
QUARITCH (B.) Bibliotheca Xylographica, Typographica et Palæographica.
Catalogue of Block Books, and of Early Productions of the Printing
Press in All Countries, and a Supplement of Manuscripts. For Sale by
Bernard Quaritch. 8vo. _London._ 1873.
The most extraordinary and valuable collection ever offered for
sale by any bookseller. The catalogue, which abounds in interesting
and valuable bibliographical notes, contains upwards of 170 pages,
and a table of contents chronologically arranged.
QUARITCH. A General Catalogue of Books, Arranged in Classes, ... for
sale by Bernard Quaritch.... 8vo, pp. viii, 1130. _London._ 1868.
QUARITCH. A General Catalogue of Books offered ... by Bernard Quaritch.
8vo, pp. x, 1889. _London._ 1874.
This is doubtless the largest catalogue ever put forth by a
bookseller. The bibliographical notes appended to the rare or most
important books are distinguished by much learning and critical
research, and are tolerably free from the trade bias which usually
accompanies a bookseller's catalogue.
[QUÉRARD (J. M.)] De la bibliographie générale aux dix-neuvième siècle
et plus particulièrement du Manuel du libraire ... lettre à ...
Brunet.... 8vo, pp. 24. _Paris: l'éditeur. Avril_, 1863.
QUÉRARD. La France littéraire, ou Dictionnaire bibliographique des
savants, historiens et gens de lettres de la France, ainsi que des
littérateurs étrangers qui ont écrit en français, plus particulièrement
pendant les XVIII^e et XIX^e siècles. Ouvrage dans lequel on a inséré,
afin d'en former une Bibliographie nationale complète, l'indication
1'o des réimpressions des ouvrages français de tous les âges; 2'o des
diverses traductions en notre langue de tous les auteurs étrangers,
anciens et modernes; 3^o celle des réimpressions faites en France
des ouvrages originaux de ces mêmes auteurs étrangers, pendant cette
époque. Par J. M. Quérard. 10 vols., 8vo, pp. xxix, 582; 756; 562;
646; 668; 647; 574; 606; 597; 575. _Paris: Didot frères._ 1827-39. +
La Littérature Française contemporaine. Continuation.... 6 vols., 8vo.
_Paris: Daguin frères._ 1842-57.
Quérard quarreled with his publisher, and, after p. 282 of Vol.
II. of the _Littérature française contemporaine_, the compilation
was made by Louandre, Bourquelot, and Maury. Quérard published a
Tome XI. of _La France littéraire_, with the title: "Les écrivains
pseudonymes et autres mystificateurs de la littérature française
pendant les quatre derniers siècles, restitués à leurs véritables
noms"--8vo, pp. viii, 708. _Paris: l'éditeur._ 1854-57--and
a volume entitled: "La France littéraire ... Tome Douzième.
Dix-neuvième siècle. Tome deuxième." 8vo, pp. (4), 751. _Paris;
l'éditeur._ M DCCC LIX-LXIV.
QUÉRARD. Les Supercheries Littéraires Dévoilées. Galerie des
écrivains français de toute l'Europe, qui se sont déguises sous des
anagrammes, des astéronymes, des cryptonymes, des initialismes, des
noms littéraires, des pseudonymes facétieux ou bizarres, etc. Par J.
M. Quérard. Seconde édition, considérablement augmentée, publiée par
M. Gustave Brunet et Pierre Jannet; suivie (1) du Dictionnaire des
Ouvrages anonymes, par Ant. Alex. Barbier, troisième édition, revue
et augmentée par M. Oliv. Barbier; (2) d'une Table Générale des Noms
Réels des écrivains anonymes et pseudonymes, &c., &c. 3 vols., 8vo, pp.
viii, (4), 1278; (4), 1324, (1), (4), 1290, (1).
_Paris: Paul Daffis._ 1869-1870.
"A most valuable work, now in course of publication, and comprising
the best and latest information. The first edition was published in
5 vols. by the Editor, _Paris_, 1847-53."--POWER.
REID (J.) Bibliotheca Scoto-Celtica; or, an Account of all the Books
which have been printed in the Gaelic Language. With Bibliographical
and Biographical Notices By John Reid. 8vo, pp. lxxii, 178.
_Glasgow: Reid & Co._ 1832.
REINWALD (C.) Catalogue annuel de la librairie française pour 1858-69,
publié par Ch. Reinwald. 8vo. _Paris: C. Reinwald._ [1859-70.]
Bossange published a catalogue for 1870-71 in one volume, and
Reinwald has lately announced that he should resume the publication
of his _Catalogue annuel_.
RENOUARD (A. A.) Annales de l'Imprimerie des Alde, ou Histoire des
Trois Manuce et de leurs éditions. Par Ant. Aug. Renouard. Troisième
édition. 8vo, pp. (4), xvi, 576, lxviii. 2 Portraits, 10 Facsimiles.
_Paris: Chez Jules Renouard._ M,DCCC,XXXIV.
"Renouard in his descriptions of the productions of the Aldine
press is without a rival."--BELOE'S _Anecdotes of Literature_, Vol.
III., p. x. "Le savant historien des Aldes a fait de son propre
catalogue une bibliographie très précieuse."--C. NODIER. The true
model of a bibliographical work; the production of a scholar as
well informed as he is communicative on the subject. Three hundred
and fifty copies printed in 8vo, thirty-two in 4to. First issued in
1803. _See_ Petzhold, p. 167.
RENOUARD. Annales de l'Imprimerie des Estienne, ou Histoire de la
Famille des Estienne et de ses éditions. Par Ant. Aug. Renouard.
Deuxième édition. 8vo, pp. xx, 585.
_Paris: Chez Jules Renouard et Cie._ M,DCCC,XLIII.
Also on large paper in 4to. Contains many new details of much
interest upon a great family of printers who have a right to the
affectionate remembrance of all who cherish literature. This
edition has at the end a _Note sur Laurent Coster_. See the
_Bulletin des Bibliophile Belge_, Tome IX., for some additions by
Chênedolle.
[RENOUARD.] Catalogue de la Bibliothèque d'un Amateur, avec notes
bibliographiques, critiques et littéraires. 4 vols., 8vo, pp. (4),
xx, 360; (4), 354; (4), 348; (4), 407. Portrait. _Paris: Chez Antoine
Augustin Renouard._ M,DCCC,XIX. + _Bruxelles._ 1823. 2 vols., 8vo.
Also on large paper. An elaborate, interesting, and highly
important catalogue. It is a model for any bibliographer; the
descriptions are copious and interesting, and display great
knowledge of books. It is a catalogue of the author's own books,
and contains much valuable information on the various editions of
the classics as well as of modern literature.
RENOUVIER (J.) Des Gravures en Bois dans les Livres d'Anthoine Verard,
Maître Librairie, Imprimeur, Enlumineur & Tailleur sur bois de Paris.
1485-1510. Par J. Renouvier. 8vo, pp. 50, (4).
_Paris: Chez Auguste Aubry._ 1859.
Two hundred copies only printed.
Repertorium Bibliographicum. _See_ [Clarke (W.)]
Reports from the Select Committee on Public Libraries; together with
the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendixes, and
Indexes. Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 23 July 1849,
and 1 August 1850. 3 vols., folio. _London._ 1850.
Relates chiefly to the British Museum.
REUMONT (A. von). Bibliografia dei lavori pubblicati in Germania sulla
storia d'Italia. 8vo, pp. ix, (1), 467, (1). _Berlino: Decker._ 1863.
_See_ Petzholdt, pp. 849, 850.
REUSS (J. D.) Alphabetical Register of all the Authors actually in
Great-Britain, Ireland and in the United Provinces of North-America,
with a Catalogue of their Publications. From the Year 1770 to the Year
1790. By Jeremias David Reuss. 8vo, pp. xiv, 248; (2), xi, 249-459.
_Berlin and Stettin: Nicolai._ 1791. + Supplement ... from ... 1790
to ... 1803. 8vo, pp. (2), x, 589; (4), 543.
_Berlin and Stettin: Nicolai._ 1804.
REUSS. Repertorium Commentationum a Societatibus litterariis editarum
secundum disciplinarum ordinem digessit J. D. Reuss. 16 vols., 4to.
_Göttingæ: Dietrich._ 1801-21.
A complete and admirably digested catalogue of all the papers
contained in the various scientific and literary journals,
academical transactions, etc., both British and foreign. _See_
Petzholdt, p. 87.
RHEES (W. J.) Manual of Public Libraries, Institutions, and Societies,
in the United States, and British Provinces of North America. By
William J. Rhees.... 8vo, pp. xxviii, 687.
_Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co._ 1859.
RHODES (W. B.) Bibliotheca Dramatica. A Catalogue of the Entire,
Curious, and Extensive Dramatic Library of William Barnes Rhodes, Esq.,
etc. 8vo, pp. (4), 114. _London._ 1825.
Some copies on fine paper.
RIBADENEIRA (P.) Bibliotheca Scriptorvm Societatis Jesv. Opvs inchoatvm
a Petro Ribadeneira, anno salutis 1602. Continvatvm a Philippo
Alegambe, vsque ad annum 1642. Recognitum, & productum ad annum
Jubilaei M.DC.LXXV. a Nathanaele Sotvello. Folio, pp. xxxvi, 984.
_Romae, ex Typographia de Lazzaris Varesii._ 1670.
"Ouvrage infiniment précieux pour la bibliographie et l'histoire
des écrivains de la C^{ie} de Jésus. Les PP. de Backer en font un
grand éloge."--LECLERC. It was continued by Caballero at _Rome_,
1814-16.
RICH (O.) A Catalogue of Books, Relating principally to America,
Arranged under the Years in which they were Printed. 8vo, pp. 129,
Advertisement, 1 l. _London: O. Rich._ 1832.
The books described were printed between the years 1500 and 1600.
Sometimes followed by two pieces without a title-page--Books
relating to America. 1493-1700. pp. 16. Books relating to America.
1493-1700. Supplement, pp. 8--which were also issued in 4to, pp. 4,
and 2.
RICH. Bibliotheca Americana Nova; or, A Catalogue of Books in Various
Languages, Relating to America, Printed since the Year 1700. Compiled
principally from the Works themselves. By O. Rich.... [Vol. I.
1701-1800.] 8vo, pp. (4), 424. Supplement.... Part I. Additions and
Corrections.... 1841. pp. (2), 425-517. _London: O. Rich._
_New York: Harper and Brothers._ 1835.
The verso of the title reads "250 copies printed in all: For sale
in England, 100. To send to America 150." On the publication of
Vol. II. in 1846, new title-pages were issued for the work in 2
vols. as below:
RICH. Bibliotheca Americana Nova. A Catalogue of Books Relating to
America, in various Languages, including Voyages to the Pacific and
round the World, and Collections of Voyages and Travels Printed since
the Year 1700. Compiled principally from the Works themselves, by O.
Rich.... Vol. I. 1701-1800; Vol. II. 1801-1844. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. (4),
517; 4, 412. _London: Rich & Sons._ 1846.
The half title in Vol. I. was omitted in the second issue, and a
dedication follows the title-page.
RICH. Supplement to the Bibliotheca Americana Nova. Part I. Additions
and Corrections. 1701-1800. 8vo, pp. (2), 425-517.
