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BRITISH LIBRARY.
Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in France and of French Books Printed in other Countries from 1470 to 1600 in the British Museum. [With:] Supplement.
2 Vols., viii, 491; viii, 156pp., orig. cloth, upper hinge to mail work slightly torn.
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ROSCOE (S.)
Thomas Bewick. A Bibliography Raisonn? of Editions of the "General History of Quadrupeds", "The History of Quadrupeds", "The History of British Birds" and the "Fables of Aesop" Issued in his Lifetime.
Large 8vo, xxx,198pp., facsimiles throughout, orig. cloth. The standard work on Bewick.
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HAYWARD (John) Compiler.
English Poetry. A Catalogue of First & Early Editions of Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to the Present Exhibited by the National Book League.
Small 4to, x,141pp., orig. printed wrappers. 346 items described.
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SOREL (M.C.)
La Bibliotheque Francoise de M.C. Sorel. Ou le Choix et l'Examen des Livres Francois qui Traitent de l'Eloquence, de la Philosophie, de la Devotion, & de la Conduite de Moeurs.
First Edition, 12mo, [xxiv],400,[4]pp., orig. calf, re-backed, upper hinge cracked, almost detached, gilt stamp of the Signet Library of covers. A rare pioneer work on what should be included in a fine library of French books issued up to 1664. Included are analyses of works in philosophy and philology, courtesy and voyages, novels, translations, letters, histories, the writings of Montaigne, Charon, Balzac, Voiture, etc.
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DENIS (M[ichael])
Merkwurdigkeiten der K.K. Garellischen Offentl.
First Edition, 4to, [viii],760,22pp., title in red and black with engraved vignette of the library and cont. ink inscription, some light browning, lacks front and back free-endpapers, cont. calf, rubbed, re-backed with the orig. gilt spine laid-down. Rare catalogue of the finest books in the Garelli library in Vienna.
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BRITISH LIBRARY. GOLDSMITH (V. F.)
A Short Title Catalogue of Spanish and Portuguese Books 1601-1700 in the Library of the British Museum.
4to, vi, 250pp., orig. cloth.
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SIMON (Andre L.)
Bibliotheca Gastronomica. A Catalogue of Books and Documents on Gastronomy. The Production, Taxation, Distribution and Consumption of Food and Drink. Their use and Abuse in all Times and Among all Peoples.
First Edition, 4to, [12], 196pp., one of 750 numbered copies, facsimiles, orig. buckram, t.e.g.
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SPENCE (Sydney A.)
A Bibliography of Selected Early Books and Pamphlets Relating to Australia 1610-1880.
First edition, 4to, xii, 88pp., one of 525 copies, orig. printed wrappers.
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KEYNES (Geoffrey)
Dr. Timothie Bright 1550-1615. A Survey of his Life with a Bibliography of his Writings.
First Edition, 4to, viii, 47pp., 17 illustrs., orig. cloth.
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FULTON (John F.)
Michael Servetus: Humanist and Martyr. With a Bibliography of his Works and Census of Known Copies by Madeline E. Stanton.
First Edition, 98pp., limited edition, frontis., 26 illustrs., orig. cloth. A valuable bibliography of the works of Servetus in their various editions and translations.
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KIRKPATRICK (Brownlee)
A Bibliography of Edmund Blunden.
First Edition, frontis., 10 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. with a slight nick.
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JACKSON (W.A.)
Records of a Bibliographer. Selected Papers of William Alexander Jackson. Edited with an Introduction and Bibliography by William H. Bond.
4to, xiv,236pp., portrait, illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. In this handsome illustrated volume are gathered eighteen of his published and previously unpublished articles on book collecting, bibliography, and related subjects.
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BOURALIERE (M.A. de la)
L'Imprimerie & la Librairie a Poitiers Pendant le XVIe Siecle. Bulletin et M?moires de la Soci?t? des Antiquaires de l'Ouest, tome XXIII, Ann?e 1899.
Large 8vo, 389,[3]pp., 6 plates, illustrs., in the text, red half crushed morocco by Bayntun, gilt lettering on spine, a nice copy.
