BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Reading edition
Abbot (Ezra). Literature of the Doctrine of a Future Life: or, a Catalogue of Books relating to the Nature, Origin, and Destiny of the Soul, &c. 8vo.
Philadelphia. 1864.
This is the bibliographical appendix to Mr. Alger's Doctrine of a Future Life, some copies of which were issued separately.
Abrahams (N. C. L.) Description des manuscrits français du moyen âge de la Bibliothèque Royale de Copenhague, précédée d'une notice historique sur cette bibliothèque. 8vo, pp. xvi, 152.
Copenhague. 1844.
Achard (C. F.) Cours Elémentaire de Bibliographie, ou la Science du Bibliothécaire.... 3 vols., 8vo, pp. 292; 288; 284.
Marseille. 1806-7.
Adelung (Friedrich). Bibliotheca Sanscrita. Literatur der Sanskrit Sprache.... 8vo, pp. xxii, 431.
St. Petersburgh. 1837.
Adelung. An Historical Sketch of Sanscrit Literature, with copious Bibliographical Notices of Sanscrit Works. Translated from the German [with numerous Additions and Corrections, by D. A. Talboys]. 8vo.
Oxford: D. A. Talboys. 1832.
Adelung (J. C.) Mithridates, oder Allgemeine Sprachenkunde, mit dem Vaterunser als Sprachprobe in beynahe fünfhundert Sprachen und Mundarten, von Johann Christoph Adelung. Fortgesetzt von J. S. Vater. 5 vols., 8vo, pp. xxxiv, 686; xxiv, 808; xii, 708; viii, 474; xii, 530.
Berlin. 1806-17.
Vols. II.-V. were written by J. S. Vater. This is a history of all known languages and dialects, with an account of all the books printed in or relating to them. The second and third parts of the third volume—1813-1816—contain the languages of America. "On this Babel of an earth which you and I inhabit, there are said to be about three thousand languages and jargons. Of nearly five hundred of these you will find a specimen in the Mithridates of Adelung."—De Quincy.
Agassiz and Strickland. Bibliographia Zoologiæ et Geologiæ. A General Catalogue of all Books, Tracts, and Memoirs on Zoology and Geology. By Prof. Louis Agassiz. Corrected, Enlarged, and Edited by H. E. Strickland, M.A., F.G.S., etc. 4 vols., 8vo.
London. 1848-54.
Published by the Ray Society.
Aime-Martin (L.) Plan d'une Bibliothèque Universelle, Etudes des Livres qui peuvent servir à l'Histoire Littéraire et Philosophique du Genre Humain; suivi du Catalogue des Chefs-d'œuvre de Toutes les Langues, et des Ouvrages Originaux de Tous les Peuples. 12mo. Paris. 1837. + Bruxelles. 1837. 12mo, pp. (4), 482.
Allen (W.) The American Biographical Dictionary: containing an Account of the Lives, Characters, and Writings of the most Eminent Persons, deceased in North America, from its First Settlement. By William Allen. Third Edition. 8vo, pp. ix, 905.
Boston: J. P. Jewitt.1857.
"Truly the American Bibliographical Dictionary. Notices of 6,775 American names."—Guild's Librarian's Manual. It is difficult to 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.
Allgemeine Bibliographie; monatliches Verzeichniss der deutschen und ausländischen Literatur; von P. Trömel. Jahrgang 2-5, 7; 1857-60, 62. 5 vols., 8vo.
Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1857-62.
Allibone (S. A.) A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. With Forty Indexes of Subjects. 3 vols., impl. 8vo.
Philadelphia. 1859-71.
"These three large volumes contain upwards of 43,000 names, 3,300 pages of 6,600 columns, in great part consisting of authors both American and English now living."—Power. Rather clumsily expressed; do the columns or pages consist of authors?
The American Bibliopolist. See Sabin & Sons.
The American Catalogue of Books; or English Guide to American Literature. Giving the full Title of Original Works published in the United States since 1800 to 1855: with especial reference to works of interest to Great Britain. With the prices, &c. 8vo.
London: S. Low. 1856.
American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette. Vol. I. September, 1855. 7 vols., 4to.
New York. 1855-61.
Continued as the American Literary Gazette.
Ames (Joseph) and Herbert (W.) Typographical Antiquities, containing Memoirs of our Ancient Printers and a Register of the Books Printed by them, from 1471 to 1600. Enlarged by William Herbert. 3 vols., rl. 4to. Portrait and Plates.
London. 1785-90.
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 Ireland, which the following edition does not. Also on large paper.
Ames, Herbert and Dibdin. Typographical Antiquities; or the History of Printing in England Scotland and Ireland: containing Memoirs of our Ancient Printers, and a Register of the Books printed by them. Begun by ... Joseph Ames, ... Augmented by William Herbert, ... and ... Enlarged ... by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin. Illustrated with Portraits, Facsimiles, &c. 4 vols., 4to.
London. 1810.
This edition was not completed.
Andreas (Valerus).... Bibliotheca Belgica.... Editio ... aucta. 4to, pp. (14), 900.
Lovanii. ciↄ. Iↄc. lxiii.
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 ministero di Pubblica Istruzione. Anno II-1864. 8vo, pp. 308.
Torino. 1866.
Antonio (Nic.) Bibliotheca Hispana Vetus et Nova, curâ Bayerii. 4 vols., folio.
Matriti: J. Ibarræ. 1783-8.
"An excellent edition, the Bibliotheca Vetus being enriched with 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.
Appleton (D. & Co.) A Library Manual, containing a Catalogue Raisonné 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.
Argelati (P. A. Filippo.) Bibliotheca scriptorum Mediolanensium ... ab anno MCDLXV. ad annum MD. 2 vols., folio.
Mediolani. MDCCXLV.
Asher (A.) Bibliographical Essay on the Collection of Voyages and Travels, edited and published by Levinus Hulsius and his Successors ... 1598 to 1660. By A. Asher. Sm. 4to, 3 l., pp. 118.
London and Berlin: A. Asher. 1839.
Asher (G. M.) A Bibliographical Essay on the Dutch Books and Pamphlets relating to New Netherland. 4to, pp. lii, 234, 22, 23, 2 l. Map.
Amsterdam: F. Muller. 1854-67.
Also on large paper. Many copies are imperfect, terminating abruptly on page 120. Numbers up to this point had been delivered to the publisher's American agent; the agent failed, and the delivery was not completed; the book thereafter being only supplied entire.
Askew (Anthony). Catalogue of the Splendid Classical and Miscellaneous Library of Dr. Askew. 8vo.
London. 1775.
The sale which included a fine collection of books continued for twenty-nine days, but produced only £4000. See Nichol's Literary Anecdotes, III. 494; Dibdin's Bibliomania, p. 515; Horne's Introduction, II. 640. Some copies were printed on large paper.
Aspinall (J.) Roscoe's Library; or, Old Books and Old Times. 8vo.
London: Whittaker & Co. 1853.
Asselineau (Charles). Bibliographie romantique catalogue ... des 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 10s. 6d., and realized £56,777 18s. 6d.
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 Historns, 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 XVe 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 xie au xviie 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 xixe 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 xvten und xviten 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 XVIIIe 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 1er. Livres avec Figures sur Bois, Solennités, Romans de Chevalerie, 1re. 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.