_London: O. Rich._ 1841.
This should be bound up with Vol. I. In the copies of Vol. I. which
were issued in 1846, this supplement is included sometimes with and
sometimes without a separate title-page. A few copies of Vol. II.
were printed on one side only on thick paper. Mr. Rich was well
known in the bibliographical world for his collection of rare books
relating to Spain and America, and his _Bibliotheca Americana_ is
a work of great labor and research, and of real service to the
student of history. See _Athenæum_, 1850, p. 102, and Petzholdt,
pp. 801-802.
RICHARDERIE (G. B. de la). _See_ Boucher de la Richarderie.
RIMBAULT (E. F.) Bibliotheca Madrigaliana. A Bibliographical Account
of the Musical and Poetical Works published in England during the
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, under the Titles of Madrigals,
Ballets, Ayres, Canzonets, &c., &c. By Edward F. Rimbault.... 8vo, pp.
xvi, 88. _London: John Russell Smith._ MDCCCXLVII.
Six copies printed on thick paper in royal 8vo. Records a class of
books left undescribed by Ames, Herbert, and Dibdin, and furnishes
a most valuable catalogue of lyrical poetry of the age to which it
refers.
RINGWALT (J. L.) American Encyclopædia of Printing. Edited by J. Luther
Ringwalt. Imp. 8vo, pp. 511. _Philadelphia: Menamin & Ringwalt._ 1871.
A description of this important work will be found in the _American
Bibliopolist_, for December, 1871, p. 516.
[RITSON (Joseph).] Bibliographia Poetica: A Catalogue of Engleish
Poets, of the Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Centurys, with a Short Account of their Works. Post 8vo, pp. (4), ii,
407. _London: G. and W. Nicol._ MDCCCII.
For additions and alterations to this volume, see Sir E. Brydges'
_Censura Literaria_, V. and VI., and Fry's _Bibliographical
Memoranda_, pp. 7-11.
[RIVERS (David).] Literary Memoirs of Living Authors of Great Britain,
arranged according to An Alphabetical Catalogue of their Names; and
including A List of their Works, With Occasional Opinions upon their
Literary Character. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. (4), 385; (2), 404.
_London: R. Faulder._ 1798.
ROCCHA. Angeli Roccha Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana a Sixto V., in
splendidiorem commodioremque locum translata et commentario illustrata.
4to. Folded Plate of the Library. _Romæ, ex Typog. Vaticana._ 1591.
Printed at the Vatican press under the direction of Aldus and
Dom. Basa. It contains a curious account of the library of Aldus,
and many complimentary tributes both to Aldus the elder and Paul
Manuce. The contents altogether are highly curious and interesting.
It was unknown to Renouard. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 499.
[RODD (Horace).] Catalogue of an Extensive Collection of Fine & Rare
Prints, illustrative of the Works of William Shakspeare, including
all the Rare Portraits of the Bard, and Scenic Prints in Choice Proof
State. Also a capital collection of Shakspeariana, being the work of
many of the Commentators and other Writers, on his Plays.... Collected
by John Tyrrel, Esq. 8vo, pp. (4), 33. _London: Rodd and Maddox._ 1850.
Four copies printed on thick paper.
ROORBACH (O. A.) Bibliotheca Americana. Catalogue of American
Publications, including reprints, ... from 1820 to 1852, inclusive....
By O. A. Roorbach. 8vo, pp. xi, 652. _New York: Orville A Roorbach._
1852. + Supplement ... 1852, to ... 1855. 8vo, pp. vii, 220. [_Ibid._]
1855. + Addenda ... 1855, to ... 1858. 8vo, pp. 257. [_Ibid._] 1858.
The edition of 1852 includes the contents of the edition of 1849,
which we omit, and the supplement published in 1850.
ROSCOE (W.) Catalogue of the ... Library, Prints, Drawings, and
Pictures of William Roscoe, Esq.... Sold ... 1816. 3 vols., 8vo, pp.
(4), 208; (4), 170; (8), 156. _Liverpool._ 1816.
These catalogues were drawn up by Mr. Roscoe himself, and contain
some valuable bibliographical information, and his notes on various
works of art.
ROSSI (J.B. De-). De Hebraicæ Typographiæ origine ac primitiis seu
antiquis ac rarissimis Hebraicorum Librorum editionibus seculi XV
Disquisitio historico-critica Johannis Bernardi De-Rossi. 4to, pp. (8),
100. _Parmæ ex Regio typographeo._ 1776.
Bernardo De-Rossi, professor of Parma, occupied all his life in the
collection of Manuscripts and rare editions of the Hebrew text;
before his death he had upwards of 1680 Hebrew Manuscripts.
ROTHELIN (Charles d'Orleans de), _l'Abbé_. Observations et Détails sur
la Collection des Grands & des Petits Voyages. 4to, pp. 44.
[n. p.] M.DCC.XLII.
This is reprinted in Lenglet du Fresnoy's "Méthode pour étudier la
géographie." Vol. I. 1768.
ROWELL. Geo. P. Rowell & Co.'s American Newspaper Directory, containing
Accurate Lists of all the Newspapers and Periodicals published in the
United States and Territories, and the Dominion of Canada and British
Colonies of North America: together with a Description of the Towns and
Cities in which they are published. Rl. 8vo, pp. 680.
_New York: Geo. P. Rowell & Co._ 1872.
Roxburghe Revels, and other Relative Papers; including Answers to the
Attack on the Memory of the late Joseph Haslewood, Esq. F.S.A. With
Specimens of his Literary Productions. 4to, pp. ix, 144.
_Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation._ M.DCCC.XXXVII.
Only a few copies printed. Very rare. The Defence of Mr. Haslewood
was written by Dr. Dibdin.
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. Classified Catalogue of the
Library of the Royal Geographical Society, to December, 1870. 8vo, pp.
(4), 478. _London: John Murray._ 1871.
RUSSELL (Addison P.) Library Notes. 12mo, pp. (2), 401.
_New York: Hurd & Houghton._ 1875.
[RYE (W. B.)] List of the Books of Reference in the Reading-room of
the British Museum. 8vo. _London._ 1849.
SABIN (J.) A Dictionary of Books Relating to America. From its
Discovery to the Present Time. By Joseph Sabin.
_New York: Joseph Sabin._ 1867-76.
48 parts or 8 vols., 8vo, all yet published. One hundred copies
printed on large paper. It it the most thorough work of the kind
ever attempted, and indispensable to the collector of an American
library. Mr. Frederick Muller says, "I am proud to be a bookseller,
seeing a bookseller has made such a book." "When this valuable work
will be completed it is impossible to calculate; up to Part xiv.
it only reaches as far as 'Casas.'"--POWER. It will probably be
completed in 1880.
SABIN. A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Waltonian Library, belonging
to the Estate of Robert W. Coleman. 8vo, pp. (2), 149. _New York._ 1866.
Seventy-five copies only, privately printed. The greatest part of
this library was collected by the late Rev. Dr. Bethune.
[SABIN.] Bibliotheca Dramatica. Catalogue of the Theatrical and
Miscellaneous Library of the Late William E. Burton ... Sold ... 1860.
8vo, pp. viii, 463. Portrait. _New York._ 1860.
One hundred copies on large paper, imp. 8vo.
[SABIN.] Catalogue of the ... Books, ... of the Late Mr. E. B. Corwin.
8vo, pp. vii, 263. _New York._ 1856.
One hundred copies printed on large paper.
[SABIN.] Catalogue of an Extensive and Select Collection of Choice
Books, etc. May 26 [1857]. 8vo. [_New York._ 1857.]
Descriptive of the library of George R. Hazewell. The collection
was at that time withdrawn from sale, but was afterwards catalogued
with additions from other sources as the "Catalogue of a Valuable
Private Library, Comprising an Extensive and Select Collection of
Choice Books, Sold May 16, 1859." _New York._ [1859.] 8vo, pp. 6,
324, (2).
SABIN. Catalogue of the Library of Edwin Forrest. Compiled by Joseph
Sabin. 8vo, pp. iv, 188. Portrait. _Philadelphia._ 1863.
One hundred and seventy-five copies privately printed. Mr. Forrest
bequeathed his library to the Dramatic Institution which he
established and endowed.
SABIN. Catalogue of the Books ... belonging to the Estate of the late
John Allan. Prepared by Joseph Sabin. 8vo, pp. vi, (2), 343.
_New York._ 1864.
One hundred copies printed on large paper, in which is a steel
portrait of John Allan. In the large paper copies the name of the
compiler of the catalogue was omitted, because in a note on the
last page of the small paper copies he was so impertinent as to
reflect on the style of that portion of the catalogue which he did
not write.
SABIN. Catalogue of the Library of Andrew Wight, of Philadelphia....
Prepared by Joseph Sabin. 8vo, pp. 315. [_Sold_] _New York._ 1864.
One hundred copies printed on large paper. The majority of the
books were in fact the property of Mr. Edward Vernon. Very rich in
books printed by Benjamin Franklin.
[SABIN.] Catalogue of The Library belonging to Thomas Addis Emmet M.D.
8vo, pp. (6), 371. _New York: Bradstreet Press._ 1868.
As a specimen of ornamental printing this is perhaps the finest
specimen put forth in America. Four copies were printed on
Whatman's drawing paper.
[SABIN.] Catalogue of Mr. John A. Rice's Library ... Sold ... [by
Joseph Sabin] Rl. 8vo, pp. xvi, 566. _New York: J. Sabin & Sons._ 1870.
Twenty-five copies printed on English laid paper for presents only,
and one hundred copies on thick paper. This collection of books was
one of the finest that had ever been offered for sale in the United
States. The total amount realized was over $42,000.
SABIN. Catalogue of the Library of E. G. Squier. Edited by Joseph
Sabin.... Sold ... 1876 ... 8vo, pp. (4), 277, (8).
_New York: Charles C. Shelley, Printer._ 1876.
Rich in books relative to Central America, Peru, etc.
[SABIN.] Catalogue of the Library belonging to Thomas W. Field.... Sold
... 8vo, pp. viii, 376. _New York._ 1875.
The notes to the books are mostly abridged from Mr. Field's
_Essay_; about ten thousand typographical errors contained in the
_Essay_ are corrected in this catalogue.
SABIN. Catalogue of the Books Manuscripts and Engravings belonging to
William Menzies of New York. Prepared by Joseph Sabin. 8vo, pp. xviii,
471, (1). _New York._ 1875.
This collection was sold by the compiler, November, 1876, and
realized nearly $50,000, being $9,000 more than it cost. It was the
finest library ever sold in the United States.
SABIN. A List of the Printed Editions of the Works of Fray Bartolomé
de las Casas Bishop of Chiapa. Extracted from a Dictionary of Books
relating to America. By Joseph Sabin. 8vo, pp. 17.
_New York: J. Sabin & Sons._ 1870.
SABIN. A List of the Editions of the Works of Louis Hennepin and
Antonio de Herrera. Extracted from a Dictionary of Books relating to
America. By Joseph Sabin. 8vo, pp. 16.
_New York: J. Sabin & Sons._ 1876.
[SABIN.] Shakspeariana Burtonensis: being a Catalogue of the Extensive
Collection of Shakspeariana of the late William E. Burton, Esq., of New
York.... Rl. 8vo, pp. 72. _New York: Joseph Sabin and Co._ 1860.