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PASQUIER (Emile) & DAUPHIN (Victor)
Imprimeurs & Libraires de
4to, 403,[5]pp., one of 500 numbered copies, illustrs., in the text, red half crushed morocco by Bayntun, gilt lettering on spine, a nice copy.
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HARRISON (William)
Bibliotheca Monensis: A Bibliographical Account of Works Relating to the Isle of Man.
First Edition, viii,208pp., orig. cloth, hinges a little torn, gilt.
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CAMPBELL (M. F. A. G.)
Annales de la Typographie N?erlandaise au XVe Si?cle. [Bound with:] Supplements 1-4.
First Edition, 5 vols., in one, xii, [vi], 629, [1]; 30; viii, 44; iv,29; vi, 5pp., half morocco. [Sold with:] KRONENBERG (M.E.) Campbell's Annales de la Typographie N?erlandaise au XVe Si?cle: Contributions to a New Edition. 1956. 4to, orig. cloth. The first part of this work contains the titles of incunabula in alphabetical order; the second part consists of an alphabetical table of Dutch typographers, with a list of the works issued from their presses. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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DEGEORGE (L?on)
La Maison Plantin a Anvers. Monographie Compl?te de cette C?lbre Documents Historiques sur l'Imprimerie Liste Chronologique des Ouvrages Imprim?s par Plantin de 1555 a 1589.
Third Edition, ix,212pp., frontis., 7 plates 1 folding plate of genealogy, lightly spotted, cont. quarter morocco, marbled boards, head of spine chipped, uncut. Bigmore & Wyman, I pp.157-158. The present monograph is a detailed history of the celebrated Plantin firm, discussing its origin, publications, associates, etc. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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BRUNET (Jacques Charles)
Recherches Bibliographiques et Critiques sur les ?ditions Originales des cinq Livres du Roman satirique de Rabelais, et sur les Diff?rences de texte qui se font Remarquer Particuli?rement dans le Primeir Livre du Pantagruel et dans le Gargantua.
First Edition, large 8vo, [iv],144,56,2,7,[1]pp., wide margin copy, half morocco by Louis Gu?tant of Lyon, spine gilt, marbled paper sides, uncut, t.e.g. a nice copy. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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COLLIJN (Isak)
Bok- ock Biblioteks-Historiska Studier Till?gnade Isak Collijn pa Hans 50-?rsdag.
4to, xviii,[ii],516,[2]pp., limited to 400 copies, frontis., portrait, numerous full-page plates and facsimiles, with the bookplate of A. Sj?gren and Ake Andersson, orig. printed wrappers bound in, bound by Bonniers Bokbinderi in half crushed orange morocco, decorated paper sides, uncut, t.e.g. a nice copy. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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ACCURTI (Tommaso)
Miscellanea Bibliografica in Memoria di don Tommaso Accurti. Ed. Lamberto Donati.
Large 8vo, xi,220,[2]pp., 5 plates, 23 illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers bound in, cont. half polished calf, a little rubbed, marbled sides, uncut, t.e.g. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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SORBELLI (Albano)
Storia della Stampa in Bologna.
Folio, [viii],379,[3]pp., 66 plates, 54 illustrs., in the text, cont. blue morocco-backed marbled boards, slightly rubbed. The rare first edition in which Sorbelli provides a history of Bolognese printing from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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DONNADIEU (A[lcide])
Catalogue of Highly Interesting and Valuable Autograph Letters and Historical Manuscripts, Being the Well Known Collection of Monsr. A. Donnadieu. Compiled by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson.