One hundred copies only printed. Also included in the _Bibliotheca
Dramatica_, described _supra_.
SABIN. Catalogue of the Library of George W. Ordway, Chicago, Ill.
Prepared By J. Sabin. 8vo, pp. 3-96.
_New York: Privately Printed._ 1869.
This catalogue of Mr. Ordway's collection is a specimen of
amplification. I was instructed to fill 100 pages with a
description of a few books, and almost did it.
[SABIN.] Catalogue of the Library of Mr. Richard W. Roche. 8vo, pp.
251. _New York: Bradstreet Press._ 1867.
Twenty-five copies printed on thick paper. Edited by Joseph Sabin.
The following catalogues include in the notes to the books much
information as to their rarity, value or importance: Bibliotheca
Americana et Selectissima. Catalogue of an Extraordinary Collection
of Books relating to America, etc. 8vo, pp. 151. _New York._
[1857.]--Bibliotheca Splendidissima. Catalogue [of the Library of
A. E. Douglas]. 8vo, pp. v, 171. _New York._ 1856; and others too
numerous to mention.
SABIN_ (J.) _& SONS. The American Bibliopolist. A Literary Register and
Monthly Catalogue of Old and New Books, and Repository of Notes and
Queries. Vol. I. 8vo. _New York._ 1869. Continued.
SABINE (_Capt._) Catalogue of Captain Sabine's Collection of Books
relating to Shakespeare. Sold 1820. 8vo. _London: Sotheby._ 1820.
ST. LOUIS. Classified Catalogue of the St. Louis Mercantile Library ...
[By John N. Dyer.] Imp. 8vo, pp. xiii, 762. _St. Louis._ 1874.
One of the best libraries of its class.
Sale Catalogues. A List of the Original Catalogues of the Principal
Libraries which have been sold by auction by Mr. Samuel Baker, from
1774; Messrs. S. Baker and G. Leigh, from 1775 to 1777; Mr. George
Leigh, 1778; Messrs. Leigh and Sotheby, from 1780 to 1800; Messrs.
Leigh, Sotheby, and Son, from 1800 to 1803; Messrs. Leigh and L.
Sotheby, from 1804 to 1816; and Mr. Sotheby, from 1816 to 1828. The
whole forming a series of one hundred and fifty-six volumes in quarto,
with Prices and Purchaser's Names. 8vo. _London._ 1828.
This little privately printed pamphlet contains a chronological
and alphabetical list of over eight hundred book sales of the
libraries of well-known literary men and book collectors, &c., for
eighty-four years. The valuable catalogues mentioned in this list
are deposited in the British Museum, together with the continuation
of the series up to 1860. Mr. Power adds a description of several
other sale catalogues of libraries, the most important of which we
have described under the names of their owners. _See_ Power, pp.
192, 193.
SALVA (V.) A Catalogue of Spanish and Portuguese Books, with occasional
Literary and Bibliographical Remarks. By Vincent Salva. 2 vols., 8vo,
pp. xxx, 226; xxix, 225. _London._ 1826-29.
_See_ Petzholdt, p. 380, for other catalogues.
SANTANDER (Ch. Ant. de la Serna). Dictionnaire bibliographique choisi
du quinzième siècle, ou description par ordre alphabétique des éditions
les plus rares et les plus recherchées du quinzième siècle, précédé
d'un essai historique sur l'origine de l'imprimerie, ainsi que sur
l'histoire de son établissement dans les villes, bourgs, monastères et
autres endroits de l'Europe; avec la notice des imprimeurs qui y ont
exercé cet art jusqu'à l'an 1500. Par de la Serna Santander. 3 vols.,
8vo, pp. (6), x, 480; (4), iv, 478; (4), 520. 2 Tables.
_Bruxelles: Impr. Tarte. An_ XIII. [1805]-1807.
"A most elaborate work, to which all bibliographers are indebted
for a fund of interesting and important information. It also
contains his masterly sketch of the History of Printing."--T. H.
HORNE. In Vol. III. are many curious water-marks. _See_ Petzholdt,
p. 124.
SANTANDER. Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque de M. C. de la Serna
Santander, ... avec des Notes bibliographiques et littéraires.... 5
vols., 8vo, pp. vi, xxxv, (1), 309; (2), 354; (2), 305; (2), 266; 130,
(1). Plates. _Bruxelles._ 1803.
A very valuable catalogue, both on account of the richness of
the collection (particularly in Spanish literature), and also on
account of its great accuracy and of the bibliographical importance
of the appended notes. The fifth volume, which includes some
curious treatises on water-marks, signatures, etc., is very scarce.
SANTANDER. Historical Essay on the Origin of Printing, By M. de la
Serna Santander; translated by Thomas Hodgson. 8vo. _Newcastle._ 1819.
Fifty-six copies only printed, of which six copies were printed in
imperial 8vo.
SAVAGE (J.) The Librarian; being an Account of scarce, valuable,
and useful English Books, Manuscript Libraries, Public Records, &c.
&c. By James Savage. 3 vols., 8vo, pp. iv, 288; iv, 288; iv, 286. 2
Facsimiles. _London: W. Savage._ 1808-9.
A very valuable account, with collations, lists and descriptions of
plates, etc., of important and valuable English books.
SAVAGE (W.) A Dictionary of the Art of Printing. By William Savage....
8vo, pp. viii, 815, (1). _London: Longman_ ... 1841.
SAVAGE. Practical Hints on Decorative Printing, with Illustrations
Engraved on Wood and Printed in Colours at the Type Press. By William
Savage. 4to, pp. (12), vi, (2), 118, 18. Plates. _London._ 1822.
Also on large paper, imp. 4to, with some of the plates heightened
in gold. There it nothing necessary to be known in the noble art of
typography that is not contained in this book. Interesting articles
on electrotyping, printing machines, and other subjects equally
important, render this one of the most useful books on these
subjects that has issued from the press.
SAXE (C.) Christophori SaxI Onomasticon literarivm, sive Nomenclator
historico-criticvs præstantissimorvm omnis ætatis, popvli, artivmq.
formvlæ Scriptorvm. item Monvmentorvm maxime illvstrivm, ab orbe
condito vsque ad sæcvli, quod vivimus tempora.... 8 vols., 8vo, pp.
xlii, 598; (2), 660; (2), x, 660; (2), 659; (2), 655; (2), 744; xviii,
448, Portrait; viii, 464.
_Trajecti ad Rhenvm: à Paddenburgh_ ... 1775-1803.
"An historico-critico chronological nomenclature of the most
illustrious authors and monuments from the beginning of the world
to the present time; with an account of the sources whence the
author has derived his information. A very useful and laborious
work, quite indispensable to the classical scholar."--CLARKE'S
_Bibl. Misc._ _See also_ Petzholdt, p. 80.
SCHEIBLE (J.) A Catalogue of Literary Curiosities, Treatises on
Love and Women; on Polygamy, Divorce, the Pleasures and Troubles of
Matrimony, Secret Memoirs, Comical and Scandalous Histories, Court
Secrets, Celebrated Trials; Suppressed and Clandestinely Printed Books,
Pamphlets, and Rare Illustrated Facetiæ.... 2 parts, 8vo.
_Stuttgart._ 1872.
"This extraordinary catalogue contains a list of nearly ten
thousand works, in various languages, on the above curious topics."
[SCHOOLCRAFT (Henry R.)] A Bibliographical Catalogue of Books,
Translations of the Scriptures, and other publications in the Indian
Tongues of the United States; with brief critical notices. 8vo, pp. 27,
(1). _Washington: C. Alexander, Printer._ 1849.
Contains a catalogue raisonné of the Indian works in the Indian
Bureau of the Department of the Interior. Reprinted with a few
additions, pp. 523-551 of Vol. IV. of Schoolcraft's work on the
Indian Tribes of the United States.
SCHULTENS (Johan Jacob). Catalogus Bibliothecæ Schultensianæ. 8vo.
_Lugduni Batavorum._ 1780.
"This noble library, vast in its numbers, and profound in the
learning of its contents, is a monument worthy of the memory of
its author's name, as to biblical, theological, grammatical, and
critical literature, in the Greek and Roman, as well as the Hebrew
and other languages. It consists of 11,965 articles, among which
are sundry scarce and curious editions, and a great abundance of
history, philology, and bibliography."
SCOTT (W.) Catalogue of the Library at Abbotsford. 4to, pp. vi, (2),
464. _Edinburgh._ M.DCCC.XXXVIII.
Major Scott's contribution to the Bannatyne Club. One hundred
copies only printed; very scarce. This very valuable catalogue was
compiled by the late J. G. Cochrane, of the London Library, St.
James' Square. It contains very numerous references to the works of
Sir Walter Scott, where he refers to, or quotes, the various books
in the library. "The nature and extent of the collection throw
light in a remarkable manner on the history of its founder. The
reader has before him a faithful inventory of the materials with
which the national poet and novelist had stored his mind before he
began his public career, and of the zeal with which he watched the
progress of literary enterprise down to the close of his life."
SEGUIER (J. F.) Bibliotheca Botanica, sive Catalogus Auctorum et
Librorum omnium qui de Re Botanica, de Medicamentis ex Vegetabilibus
paratis, de Re Rustica, & de Horticultura tractant, a Joanne Francisco
Seguierio Nemausense digestus. Accessit Bibliotheca Botanica Jo. Ant.
Bumaldi, seu potius Ovidii Montalbani Bononiensis. 4to, pp. 16, 450,
66. _Hagæ Comitum: Neaulme._ 1740. + _Lugduni Batavorum._ 1760. 4to.
Additions to the edition of 1760 were made by Laur. Theod.
Gronovius. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 552.
SEIZ (J. C.) Annus Sæcularis Tertius inventæ Artis Typographicæ à
Laurentio Kostero ... sive Brevis Historica Enarratio de Inventione
Nobilissimæ Artis Typographicæ.... Auctore Joanne Christiano Seiz....
8vo, pp. (24), 262. 6 Plates and Portrait. _Harlemi: Enschede._ [1742.]
A rare and curious book. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 450.
SEIZINGER (Johann Georg). Theorie und Praxis der
Bibliothekwissenschaft. Grundlinien der Archivwissenschaft. Rl. 8vo.
_Dresden._ 1863.
Much valuable information in a small compass will be found in this
work; it has also a good index.
Serapeum. Zeitschrift für Bibliothekwissenschaft, Handschriftenkunde
und ältere Litteratur. Im Vereine mit Bibliothekaren und
Litteraturfreunden herausgegeben von Robert Naumann. 8vo.
_Leipzig: T. O. Weigel._ 1840. Continued annually.
SHAKSPEARE. Catalogue of Mr. Capell's Shakspeariana, presented by him
to Trinity College, Cambridge, and printed from an exact copy of his
own MS. 8vo. _London._ 1779.
A very limited number were privately printed for the author's
friends.
SHEA (J. G.) A Bibliographical Account of Catholic Bibles, Testaments,
and other portions of Scripture, translated from the Latin Vulgate, and
printed in the United States. By John Gilmary Shea. Fcap 8vo, pp. 48.
_New York: Cramoisy Press._ 1859.