4to, v,[i],166pp., large paper copy, signed by Donnadieu, presentation inscription from Puttick and Simpson to John Young, 17 extra inserted plates, some light foxing throughout, ruled in red with prices and buyers' in a cont. hand, cont. blue half morocco, rubbed, marbled sides, t.e.g. An unusual and important autograph collection formed by an anglophile Frenchman. Munby calls it "one on the finest collections of autograph letters ever to come under the hammer" and notes that the catalogue "with its long verbatim extracts from letters, still has a research value and it set a new standard in the description of such material in the auction room". It included the 'very important assemblage of English Royal Letters, formed by the late William Upcott, Esq., the principal portion of which were originally collected by the celebrated John Evelyn.' Post sale catalogue issued in large paper with the extra plates for private distribution. It realized ?1,610.6.6. The facsimiles reproduce autograph letters by Aretino, Cesare Borgia, Catherine Parr, Cromwell, Earl of Essex, Lady Jane Gray, John Locke, Newton, Raleigh, Raphael (with drawing), Rembrandt, Rubens, etc. Munby, The Cult of the Autograph Letter in England, pp.72-74. Provenance: With the bookplates of John Young and Josephi Martini; Bernard H. Breslauer.
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KEYNES (Geoffrey)
A Bibliography of Henry King D.D. Bishop of Chichester.
First Edition, xxiv,117,[1]pp., one of 345 numbered copies, 39 full page facsimiles, orig. buckram. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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FREYTAG (Friedrich Gotthilf)
Adparatus litterarius ubi libri partim antim rari recensentur.
First Edition, 3 vols., in 2, [viii],720; [vi],[721]-1466,[24]; [viii],798,[58]pp., one engraved title vignette, cont. quarter vellum, spines ink lettered, a nice set. Freytag's annotated bibliography of books which he mainly examined in libraries of Leipzig, Naumburg, and Pforta. Provenance: G?rlitz, "Bibliotheca Milichiana Gorlicensis" (stamp on title; Georg Christian Taubner (ownership inscription); E. Schulz (ownership inscription, dated 1926); Bernard H. Breslauer.
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KAYSER (Albrecht Christoph)
Die Abstellung der B?cherkunde, oder Alphabetisches Verzeichniss der von 1750 bis Ende 1823 erschienenen B?cher, welche in Deutschlund und in den durch Sprache und Literatur damit verwandten L?ndern, gedruckt worden sind.
3 Vols., in 2, xviii,[ii],[1]-690; [iv],[1]-804; [ii],[1]-244pp., cont. marbled boards, manuscript lettering pieces, rubbed. First Edition of this important reference work for the 19th-century German book trade, listing many books that were still in print at the time. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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MEYER (Anton)
Wiens Buchdrucker-Geschichte 1482-1882.
2 Vols., folio, xvi,404; viii,427pp., numerous plates and illustrs., (some coloured), orig. cloth richly decorated in gilt and black, re-backed with the majority of the orig. spines laid-down. First Edition of this comprehensive history of printing in Vienna. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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BEIJERS (J.L.)
Emblem Books. Catalogues 83,136 &156.
3 Vols., oblong 8vo, 115pp., numerous reproductions, blue cloth, red morocco label, 212 priced items; 80pp., numerous reproductions, orig. printed wrappers, 62 priced items; 50pp., numerous reproductions, orig. printed wrappers, 56 priced items. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.
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ORCUTT (William Dana)
The Book in Italy During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Shown in Facsimile Reproductions from the Most Famous Printed Volumes.
First Edition, folio, 220,[2]pp., limited to 750 number copies, prelims slightly foxed, coloured frontis., 128 plates (of which 3 are coloured), some light foxing to prelims, orig. quarter vellum (the de-luxe binding), corners a little rubbed, soiled and torn dust wrapper, uncut, t.e.g.
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COSTE (Jean Louis Antoine)
Catalogue des Livres Rare et Precieux de la Biblioth?que de Feu M. J.L.A. Coste...
xii,386pp., priced throughout in a cont. hand, orig. wrappers, upper wrapper detached, uncut, 2584 lots. From the library of Pierre Ber?s.
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HOLME (Charles) Editor.
L'Art du Livre. ?tude sur Qurlques-uns des Derni?res Cr?ations en Typographie, Ornamentation de Textes, et Reliure, Ex?cut?es en Europe et en Am?rique.
4to, vii,[i],276+4pp., of adverts, numerous plates and illustrs., (some coloured), orig. printed wrappers, a nice copy. Profusely illustrated and containing some superb coloured plates. Includes an article by Douglas Cockerell 'La Reliure de luxe en Angleterre.' p.69-121. From the library of Pierre Ber?s.
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TREMBLOT (Jean)
Bibliotheques et Armoiries des Academies Royales de Paris. Precede d'une Lettre de G. Lacour-Gayet.
68,[6]pp., presentation inscription from the author to A. Rebellian, illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers, uncut. From the library of Pierre Ber?s.
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SCHREIBER (Fred)
Simon de Colines. An Annotated Catalogue of 230 Examples of His Press, 1520-1546. With an Introduction by Jeanne Veyrin-Forrer.
First Edition, 4to, lxxxiv, 242pp., one of 750 copies, frontis., 102 plates, orig. cloth, printed paper label on spine. A full bibliographical catalogue of a collection of 230 books issued by the celebrated French Renaissance printer Simon de Colines. The collection was form by the distinguished bookseller and scholar Fred Schreiber, and sold en bloc to the Brigham Young University. From the library of Pierre Ber?s.
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CORDIER (Henri)
Bibliotheca Indosinica. Dictionnaire Bibliographique des Ouvrages Relatifs ? la P?ninsule Indochinoise.
5 Vols., in 3, 4to, orig. cloth. The standard reference on Indo-China with around 20,000 items listed mainly in French and English. The index volume contains both author and subject indexes.
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HIGGS (Henry)
Bibliography of Economics 1751-1775.
750pp., orig. cloth. A comprehensive, chronologically arranged, catalogue of literature of economic interest. This volume contains about 7,000 items embracing Agriculture, Fisheries, Shipping, Manufactures, Commerce, Colonies, Finance, Social Conditions, Transport, Topography, etc., with numerous annotations.
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LIPPERHEIDE (Franz Joseph, Freiherr von)
Katalog der Freiherrlich von Lipperheid's schen Kostumbibliothek.
2 Vols., 646;840pp., illustrs., orig. cloth. Together with Colas, Lipperheide forms the classic reference work on costume books. Lists over 5,000 titles with full collations.
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CLARETIE (Jules)
Catalogue de la Biblioth?que de feu M. Jules Claretie. 14 January 1918-1 March 1920.
6 Vols., in 5, 4to, priced throughout, part 1 disbound, parts 2-6 in cont. marbled boards, 5777 lots. Complete set of the sale catalogues of the library of Ars?ne-Armand Claretie ? his first name, Jules, was adopted ? novelist, dramatist, homme de lettres, administrator of the Com?die-Fran?aise. Blogie records parts 1-5 only. From the library of Pierre Ber?s.
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AMRAM (David Werner)
The Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy. Being Chapters in the History of the Hebrew Printing Press.
xvii,[i],417pp., numerous illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. Publications of the Soncino and Bomberg families and later printers are given careful and detailed examination.
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CLUBB (Louise George)
Italian Plays (1500-1700) in the Folger Library. A Bibliography with Introduction.
4to, xlviii,267pp., 12 illustrs., orig. cloth. Describes some 890 Italian Plays with collations and bibliographical notes.
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HOLKHAM LIBRARY. [ROSCOE (William)]
Proof Impressions of Engravings, Designed to Illustrate Mr. Roscoe's Catalogue of the Manuscript Library at Holkham.
Small folio, title page followed one leaf (2pp.) of letterpress description of each plate, one of 50 copies printed, 25 interleaved engravings by William Camden Edwards (1777-1855), 23 of illuminated pages from manuscripts from the library at Holkham, and 2 portraits of the Coke family, some light internal foxing, this copy bears the bookplate of Sir Willoughby Jones, Bt., of Cranmer Hall, Norfolk, cont. half morocco, corners and spine scuffed and worn, t.e.g. The 1st Earl of Leicester commissioned Roscoe to undertake the cataloguing of the important library at Holkham Hall. This was the third and most detailed catalogue of the library, composed during 1820-1829 and consisting of eight hand-written volumes. Initially written by William Roscoe and later revised and extended by Frederic Madden.
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WOOD (Casey A.) Compiler.
An Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology. Based Chiefly on the Titles in the Blacker Library of Zoology...