SHURTLEFF (N. B.) A Decimal System, for the Arrangement and
Administration of Libraries. By N. B. Shurtleff. 4to, pp. 80.
_Boston: Privately Printed._ MDCCCLVI.
Ingenious, but not very practicable.
SILLIG (P. H.) Die Shakespeare-Literatur bis Mitte 1854.
Zusammengestellt und herausgegeben von P. H. Sillig. Ein
bibliographischer Versuch, eingeführt von H. Ulrici. 8vo, pp. ix, 99.
_Leipzig: Dyk._ 1854.
SILVA (I. F. da). Diccionario Bibliographico Portuguez Estudos de
Innocencio Francisco da Silva applicaveis a Portugal e ao Brasil. 9
vols., 8vo, pp. lviii, (2), 403; 478; 447, 28; 472; 487; 474, 29-70;
463, 71-110, (1); xxxi, 428, 113-136; xvi, 452.
_Lisboa na Imprensa Nacional_ M DCCC LVIII-M DCCC LXX.
A learned, painstaking, and elaborate performance. Like all
Portuguese and Spanish books of its class, it is arranged under
the baptismal names of the authors. Vols. VIII. and IX. are a
supplement, A-G.
SIMEON (J.) Books and Libraries. A Lecture ... Ryde, October 28, 1859.
By Sir John Simeon, Bart., MA. Post 8vo, pp. 75.
_London: John W. Parker and Son._ 1860.
A small collection of curious and interesting information relative
to the origin and progress of printing, books, and libraries.
SIMS (R.) Hand Book to the Library of the British Museum, Containing
a Brief History of its Formation, and of the various Collections of
which it is composed; Descriptions of the Catalogues in present use;
Classed Lists of the Manuscripts, &c., and a variety of Information
indispensable for Literary Men, with some Account of the Principal
Public Libraries in London. 8vo, pp. xii, 418.
_London: John Russell Smith._ MDCCCLIV.
With Plan of London and Ground Plan of the Libraries in the British
Museum.
[SINGER (S. W.)] Some Account of the Book Printed at Oxford in
MCCCCLXVIII, under the title of "Exposicio Sancti Jeronimi in Simbolo
Apostolorum;" in which is examined its claim to be considered the First
Book printed in England. 8vo, pp. ii, 44. 3 Facsimiles. _London._ 1812.
Fifty copies only privately printed.
SKEGG (E.) Catalogue of the singularly Curious, very Interesting and
Valuable Library of Edward Skegg, Esq. 8vo. Portrait. _London._ 1842.
Twenty-five copies printed upon fine paper for presents. This
choice collection, consisting of 2057 articles, was particularly
rich in the works of the old English poets, etc.
[SMITH (J. R.)] A Bibliographical Catalogue of English Writers on
Angling and Ichthyology. Post 8vo, pp. 47.
_London: John Russell Smith._ M,DCCC,LVI.
Also found at the end of R. Blakey's "Historical Sketches of the
Angling Literature of all Nations."
SMITH. A Bibliographical List of all the Works which have been
published towards illustrating the Provincial Dialects of England. By
John Russell Smith. Post 8vo, pp. 24. _London: J. R. Smith._ 1839.
Very serviceable to such as prosecute the study of provincial
dialects, or are collecting works on that curious subject.
SMITH. Bibliotheca Cantiana: A Bibliographical Account of what has been
published on the History, Topography, Antiquities, Customs, and Family
Genealogy, of the County of Kent. By John Russell Smith. 8vo, pp. xiv,
360. 2 Facsimiles. _London: J. R. Smith._ 1837.
Fifty copies printed on large paper. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 846.
SMITH. Bibliotheca Americana. A Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of
Books and Pamphlets relating to the History and Geography of North and
South America and the West Indies. 8vo, pp. 196.
_London: J. Russell Smith._ MDCCCLIII.
A sale catalogue with prices affixed. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 806.
SMITH. Bibliotheca Americana. A Catalogue of ... Books, Pamphlets,
Manuscripts, Maps, Engravings, and ... Portraits, illustrating the
History and Geography of ... America, and the West Indies, ... for
sale.... By John Russell Smith. 8vo, pp. (8), 308. _London._ MDCCCLXV.
SMITH. Bibliotheca Americana. A Catalogue of ... Books, illustrating
the History and Geography of ... America and the West Indies. Collected
by John Russell Smith. On Sale ... by Alfred Russell Smith. 8vo, pp.
vii, 234. _London._ MDCCCLXXI.
SMITH. Bibliotheca Americana, a Catalogue of ... Books ... illustrating
the History and Geography of ... America and the West Indies. 8vo.
_London._ 1874.
Mr. Smith has published many other catalogues; some with
bibliographical notes.
SMITH (J.) A Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books or Books written
by Members of the Society of Friends commonly called Quakers, From
their first Rise to the Present Time, interspersed with Critical
Remarks and Occasional Biographical Notices, and including all writings
by Authors before Joining, and by those after having left the Society,
whether adverse or not, as far as known. By Joseph Smith. 2 vols., 8vo,
pp. v, (2), 1027; (4), 984. _London: Joseph Smith._ 1863.
Also printed on large paper. The best work on the subject. The
collector of early American imprints will here find the titles of
many books which are comparatively unknown.
SMITH. Bibliotheca Anti-Quakeriana; or A Catalogue of Books adverse
to the Society of Friends, Alphabetically Annexed; with Biographical
Notices of the Authors, together with the Answers which have been given
to some of them by Friends and Others. By Joseph Smith ... 8vo, pp.
(6), 474. _London: Joseph Smith._ 1873.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Catalogue of Publications of Societies, and of
other Periodical Works in the Library of the Smithsonian Institution,
January 1, 1858. Foreign Works. 8vo, pp. (4), 259. _Washington._ 1859.
[Miscel. Col., Vol. V.] + January 1, 1866. Deposited in the Library of
Congress. 8vo, pp. iv, (1), 591.
_Washington._ 1866. [Miscel. Col., Vol. IX.]
SOBOLEWSKI (S.) Catalogue de la Collection précieuse de livres
anciennes et modernes formant la bibliothèque de feu M. Serge
Sobolewski (de Moscow). 8vo. _Leipzig._ 1873.
Includes a fine collection of Americana, a rare series of De Bry,
etc. It was dispersed by auction at Leipzig, July, 1873.
SOTHEBY (S. L.) Principia Typographica. The Block-Books, or Xylographic
Delineations of Scripture History, issued in Holland, Flanders, and
Germany, during the Fifteenth Century, Exemplified and Considered in
Connection with the Origin of Printing. To which is added An Attempt
to Elucidate the character of the Paper-Marks of the Period. A work
contemplated by the late Samuel Sotheby, and carried out by his Son
Samuel Leigh Sotheby. 3 vols., 8vo, pp. (4), xvi, 200; (2), 216; (2),
190, (27). 121 Plates. _London: Printed for the Author._ M,DCCC,LVIII.
Two hundred and fifty copies printed. The two leaves, subsequently
printed, giving an account of the sale of the edition at auction,
at the upset price of £9 per set, should be added, "a result," says
Mr. Sotheby "unparalleled in the annals of literature." One of
the most important works ever produced upon the history of early
printing, on which it throws great additional light. It contains
an extended examination of the various editions of the block books
(or books printed from wooden blocks), the earliest productions
of the art, issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, such as the
Apocalypsis S. Johannis, Biblia Pauperum, Ars Moriendi, Cantica
Canticorum, Liber Regum, Temptationes Dæmonum, Ars Memorandi,
Endkrist, Quindecim Signa, De Generatione Christi, Miribilia Romæ,
etc. It is not, however, confined to a history of block books, for
it gives minute accounts, accompanied by exact facsimiles, of some
of the most interesting and rare works printed with movable type in
the infancy of the art, such as the Donatuses, Doctrinale, Catonis
Disticha, Horarium, Facetiæ, Morales, Speculum Humanæ Salvationis,
Bartolomæus van de Proprietaten der Dinghen, Exhortatio contra
Turcos, Literæ Indulgentiarum, etc.
SOTHEBY. Memoranda relating to the Block-Books preserved in the
Bibliothèque Impériale, Paris, made October MDCCCLVIII., by Samuel
Leigh Sotheby. Folio. _London: Printed for the Author._ MDCCCLIX.
Privately printed, and scarce. Uniform with the _Principia_, to
which it forms an indispensable supplement.
SOTHEBY. The Typography of the Fifteenth Century; being Specimens of
the Productions of the Early Continental Printers, Exemplified in a
Collection of Facsimiles from one hundred Works, together with their
Water-Marks. Arranged and Edited from the Bibliographical Collections
of the Late Samuel Sotheby by his Son, S. Leigh Sotheby. Folio, pp. 65,
vii. _London: Thomas Rodd._ 1845.
One hundred copies only printed; very scarce. Uniform in size with
the _Principia Typographica_. It contains 100 facsimile plates of
the productions of the early printers, with the initials colored
and illuminated in gold, in imitation of the originals, besides
nearly 100 cuts on wood of paper-marks, etc. It will be found
a very useful work with which to identify the books which have
neither name of printer or place of printing.
SPARKS (J.) Catalogue of the Library of Jared Sparks; with a List of
the Historical Manuscripts collected by him, and now deposited in the
Library of Harvard University. [Edited by C. A. Cutter.] 8vo, pp. iv,
(1), 4, 230, (1). _Cambridge: Riverside Press._ 1871.
SPENCE (J.) Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men.
Collected from the Conversation of Mr. Pope, and other Eminent Persons
of his Time. By the Rev. Joseph Spence. Now first published from the
Original Papers, with Notes, and a Life of the Author. By Samuel
Weller Singer. Cr. 8vo, pp. xxxix, (1), 501. Portrait. _London: W. H.
Carpenter._ MD.CCC.XX. + Second Edition. Post 8vo, pp. xxxii, 396.
Portrait. _London: John Russell Smith._ 1858.
The edition of 1858 was also printed on large paper. "One of the
most entertaining volumes of literary anecdote imaginable."--T. F.
DIBDIN.
SPENCE. [The Same.] Arranged with Notes, by the late Edmund Malone.
8vo. _London._ 1820.
SPILSBURY (W. H.) Lincoln's Inn its Ancient and Modern Buildings with
an Account of the Library. By William Holden Spilsbury, Librarian....
Fcap 8vo, pp. xvi, 324. Plate. _London: William Pickering._ 1850.
Also: Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of Lincoln's
Inn.... _Printed for the Society._ 1859. Rl. 8vo.
SQUIER (E. G.) Monograph of Authors who have Written on the Languages
of Central America, and Collected Vocabularies or Composed Works in the
Native Dialects of that Country. By E. G. Squier.... 4to, pp. 70.
_New York: G. B. Richardson & Co._ M.D.CCC.LXI.
Some copies have the imprint, _London: Trübner & Co._ M.D.CCC.LXI.
One hundred copies only printed.
STACE (M.) The British Historical Intelligencer, containing a Catalogue
of English, Scotch, Irish, and Welsh Historians, and an Account of
Authors quoted by Rapin, Tindal, Carte, Bisset, and Adolphus, in their
Histories of England. By Machell Stace. 8vo. _Westminster._ 1829.
Contains also notice of books suppressed, or which have led to
prosecutions.
STACY (G. G.) Catalogue of the Maine State Library: containing a List
of all the Books in the Library up to December 31, 1862. By George G.
Stacy, Librarian. 8vo, pp. 304.
_Augusta: Stevens & Layward, Printers._ 1862.
STANLEY (_Col._) Bibliotheca Stanleiana. A Splendid Selection of ...
Books, from the ... Library of Colonel Stanley.... 8vo, pp. (6), 71.
_London._ 1813.
Also on large paper. A most rare and valuable collection,
particularly rich in Italian and Spanish poetry, novels and
romances, early voyages and travels, chronicles, natural and
general history, etc.; with numerous valuable interesting
bibliographical notes by the late Mr. R. H. Evans.
STARK (A.) Printing; its Antecedents, Origin, History and Results. By
Adam Stark. 12mo. _London._ 1855.
STEEVENS (G.) Bibliotheca Steevensiana. A Catalogue of the Curious and
Valuable Library of George Steevens, Esq.... 8vo, pp. vi, 125.
_London: Printed by J. Barker._ 1800.
Twelve copies printed on royal octavo and six on imperial octavo
paper. Rich in Shakespeariana, Early Poetry, and the Drama.
STEINSCHNEIDER (M.) Catalogus librorum Hebræorum in Bibliotheca
Bodleiana jussu curatorum digessit et notis instruxit M.
Steinschneider. 4to, pp. (4), Introductio, cxxxii columns, Text, 3104
columns. _Berolini typ. Friedländer._ 1852-60.
This catalogue describes what is supposed to be the finest
collection of Hebrew literature in existence. _See_ Petzholdt, p.
437.
STEVENS (H.) American Books with tails to 'em. A private pocket list
of ... American periodicals, transactions, memoirs, [etc.] By Henry
Stevens.... Sq. 16mo, 18 l. _London._ 1873.
STEVENS. American Bibliographer. Parts I. and II. [All published.] Rl.
8vo, pp. vii, 96. 3 Plates. _Chiswick._ 1854.
One hundred copies only printed for subscribers; very scarce.
_See_ Report ... of the Smithsonian Institution for 1849, for a
prospectus of a similar work.
STEVENS. Historical Nuggets Bibliotheca Americana or a Descriptive
Account of my Collection of Rare Books relating to America. Henry
Stevens GMB FSA. 2 vols., fcap 8vo, pp. xii, 436; (2), 437-805.
_London: Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins_ ... MDCCCLXII.
"Printed in the best style of the Chiswick Press, regardless of
time, it comprises 2934 titles given in full, with the collation
and price of each work. It was intended as far as it went to be
a manual for collectors of this expensive class of books. But it
did not go very far, containing as it does, not a selection, but
only such books as the author happened to possess at that time.
It was intended to supply the deficiencies by additional volumes,
but these have never appeared, and probably never will in this
form."--_Author._ A few copies were issued in 1858 with a different
title. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 812.
[STEVENS.] Bibliotheca Americana. A Catalogue of Books relating to the
History and Literature of America.... Sold by Puttick and Simpson. 8vo,
pp. vi, 273. _London. March_, M.DCCC.LXI.
Also on large paper, rl. 8vo. This catalogue contains 2415 lots,
with collations, etc., and will be useful to the collector. It is,
in fact, an abridgment of Stevens' _Historical Nuggets_, although
the latter was not published till 1862. It is one of the most
carefully prepared auction catalogues ever issued.
STEVENS. Bibliotheca Historica; or, a Catalogue of ... Books and
Manuscripts relating chiefly to the History and Literature of North and
South America; among which is included the larger proportion of the
extraordinary Library of the late Henry Stevens, Sr., of Barnet, Vt.
Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Henry Stevens.... 8vo, pp. xv,
(1), 234, (1). _Boston._ 1870.
Beautifully printed and profusely annotated. One of the few
bibliographical works which combines amusement with profit and
instruction.
STEVENS. Catalogue of My English Library collected and described
by Henry Stevens.... Fcap 8vo, pp. xi, 107.
_London: Printed by C. Whittingham. Nov. 1853.
For Private Distribution._
Contains the titles of the best editions of the principal standard
authors sufficient to form a library of about 6000 volumes. The
contents of the several volumes of the chief polygraphic works are
given; also the dates of birth and death of most of the deceased
authors.
STEVENS. The Humboldt Library. A Catalogue of the Library of Alexander
von Humboldt. With a Bibliographical and Biographical Memoir by Henry
Stevens.... 8vo, pp. xii, 791. Portrait.
_London: Henry Stevens_ ... 1863.
All the copies we have seen of this are marked proof, and the
introduction is unfinished. Also on large paper, rl. 8vo.
STEVENS. Schedule of two thousand American Historical Nuggets
Taken from the Stevens Diggins in September 1870 and set down in
Chronological Order of Printing from 1490 to 1800. Described and
Recommended as a Supplement to any Printed Bibliotheca Americana.
By Henry Stevens, G.M.B., F.S.A., etc. 4to, pp. (4), 20.
_Privately Printed London:
Stevens's Bibliographical Nuggetory, ... Oct. 1, 1870._
Also on large paper.
[STEVENSON (T.)] Catalogue of Scottish Writers. Post 8vo, pp. xxiv,
168. _Edinburgh: Thomas Stevenson._ 1833.
STEWART (C.) A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental Library of ...
Tippoo Sultan of Mysore. To which are prefixed, Memoirs of Hyder Aly
Khan, and his Son Tippoo Sultan. By Charles Stewart. 4to. _Cambridge._
1802. + [_Ibid._] 1809. 4to, pp. (4), viii, 94,(2), 364.
"The pleasure we have experienced in perusing these sheets, has
been considerably heightened by our confidence in the accuracy of
the contents (Major Stewart giving notes and references from the
most authentic materials), and from the modest, unassuming manner
in which the whole is written. The work Major Stewart proposed to
write was one of great curiosity to all classes of readers, and a
desideratum of real consequence to Oriental scholars."--_British
Critic._
STEWART (C. J.) Catalogue of the Library collected by Miss Richardson
Currer, at Eshton Hall, Craven, Yorkshire, By C. J. Stewart,
Bookseller. Rl. 8vo, pp. xii, 501. 4 Plates.
_London: Printed for Private Circulation only._ 1833.
This catalogue, now rare, contains much more than that by
Triphook. See _Notes and Queries_, Second Series, XII. 77. Mr.
Stewart's catalogues of his own stock are replete with valuable
bibliographical and critical notices. It is no exaggeration to say
that in the departments of literature to which Mr. Stewart has
given special attention he is the best living authority.
[STRATICO (Simeone).] Bibliografia di Marina nelle varie lingue dell'
Europa o sia Raccolta dei titoli dei libri nelle suddete lingue i
quali trattano di quest' arte. 4to, pp. x, 212.
_Milano, dall' J. R. stamperia._ 1823.
STRATTON (W. C.) Catalogue of the California State Library, Prepared
by W. C. Stratton, State Librarian. 8vo, pp. 460, 205.
_Sacramento: Printed by O. M. Clayes, State Printer._ 1866.
STRUVE (B. G.) Bibliotheca Historiae Litterariae selecta olim titvlo
Introdvctionis in Notitiam Rei litterariae et Vsvm Bibliothecarvm
insignita cvivs primas lineas dvxit Bvrc. Gotthelf. Strvvivs. Post
variorvm emendationes et additamenta opvs ita formavit vt fere novvm
dici qveat Johannes Fridericvs Jvgler. 3 vols., 8vo, pp. (24), 768; 5
(8), 769-1640; (6), 1641-2362. _Jenae: Cvno._ 1754-63.
STRUVE. Burcardi Gotth. Struvii Introductio in Notitiam rei Litterariae
et usum Bibliothecarum auctoris ipsius metis Observationibus; Coleri,
Lilienthalii, Koecheri, aliorumque ... Notis ... Aucta ... et ...
cura Io. Christiani Fischeri.... 8vo, pp. 988, (66).
_Francofurti et Lipsiae: Henr. Ludovicum Broenner._ MDCCLIV.
STRUVE. Bibliotheca Historica. Instructa a b. Burcardo Gotthelf Struvio
aucta a b. Christi. Gottlieb Budero nunc vero a Joanne Georgio Meuselio
ita digesta, amplificata et emendata, ut paene novum Opus videri
possit. 11 vols., 8vo. _Lipsiae: Weidmanni hered. et Reich._ 1782-1804.
This uncommonly careful reproduction of a work which appeared last
at Jena in 1740 has unfortunately remained unfinished, and ends
with the French History. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 774, and [Harrisse]
_Bib. Am. Vet._ XXII.
SWAINSON (W.) ... Taxidermy, Bibliography, and Biography. 16mo, pp.
(8), 392. _London: Longman_.... 1840.
_See_ Lardner's _Cabinet Cyclopædia_, CXIX., _Natural History, and
Bibliography of Zoology_.
SYKES (M. M.) Catalogue of the Splendid, Curious, and Extensive Library
of the late Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, Bart. 3 parts, 8vo, pp. v, 93;
(2), 83; (2), 68. Portrait. _London._ 1824.
The "Lorenzo" of Dibdin's _Bibliomania_. A truly valuable and
magnificent collection of the rarest English and foreign books.
TANNEHILL (W.) Sketches of the History of Literature. 8vo.
_Nashville._ 1827.
TASSY (G. de). Histoire de la Littérature Hindoui et Hindoustani par
Garcin de Tassy. Tome I. Biographie et Bibliographie. Rl. 8vo, pp. xvi,
630. _Paris: Printed under the auspices
of the Oriental Translation Committee_ ... 1839.
TAYLOR (I.) History of the Transmission of Ancient Books to Modern
Times; or, a Concise Account of the Means by which the Genuineness
and Authenticity of Ancient Historical Works are ascertained: with an
Estimate of the Comparative Value of the Evidence usually adduced in
Support of the Claims of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures. By Isaac
Taylor. 8vo, pp. vi, 266. _London: J. B. Holdsworth._ 1827. + _London:
Jackson and Walford._ 1859. 8vo, pp. x, 413.
TERNAUX (H.) Bibliothèque Américaine ou Catalogue des Ouvrages relatifs
a l'Amérique qui ont paru depuis sa découverte jusqu'à l'an 1700.
Par H. Ternaux. 8vo, pp. (4), viii, 191.
_Paris: Arthus-Bertrand._ M.DCCC.XXXVII.
Also on large paper in 4to. "This catalogue contains 1153 articles:
the few notes added by Mr. Ternaux, cause a regret that he has been
so sparing of them."--RICH.
TERNAUX. Bibliothèque Asiatique et Africaine ou Catalogue des Ouvrages
relatifs à l'Asie et à l'Afrique qui ont paru depuis la découverte de
l'imprimerie jusqu'en 1700; par H. Ternaux-Compans. 8vo, pp. vi, 347.
_Paris: Chez Arthus Bertrand._ MDCCCXLI.
[TERNAUX.] Catalogue des livres et manuscrits de la bibliothèque de feu
M. Rœtzel, dont la vente se fera le jeudi 3 novembre 1836 et les 25
jours suivants. 8vo, pp. vii, 254. _Paris: Silvestre._ 1836.