First Edition, 4to, xix,643pp., presentation inscription from the author, coloured frontis., orig. cloth, small dent to upper cover. "A comprehensive summary and bibliography of the literature of vertebrate zoology."?Garrison & Morton, 354.
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DUNTHORNE (Gordon)
Catalogue Raisonn? of 18th and Early 19th Century Flower and Fruit Books and Prints.
Large 4to, xvi,275pp., 72 plates (35 coloured), orig. cloth, d.w. torn. The Standard reference work for flower and fruit books and prints with 335 complete entries for books and print collections with complete descriptions of the characteristics.
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BARTLETT (Henrietta C.) & POLLARD (Alfred W.)
A Census of Shakespeare's Plays in Quarto 1594-1709.
First Edition, large 4to, xli,[iii],153pp., orig. cloth-backed boards, orig. printed paper label on spine, uncut. Descriptions of every known copy of each edition and issue of the Quarto's.
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JAGGARD (William)
Shakespeare Bibliography: A Dictionary of Every Known Issue of the Writings of our National Poet and of Recorded Opinion Thereon in the English Language.
First edition, [xxiv], 729pp., frontis., 24 plates, orig. decorated buckram, uncut, a nice copy.
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HAZLITT (W. Carew)
A Manual for the Collector and Amateur of Old English Plays. Edited from the Material Formed by Kirkman, Langbaine, Downes, Oldys, and Halliwell-Phillipps, with Extensive Additions and Corrections by W. Carew Hazlitt.
viii,284pp., orig. cloth.
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RYLANDS LIBRARY.
Catalogue of Books in the John Rylands Library Manchester. Printed in England, Scotland and Ireland and of Books in English Printed Abroad to the End of the Year 1640. [With a Preface by E. Gordon Duff].
4to, [iv],iii,[i],145pp., loosely tipped-in is a presentation sheet from Henry Guppy (librarian) to the library of the Manchester Cathedral, also with their bookplate on front paste-down, orig. buckram, a little stained, unopened, uncut. "The greater number of the early books were formerly in the Althorp collection, and were acquired about the beginning of the present century at the numerous sales which took place, especially at those of the Duke of Roxburghe, and of the Merly and White-Knights Libraries. Many of the finest Wynkyn de Wordes and Pysons came from the choice collection of Stanesby Alchorne which was purchased entire, while many other books were obtained from private sources."?Preface.
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HYETT (Francis Adams) & BAZELEY (The Rev. William)
The Bibliographer's Manual of Gloucestershire Literature. Being a Classified Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides, and other Printed Matter Relating to the County of Gloucester or to the City of Bristol, with Descriptive and Explanatory Notes.
First Edition, 3 vols., 4to, one of 100 number large paper copies signed by the printer, facsimiles, quarter red morocco, unopened, uncut, a nice copy. Contents of Vol. 1: Works relating to the county generally, the Forest of Dean and the City of Gloucester. Contents of Vol. 2: Works relating to parishes and towns: Abenhall-Yate. Contents of Vol. 3. Works relating to the city of Bristol.
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VERDIER (Pierre Le)
L'Amelier de Guillaume Le Talleur. Premier Imprimeur Rouennais Histoire et Bibliographie.
4to, 178,[1]pp., one of 300 copies, 76 facsimiles (some folding), orig. printed wrappers detached, spine broken.
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CASE (Arthur E.)
A Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies 1521-1750.
First Edition, xi,[iii],386pp., orig. cloth-backed boards, a couple of small tears to hinges, uncut. Chronological bibliography of 481 titles with collations, and locations of copies.
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PODESCHI (John B.) Compiler.
Books on the Horse and Horsemanship. Riding, Hunting, Breeding & Racing 1400-1941 [in the Paul Mellon Collection]. A Catalogue.
First Edition, 4to, xx,427pp., 18 coloured plates, over 400 black and white illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. The books and periodicals described in this bibliography reflects Paul Mellon's abiding interest in the Thoroughbred horse.
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MACDONALD (Hugh)
John Dryden. A Bibliography of Early Editions and of Drydeniana.
First Edition, xiv, 358pp., portrait, orig. cloth, d.w. The standard work on Dryden.
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