"Catalogue précieux, contenant un grand nombre d'ouvrages relatifs
à l'Amérique (histoire, langues, voyages). Il contient aussi plus
de 500 Nos. de poètes et historiens espagnols. Cette bibliothèque
était celle de M. Ternaux-Compans."--LECLERC.
TERNAUX. Notice sur les Imprimeries qui existent ou ont existé hors
de l'Europe. Par H. Ternaux-Compans. 8vo, pp. 48. _Paris: Arthus
Bertrand._ [n. d.] + [_Ibid._] 1843. 8vo, pp. (4), 146. + Supplement.
_Paris._ 1849. 8vo, pp. (2), 20. + Nouvelles Additions. _Paris._ 1849.
8vo, pp. (2), 19.
THIMM (F.) Shakspeariana from 1564 to 1864. An Account of the
Shakspearian Literature of England, Germany, France ... during Three
Centuries, with Bibliographical Introductions. By Franz Thimm. Second
Edition Containing the Literature from 1864 to 1871. 8vo, pp. (6), 118.
_London: Franz Thimm._ 1872.
Very valuable as a list of foreign Shakespeariana.
THOMAS (I.) The History of Printing in America. With a Biography of
Printers, and an Account of Newspapers. To which is prefixed a Concise
View of the Discovery and Progress of the Art in other parts of the
World.... By Isaiah Thomas, Printer, Worcester, Massachusetts. 2 vols.,
8vo, pp. 487; 576.
_Worcester: From the Press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun._ 1810.
This valuable work, written and published in advance of the time,
met with no favor, and was quickly forgotten. It was reprinted with
the following title:
THOMAS. The History of Printing in America: ... By Isaiah Thomas,
LL.D. ... Second Edition. With the Author's Corrections and Additions,
and a Catalogue of American Publications previous to the Revolution of
1776.... 2 vols., 8vo, pp. lxxxvii, 423, Portrait; 666, Index, (50).
_Albany, N. Y.: Joel Munsell, Printer._ 1874.
In this edition some of the matter in the first it omitted.
The list of ante-revolutionary publications is far from being
complete, and it is much to be regretted that many of the titles
are not given correctly; one specimen is conspicuous: on page 405,
article Bass, an error in the Massachusetts Catalogue is pointed
out, but the title is turned round. There is nothing in the title
about Benjamin Colman, and the collation is pp. (2), iii, 40;
the printer's name is not given. Errors like these swarm in the
list, a circumstance to be regretted, as a little additional labor
would have made that right which is now wrong. It is the more
inexcusable, as a reference to Sabin's _Dictionary_ would have
furnished many titles entirely omitted or incorrectly described.
[THOMAS (Ralph).] Handbook of Fictitious Names; being a Guide to
Authors, chiefly in the Lighter Literature of the XIXth Century, who
have written under Assumed Names; and to Literary Forgers, Imposters,
Plagiarists, and Imitators. By Olphar Hamst.... 8vo, pp. xiv, (2), 235,
(1). _London: John Russell Smith._ 1868.
[THOMAS.] Life of Joseph-Marie Quérard, a Martyr to Bibliography, with
Notice of his Works by Olphar Hamst. 12mo. _London._ 1867.
Two hundred and fifty copies printed.
[THOMAS.] Swimming: a Bibliographical List of Works on Swimming....
8vo. _London._ 1868.
Only twenty-five copies printed. "Extracted from the second issue
of 'A Few Words on Swimming.'"
THOMS (W. J.) Early English Prose Romances, with Bibliographical and
Historical Introductions. Edited by William J. Thoms, F.S.A. Second
Edition, Enlarged. 3 vols., post 8vo, pp. xxiv, 304; 361; 414.
_London: Nattali and Bond._ 1858.
Also on large paper.
THOMSON (R.) Book of Life; a Bibliographical Melody, presented by the
author to the Members of the Roxburghe Club, as a Specimen of Printing.
By Richard Thomson. 8vo. 1820.
Only fifty copies were privately printed on paper, and two on
vellum.
THORIN (E.) Répertoire bibliographique des ouvrages de Législation, de
Droit et de Jurisprudence en matière civile, ... publiés spécialement
en France depuis 1789 jusqu'à la fin de novembre 1863. Nouvelle
édition, corrigée et considérablement augmentée, par Ernest Thorin,
et précédée d'une notice sur l'enseignement et les études dans les
Facultés de droit, et d'une analyse chronologique des lois, statuts,
décrets, etc., relatifs à cet enseignement, de 1791 à 1862; par A. De
Fontaine de Resbecq. 8vo, pp. 276. _Paris: Durand._ 1864.
A new edition, considerably enlarged, with an analytic table of
contents, by Ernst Thorin.
THORPE (T.) Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica et Dramatica, or a Descriptive
Catalogue of Rare and Early English and Scottish Poetry, etc., on Sale
by Thomas Thorpe. 8vo, pp. (2), 109. _London._ MDCCCXLIV.
The various and numerous catalogues of this celebrated bookseller
exhibit great research and extensive bibliographical knowledge.
TICKNOR (G.) History of Spanish Literature. By George Ticknor.... 3
vols., 8vo, pp. xxi, 568; xiv, 552; xiv, 549.
_New York: Harper & Brothers._ MDCCCXLIX.
Frequently reprinted with alterations and additions.
TICKNOR. Historia de la Literature Española, traducida al Castellano,
con adiciones y notas criticas por Don Pascual de Gayangos y Don
Enrique de Vedia. 4 vols., 8vo, pp. iv, 580; 568; 566, (1); 504.
_Madrid._ 1851-57.
Superior to the English original, the valuable notes and additions
of the learned editors having almost doubled the matter of the work.
TICKNOR. Geschichte der schönen Literatur in Spanien von Georg Ticknor.
Deutsch mit Zusätzen herausgegeben von Nikolaus Heinrich Julius. 2
vols., 8vo, pp. xxx, 690; xii, 867. _Leipzig: Brockhaus._ 1852.
TIELE (P. A.) Mémoire Bibliographique sur les Journaux des Navigateurs
Néerlandais réimprimés dans les Collections de De Bry et de Hulsius,
et dans les Collections Hollandaises du XVII'e Siècle, et sur les
Anciennes Éditions Hollandaises des Journaux de Navigateurs Étrangers;
la plupart en la possession de Frederick Muller à Amsterdam. Redigé par
P. A. Tiele.... 8vo, pp. xii, 372. Facsimile.
_Amsterdam: Frederick Muller._ 1867.
Fifty copies printed on large paper in rl. 8vo. A meritorious
performance, and exhaustive on the subject. _See_ also Petzholdt,
pp. 61, 854.
TIMPERLEY (C. H.) A Dictionary of Printers and Printing, with
the Progress of Literature, Ancient and Modern; Bibliographical
Illustrations, etc., etc. By C. H. Timperley. Imp. 8vo, pp. 996.
_London: H. Johnson._ MDCCCXXXIX.
Contains an immense mass of useful and entertaining information
upon literature, compiled from every accessible source.
TIMPERLEY. Encyclopædia of Literary and Typographical Anecdote; being a
chronological digest of the most interesting Facts illustrative of the
History of Literature and Printing ... with Biographical Sketches of
Eminent Booksellers, Printers, Type-founders, Engravers, Bookbinders,
and Paper Makers, of all Ages and Countries.... with Bibliographical
... Accounts of their Principal Productions ... Including curious
particulars of the First Introduction of Printing ... and of the
Books then Printed. Notices of Early Bibles ... A History of all the
Newspapers ... [and] an Account of the Origin and Progress of Language,
Writing and Writing Materials, the Invention of Paper, ... &c. Compiled
... by C. H. Timperley. Second Edition.... Imp. 8vo, pp. vi, 996, 12,
116. 11 Plates. _London: Henry G. Bohn._ MDCCCXLII.
A comprehensive, instructive, and entertaining _omnium gatherum_ of
whatever could be collected from known and authentic sources.
[TIMPERLEY.] Songs of the Press and other Poems relative to the
Art of Printers and Printing; also of Authors, Books, Booksellers,
Bookbinders, Editors, Critics, Newspapers, etc. Original and Selected.
With Notes, Biographical and Literary. 12mo, pp. 208.
_London: Fisher, Son, & Co._ 1845.
TOBLER (Titus). Bibliographia Geographica Palaestinae. Zunächst
kritische Uebersicht gedruckter und ungedruckter Beschreibungen der
Reisen ins Heilige Land. 8vo, pp. iv, (2), 265.
_Leipzig: Verlag von S. Hirzel._ 1867.
TODERINI (Giambattista). Della Litteratura Turchesca. 3 vols., 8vo.
_Venezia._ 1787.
Contents: Vol. I. The Studies of the Turks; II. Turkish Libraries
and Academies; III. Turkish Typography. "Full of curious
matter."--DIBDIN.
TODERINI. De la Littérature des Turcs. Par M^{r}. l'Abbé Toderini.
Traduit de l'Italien en François, Par M^{r}. l'Abbé de Cournand ... &
Professeur Royal. 3 vols., 8vo, pp. (2), xvi, 251; (2), 270; (2), 268.
2 Plates. _Paris: Chez Poincot._ 1789.
TONELLI (F.) Biblioteca Bibliografica Antica et Moderna; d'ogni classe,
e d'ogni Nazione. Raccolta da Francisca Tonelli ... 2 vols., 4to, pp.
(6), 167; (8), 162. _Guastalia._ 1782.
TOWNLEY (_Dr._ James). Illustrations of Biblical Literature, &c.
3 vols., 8vo, pp. xiv, 530; (2), 526; 550, (1). Plates.
_London: Longman_.... 1821.
"As a bibliographical and biographical work it it most
invaluable."--LOWNDES.
TRICOTEL (E.) Variétés Bibliographiques. Par Edouard Tricotel. 12mo,
pp. (8), 382, (1). _Paris: Chez Jules Gay._ 1863.
[TRIPHOOK (R.)] Catalogue of the Library at Eshton Hall, in the County
of York. 8vo, pp. xi, 308. _London: Robert Triphook._ 1820.
Forty copies only privately printed.
TRŒMEL (P.) Bibliothèque Américaine Catalogue Raisonné d'une Collection
de Livres précieux sur l'Amérique parus depuis sa découverte jusqu'à
l'an 1700 en vente chez F. A. Brockhaus à Leipzig. Rédigé par Paul
Trömel. 8vo, pp. xi, 133. _Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus._ 1861.
One of the best works of its kind. The titles are carefully copied,
and the notes on the books are characterized by much erudition.
_See_ Petzholdt, p. 809.
TROSS (Edwin). Bibliotheca Mexicana. Catalogue d'une collection de
livres rares (principalement sur l'histoire et la linguistique) réunie
au Mexique par M. * * * attaché a la cour de l'empereur Maximilien
dont la vente se fera Le Mardi 3 Novembre 1868 ... 8vo, pp. (vi), 47.
_Paris: librairie Tross._ 1868.
Also numerous "Catalogues de Livres Anciens qui se trouvent à la
Librairie Tross, a Paris."
TRÜBNER (Nicolas). Trübner's Bibliothecal Guide to American Literature,
being a Classified List of Books in all Departments of Literature and
Science, published in the United States of America during the last
Forty Years. With an Introduction, Notes, Three Appendices, and an
Index. Sm. 8vo, pp. xxxii, 108. _London: Trübner & Co._ 1855.
TRÜBNER. Trübner's Bibliographical Guide to American Literature. A
Classed List of Books published in the United States of America during
the last Forty Years. With Bibliographical Introduction, Notes, and
Alphabetical Index. Compiled and Edited by Nicolas Trübner. 8vo, pp. x,
cxlix, 554. _London: Trübner and Co._ 1859.
The bibliographical introduction to this useful work was prepared
by Dr. Herman E. Ludewig, "Contributions towards a History of
American Literature," by Benjamin Moran, and the section on the
"Public Libraries of the United States," by Edward Edwards. _See_
Petzholdt, p. 418.
TRYON (G. W.) List of American Writers on recent Conchology; with the
Titles of their Memoirs and Dates of Publication. By George W. Tryon,
Jun. 8vo, pp. 68. _New York: [Westermann & Co.]_ 1861.
The United States Literary Advertiser and Publishers' Circular; a
Monthly Register of Literature, By J. and H. G. Langley. 4to.
_New York._ 1841-42.
UPCOTT (W.) A Bibliographical Account of the principal Works relating
to English Topography. By William Upcott, ... 5 vols., 8vo, pp. (4),
vii, (2), ix-lxii, (1), 320; (2), 321-642*; (2), 581-930; 931-1246;
1247-1576. 2 Plates.
_London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor._ M DCCC XVIII.
Only two hundred copies printed, fifty of which are on large paper.
An indispensable adjunct to the library of any public institution
or local collector. Contains an accurate record of local historical
works, arranged under the various counties which they illustrate,
with collations of the various editions, lists of the maps, plates,
pages, etc., which perfect copies ought to contain.
[UPCOTT _and_ SHOBEL.] A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors
of Great Britain and Ireland; ... [with] Anecdotes of their Lives, and
a Chronological Register of their Publications.... 8vo, pp. viii, 449.
_London: Henry Colburn._ 1816.
Contains an account of more than 5000 authors, and includes much
interesting literary anecdote, etc.
URICOECHEA (E.) Mapoteca Colombiana. Coleccion de los titulos de todos
los Mapas, Planos, Vistas, etc. relatives á la América Española,
Brasil é Islas adyacentes. Arreglada cronologicamente i precedida de
una Introduccion sobre la Historia cartográfica de América por E.
Uricoechea. 8vo, pp. xvi, 215. _Lóndres: Trübner y Cia._ 1860.
VANDERHAEGHEN (F.) Bibliographic Gantoise. Recherches sur la vie et les
travaux des Imprimeurs de Gand (1483-1850). Par Ferd. Vanderhaeghen....
XV'e-XIX'e siècles. 7 vols., 8vo. _Gand: E. Vanderhaeghen._ 1858-62.
Two hundred and fifty copies printed; the work was to be finished
in five volumes. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 371.
[VAN PRAET (Joseph Basile Bernard).] Catalogue des livres imprimés sur
vélin, avec date, depuis 1457 jusqu'en 1472. 2 parts, folio, pp. 544.
_Paris: De Bure frères._ 1813.
Highly praised by Brunet.
[VAN PRAET.] Catalogue des livres imprimés sur vélin de la Bibliothèque
du Roi. 5 vols., 8vo, pp. xi, iv, 348; (4), ii, 120; vi, 84; viii,
332; (4), iii, 380; Supplément, pp. (6), 223.
_Paris: De Bure frères._ 1822-28.
Three hundred copies printed.
[VAN PRAET.] Essai d'un catalogue des livres imprimés sur vélin. 8vo,
pp. 21. _Paris: imp. de Crapelet._ 1805.
This describes only five editions, all dated, of the fifteenth
century. It was included in his catalogue of 1813.
[VAN PRAET.] Catalogue des livres imprimés sur vélin, qui se trouvent
dans les bibliothèques tant publiques que particulières, pour servir de
suite au Catalogue des livres imprimés sur vélin de la Bibliothèque du
Roi. 3 vols., 8vo, pp. xvi, 291; viii, 264; vii, 314; Supplément, pp.
v, 202. _Paris: De Bure frères._ 1822-28.
Two hundred copies printed. There are copies on large vellum paper.
Concerning this work _see_ Brunet, _also_ Petzholdt, p. 115.
[VAN PRAET.] Recherches sur Louis de Bruges, Seigneur de la Gruthuyse;
suivies de la Notice des Manuscrits qui lui ont appartenu, et dont la
plus grande partie se conserve à la Bibliothèque du Roi. Rl. 8vo. 5
Engravings. _Paris: De Bure frères._ 1831.
[VAN PRAET.] Notice sur Colard Mansion, Libraire et Imprimeur de la
Ville de Bruges en Flandre dans le XV'e siècle. Rl. 8vo. 5 Facsimiles
of Type. _Paris: De Bure frères._ 1829.
Colard Mansion was the "Caxton" of Flanders; the above is a
more than usually interesting work, it having been the favorite
employment of the author's life; the first sketch of it was
published in the _Esprit des journaux_, _Février_, 1780.
VENTOUILLAC (L. T.) The French Librarian or Literary Guide; pointing
out the Best Works of the Principal Writers of France in every Branch
of Literature, with Criticisms, Personal Anecdotes, and Bibliographical
Notices; preceded by a Sketch of the Progress of French Literature.
8vo. _London._ 1829.
VINCENT (B.) A new Classified Catalogue of the Library of the Royal
Institution of Great Britain, with Indexes of Authors and Subjects, and
A List of Historical Pamphlets chronologically arranged. By Benjamin
Vincent, Librarian. 8vo, pp. xvii, 929. _London._ 1857.
Useful to book collectors, and indispensable to public librarians.
VINET (E.) Bibliographie Méthodique et Raisonnée des Beaux-Arts,
Esthétique et Histoire de l'Art, Archéologie, Architecture, Sculpture,
Peinture, Gravure, Arts Industriels, etc. etc. accompagnée de Tables
Alphabétique et Analytiques, par Ernest Vinet, Bibliothécaire de
l'École Nationale des Beaux-Arts. 4 vols., 8vo. _Paris._ 1874.
Also on large paper, rl. 8vo.
VOGT (J.) Johannis Vogt Catalogus Historico-Criticus Librorum Rariorum,
jam Curis Quartis Recognitus et Copiosa Accessione ex Symbolis et
Collatione Bibliophilorum per Germaniam Doctissimorum adauctus. 8vo,
pp. (32), 736. _Hamburgi, Sumtibus Christiani Heroldi._ M DCC LIII.
WALCH. Jo. Georgii Walchii Bibliotheca Theologica selecta litterariis
adnotationibvs instrvcta. 4 vols., 8vo, pp. (16), xlviii, 992; viii,
1258; (2), xiv, 944; (2), xiv, 1240. _Jenae: Croecker._ 1757-65.
A most elaborate theological bibliography. "All who are conversant
with sacred literature, have borne willing testimony to the
correctness and research of Walch, whose work will always remain a
production admirable for the extensive reading and accuracy which
it evinces."--HORNE'S _Introduction_.
[WALKER (Edward).] The Art of Bookbinding, its Rise and Progress;
including a Descriptive Account of the New York Book-Bindery. 12mo, pp.
viii, 64. _New York: E. Walker & Sons._ 1850.
"An account of the art as practised in America."--POWER. To which
note we add--it is intended to advertise Mr. E. Walker's own
bookbindery.
WALPOLE (H.) A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England,
with Lists of their Works. By Horace Walpole. 2 vols., sm. 8vo.
_Strawberry Hill._ 1758.
A very interesting and desirable work. Reprinted in 1759, and
reissued in 1806 with the following title:
WALPOLE. A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England,
Scotland and Ireland; with Lists of their Works; by the Late Horatio
Walpole ... Enlarged and Continued ... By Thomas Park, F.S.A. 5 vols.,
8vo. 150 Portraits. _London: John Scott._ 1806.
Also on large paper in 4to, with proof impressions of the plates.
WALPOLE. Catalogue of the Books, Poems, and small detached Pieces
printed at the press at Strawberry Hill belonging to Horace Walpole,
late Earl of Orford. 4to. 1810.
This very complete catalogue was compiled by the late George Baker,
Esq., at whose expense the entire impression, limited to twenty
copies, all for presents, was printed. Another edition was printed
in 1814, 8vo.
WALTHER (J.) Lexicon Diplomaticum. Folio. _Göttingæ._ 1745.
Contains 125 plates of abbreviations, marking the century to which
each abbreviation belongs, from the eighth to the end of the
sixteenth century. Chassant notices the work in his preface as "le
plus remarquable en ce genre."
[WARDEN (D. B.)] Bibliotheca Americo-Septentrionalis: being a Choice
Collection of Books in Various Languages, Relating to the History,
Climate, Geography, Produce, Population, Agriculture, Commerce, Arts,
Sciences, etc. of North America, from its first discovery to its
present existing Government; among which are many valuable Articles and
rare, together with all the important official Documents published from
time to time by the Authority of Congress. 8vo, pp. 147.
[_Paris: Impr. de Nouzou._] 1820.
The books were purchased by Mr. Samuel E. Eliot who gave them to
Harvard College.
[WARDEN.] Bibliotheca Americana, being a Choice Collection of Books
relating to North and South America and the West Indies, including
Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere, Maps, Engravings and Medals. 8vo,
pp. (10), 124. _Paris: Printed by Fain and Thienot._ 1840.
This catalogue was first printed at _Paris_ in 1831; it describes
1118 works, and was bought for the New York State Library at Albany.
WARE (J.) The Whole Works of Sir James Ware concerning Ireland, Revised
and Improved. Translated from the Latin into English, with Additions.
By Walter Harris. 2 vols., folio. Portrait and Plates. _Dublin._ 1764.
Vol. II. of this very valuable work contains the "History of the
Writers of Ireland," in two Parts; viz.: I. Such writers who were
born in that kingdom; II. Such who, though foreigners, enjoyed
preferments or offices there, or had their education in it, with an
account of all the works they published.
WARTON (T.) The History of English Poetry, from the Close of the
Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century.... By Thomas
Warton, B.D. A New Edition Carefully Revised, with numerous additional
Notes by the late Mr. Ritson, the late Dr. Ashby, Mr. Douce, Mr. Park,
and other Eminent Antiquaries, and by the Editor. 4 vols., 8vo, pp.
(6), 123, cclxix, 203; (8), 520; (8), 470; (8), 482. _London: Thomas
Tegg._ 1824. + [Edited] by Richard Price. 3 vols., 8vo. [_Ibid._] 1840.
+ Edited by W. Carew Hazlitt.... 4 vols., 8vo, pp. xvi, 334; (4), 384;
(4), 344; (4), 479. _London: Reeves and Turner._ 1871.
WATT (R.) Bibliotheca Britannica; or a General Index to British and
Foreign Literature. By Robert Watt, M.D. ... 4 vols., 4to.
_Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company._ 1824.
Vols. I. and II. Authors; III. and IV. Subjects. A work of the
greatest utility, and an invaluable list of authors and their
works. In the first part of the work, the authors are arranged in
alphabetical order, and under each is given a chronological list
of his works, their various editions, sizes, and prices. In the
second part, the same materials are digested under the names of the
various subjects to which they refer, and under each the titles of
works are again arranged chronologically. The first part is a full
and comprehensive catalogue of authors and their works; the second
is an equally complete and extensive encyclopædia of all manner of
subjects on which books have been written. "Let me not forget to
notice that wonderful work of Dr. Watt--both father and son fell
victims to their zeal in its completion. Such a concentration of
labour was hardly ever beheld; and it should never fail to be the
library companion of all collectors."--DIBDIN.
WATTS (H.) A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of other
Sciences.... By Henry Watts, B.A., F.C.S. ... 5 vols., 8vo.
_London: Longman_ ... 1863-68.
Particularly valuable for its bibliographical references.
WEIGEL (T. O.) Bibliographische Mittheilungen über die deutschen
Ausgaben von De Bry's Sammlung der Reisen nach dem abend- und
morgenländischen Indien; von T. O. Weigel. Aus dem "Serapeum" besonders
abgedruckt. 8vo, pp. 40. _Leipzig: T. 0. Weigel._ 1845.
WEIGEL. Collectio Weigeliana: die Anfänge der Druckerkunst in Bild und
Schrift: an deren frühesten Erzeugnissen in der Weigelschen Sammlung
erläutert von T. O. Weigel und Dr. Ad. Zestermann. 2 vols., folio. 145
Facsimiles. _Leipzig: T. O. Weigel._ 1866.
Three hundred and twenty-five copies of this most important
publication were printed. A necessary companion to Sotheby's
_Principia Typographica_, but executed with infinitely more
critical sagacity and learning. Every distinguished collector of
books and prints and every public library must have this book as
the standard work of information and reference on the subject of
the History of Printing before the art of printing with movable
types was invented.
WEST (J.) Catalogue of the ... Library of James West, Esq.... Digested
by Samuel Paterson. 8vo. [_London._ 1773.]
There is another edition, not by Paterson, which was suppressed.
Especially rich in the rarest books of early English literature.
One of the most curious and valuable collections which has ever
been dispersed.
WESTWOOD (T.) A New Bibliotheca Piscatoria; or General Catalogue of
Angling and Fishing Literature. With Bibliographical Notes and Data. By
T. Westwood. 18mo, pp. 78. _London: Field Office._ 1861.
WESTWOOD. The Chronicle of the "Compleat Angler" of Izaak Walton and
Charles Cotton. Being a Bibliographical Record of its Various Phases
and Mutations. By Thomas Westwood. 4to, pp. xv, 64.
_London: H. Sotheran and Co._ 1864.
A very charming production, in which a healthy sentiment is
judiciously expressed.
WHEATLEY (H. B.) Of Anagrams. 12mo. _Hereford._ 1862.
Pages 158-168 give a copious catalogue of books relating to
anagrams.
WHITMORE (W. H.) A Handbook of American Genealogy, being a Catalogue of
Family Histories and Publications containing Genealogical Information,
Chronologically Arranged. By William H. Whitmore. Sm. 4to, pp. 272.
_Albany: J. Munsell._ 1862.
One hundred copies only printed. Of this valuable work two other
editions with additions and corrections have appeared, the last is
_Albany_, 1875.
WILLETT (R.) ... A Catalogue of the ... Library of ... Ralph Willett,
Esq., [of] Merly.... 8vo, pp. (2), 103. _London._ 1813.
Some copies on thick paper.
WILLIAMS (T.) A Catalogue of the ... Library of the Rev. Theodore
Williams: containing ... Books printed on Vellum, ... Classics.... 8vo,
pp. (2), iv, (4), 197, (1). [_London._] 1827.
Also on large paper, and twelve copies on large yellow paper. The
sale amounted to £10,216.
[WILSON (John).] The Bibliographical and Retrospective Miscellany,
containing Notices of ... Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, in all
Languages; Original Matter illustrative of the History and Antiquities
of Great Britain and Ireland; Abstracts from valuable Manuscripts; ...
and Notices of Book Sales. Sm. 8vo, pp. iv, 160.
_London: Printed for John Wilson._ 1830.
[WILSON.] ... Catalogue of all the Books, Pamphlets, &c., relating to
Shakspeare. To which are subjoined, an Account of the Early Quarto
Editions of the Great Dramatist's Plays and Poems, The Prices at which
many Copies have been sold in Public Sales; together with a List of the
leading and esteemed Editions of Shakspeare's Collected Works. 12mo,
pp. xli, 69. _London: John Wilson._ 1827.
Also on large paper. Includes a very curious account of Ireland's
Shakespearian forgeries, etc., contributed by Ireland himself.
WILSON (L.) Catalogue of Bibles, Testaments, Psalms, and other Books of
the Holy Scriptures in English in the Collection of Lea Wilson. 4to.
_London._ 1845.
Of this valuable catalogue very few copies were printed, all for
presents. Archdeacon Cotton, who refers to this work in almost
every page of his list of the various editions of the Holy
Scriptures, says, "I have much pleasure in testifying to the great
accuracy and minuteness of the collations and descriptions in
this most valuable catalogue. Those of the earlier and more rare
editions are given with a fullness and distinctness which leaves
nothing to desire. I could not insert all those particulars into
a slight work like the present list; but confidently refer those
persons who desire more detailed notice of any remarkable edition
to this curious and valuable catalogue of Mr. Wilson."
WINSOR (J.) A Bibliography of the original Quartos and Folios of
Shakespeare, with particular Reference to copies in America. Justin
Winsor, Superintendent of the Boston Public Library. 4to, pp. 109. 68
Heliotype Facsimiles. _Boston: James R. Osgood and Company._ 1875.
Only two hundred and fifty copies printed.
WITTE (H.) Diarium biographicum, in quo Scriptores Seculi post natum
Christum XVII. præcipui ... Libri itidem eorum, In Ebraica, ...
aliisqve lingvis consignati ... Idiomate ... ab Henningo Witte.... 4to.
_Gedani: Martin Hallervordii._ 1688.
WOLF (J. C.) Monumenta Typographica, qvæ Artis hujus præstantissimæ
originem, laudem et abusum posteris produnt, instavrata studio et
labore Jo. Christiani Wolfii. 2 parts, 8vo, pp. (16), 96, 1104; (2),
1323. _Hamburgi: Herold._ 1740.
A very curious collection of the scarcest tracts on the Origin,
etc., of Printing. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 450.
WOOD (Anthony à). Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the
Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the University
of Oxford. To which are added the Fasti, or Annals of the said
University.... A New Edition, with Additions, and a Continuation by
Philip Bliss.... 4 vols., rl. 4to, pp. 16, (4), clxxvii, 788, (2);
(4), 520; (4), 1290, (2); vi, (2), 502, (1).
_London: F. C. and J. Rivington._ 1813-20.
The first edition was _London_, 1691-2. 2 vols., folio.
WORNUM (R. N.) An Account of the Library of the Division of Art at
Marlborough House; with a Catalogue of the Principal Works classified
(and Index). 8vo. _London._ 1855.
WORRALL (J.) Bibliotheca Topographica Anglicana: or, A new and
compleat Catalogue of All the Books extant relating to the Antiquity,
Description, and Natural History of England, the Counties thereof, &c.
to the present Year 1736, Alphabetically digested in an easy Method;
giving an Account of their various Editions, Dates, and Prices, and
wherein they differ. Compil'd by John Worrall. 12mo, pp. 64.
_London for J. Worrall._ 1736.
WRANGHAM (F.) The English Portion of the Library of the Venerable
Francis Wrangham, M.A. ... Archdeacon of Cleveland. 8vo, pp. 645.
_Malton._ 1826.
Seventy copies only printed. This catalogue contains most valuable
notes by Archdeacon Wrangham, on the least known and rarest books.
WRIGHT (A.) Court-Hand Restored, or, the Student's Assistant in reading
Old Deeds, Charters, Records, etc.... with an Appendix ... [of] Ancient
Names of Places in Great Britain and Ireland, ... Ancient Surnames,
etc. Fourth Edition. 4to. _London._ 1846. + Eighth Edition. 4to, pp.
62. 23 Plates. _London: John Camden Hotten._ M.DCCC.LXVII.
WRIGHT (R.) Catalogue of the Library of Richard Wright. 8vo. 1787.
Twelve copies printed on large paper. A very rich collection
of poetry, plays, and early English literature. _See_ Dibdin's
_Bibliomania_, pp. 533-535.
WYNNE (J.) Private Libraries of New York. By James Wynne, M.D. 8vo, pp.
viii, 472. _New York: E. French._ MDCCCLX.
Also on large paper. Among the principal libraries mentioned in
this work, are those of John Allan, George Bancroft, Thomas P.
Barton, J. Carson Brevoort, Rev. Dr. Chapin, Almon W. Griswold,
William Menzies, William Curtis Noyes, Dr. Purple, George T.
Strong, R. L. Stuart, and Richard Grant White; many of which are
now dispersed.
ZACCARIA (Francesco Antonio). Bibliotheca Ritualis. Concinnatum opus
ac duos in tomos tributum, quorum alter de libris ipsis ritualibus,
alter de illorum explanatoribus agit. 2 vols. in 3, 4to.
_Romæ, ... ex typographio O Puccinelli._ 1776-81.
Contents: Vol. I. De libris ad sacros utriusque ecclesiæ orientalis
et occidentalis ritus pertinentibus; Vol. II., Part I. De librorum
ritualium explanatoribus; Vol. II., Part II. Supplementa continens,
praemisso Joannis Maldonati inedito de caeremoniis tractatu. Cui
praeter adnotationes adcedit gemina editoris dissertatio. The last
part of this important work is very rare.
ZAUNER (J. T.) Judas Thaddäus Zauner's biographische Nachrichten von
den Salzburgischen Rechtslehren von der Stiftung der Universität
an bis auf gegenwärtige Zeiten. 8vo, pp. (16), 144. _Salzburg:
Waisenhausbuchhandlung._ 1789. + Nachtrag ... Nebst einem Entwurfe
einer akademischen Bibliothek von Salzburg. 8vo, pp. (18), 64.
_Salzburg: Duyle._ 1797.
ZENKER (J. T.) Bibliotheca Orientalis. Manuel de Bibliographie
Orientale.... Par J. Th. Zenker. 2 vols., rl. 8vo, pp. xlvii, 264; xv,
616. _Leipzig: Engelmann._ 1846-61.
Concerning this valuable work _see_ Petzholdt, p. 421.
ZUCHOLD (E. A.) Bibliotheca theologica. Verzeichniss der auf dem
Gebiete der evangelischen Theologie nebst den für dieselbe wichtigen
während der Jahre 1830-1862 in Deutschland erschienenen Schriften.
Von Ernst Amandus Zuchold. 8vo, pp. 960.
_Göttingen: Bandenhoeck & Ruprecht._ 1862-63.
_See_ Petzholdt, p. 492.
Transcriber's Notes:
1. On pg. cxliii there is an asterisk which does not seem to pertain to
anything. (321-642*)
2. Italics are indicated by _this_; bold text is indicated by =this=;
superscript letters are enclosed in curly brackets preceded by a caret
symbol (^).
3. The hyphenation and spelling of the original book has not been
changed and/or harmonised.
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