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POLLARD (A.W.) & REDGRAVE (G. R.) Compilers.
A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640. Revised and Enlarged, begun by W. W. Jackson & F. S. Ferguson Completed by Katharine F. Pantzer.
Second Edition, 2 vols., 4to, liv,620pp., xii,494pp., orig. cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. The "STC" is one of the milestones in the retrospective bibliography of English books.
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MCLEAD (Margaret S. G.) JAMES (Karen I.) & SHAW (David J.) Compilers.
The Cathedral Libraries Catalogue. Books Printed Before 1701 in the Libraries of the Anglican Cathedrals of England and Wales.
3 Vols., 4to, xxi,442; xvi,820; 820-1686pp., limited to 325 set, from the library of Professor Birrell, orig. cloth, gilt. The first volume covers books printed in the British Isles and British America and English books printed elsewhere, the second (in 2 parts) covers books printed on the continent.
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MAITLAND (Rev. S. R.)
A List of some of the Early Printed Books in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth. [Sold with:] An Index of English Books, Printed before the year MDC., as are now in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth.
First edition, 2 vols., xxii,,[2],464; xii,120pp., main work in cont. red morocco, marbled boards, lightly rubbed, uncut, supplement in orig. cloth. Provenance: A. N. L. Munby, bookplate; Phil Shirley, bookplate; Professor Birrell.
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GRAESSE (Jean George Th?odore)
Tr?sor de Livres Rares et Pr?cieux ou Nouveau Dictionnaire Bibliographique...
4to, 8 vols., orig. cloth, light wear. Describes more than 100,000 rare books and is particularly strong in German titles, thus supplementing Brunet. Brunet and Graesse between them constitute the main key to noteworthy antiquarian books published during the first four centuries of printing.
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READ (E. Anne)
A Checklist of Books, Catalogues and Periodical Articles Relating to the Cathedral Libraries of England. Occasional Publication no. 6.
4to, viii,59,[1]pp., from the library of Professor Birrell, orig. printed wrappers.
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WOOLF (Cecil)
A Bibliography of Norman Douglas. Soho Bibliographies VI.
First edition, 201pp., frontis., 2 plates, orig. cloth, d.w.
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LOWNDES (William Thomas)
The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing; with Bibliographical and Critical Notices, Collations of the Rarer Articles, and the Prices at which they have been Sold in the Present Century.
New Edition, revised, corrected and enlarged, 11 vols., orig. cloth.
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BRITISH LIBRARY. THOMAS (Henry)
Short-Title Catalogue of Spanish, Spanish-American and Portuguese Books Printed Before 1601 in the British Museum.
xvi,169pp., from the library of Professor Birrell, orig. cloth, d.w.
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THOMPSON (Henry Yates)
Illustrations from One Hundred Manuscripts in the Library of Henry Yates Thompson. The seventh and last volume with with plates from the remaining twenty-two MSS.
4to, v,[3],24pp., no. 32 of 100 copies, presentation inscription at head of title-page, 79 collotype plates, orig. buckram, gilt. The final part of this important and outstanding catalogue which describes the illuminated manuscripts in the collection of Henry Yates Thompson.
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HUTH LIBRARY.
Catalogue of the Famous Library of Printed Books, Illuminated Manuscripts, Autograph Letters and Engravings Collected by Henry Huth, and Since Maintained and Augmented by his Son Alfred H. Huth, Fosbury Manor, Wiltshire... First [-Ninth and Final] Portion. [With:] The Autograph Letters; Engravings & Woodcuts; Unsold & Imperfect Books.
12 Parts., 4to, numerous plates throughout (some coloured, some folding), all parts illustrated in orig. printed wrappers unless otherwise described. A complete record of the sale of printed books, manuscripts and autographs which De Ricci described as "one of the most striking events in the history of the English sale-rooms". Huth's collection, which ranked among the finest in England, was rich in incunabula, voyages, Shakespearean and early English literature, and Bibles. Together these 12 sales consisted of 8,788 lots and totalled over ?350,000. [i] 12 June 1911. Autograph letters (246 lots). [ii] 4 July 1911. Engravings and woodcuts (341 lots). This catalogue was under printed and is especially difficult to obtain. [iii] 15 November 1911. Library, part I (lots 1-1228). Limited edition, spine broken. [iv] 5 June 1912. Library, part II (lots 1229-2596). Quarter calf. [v] 2 June 1913. Library, part III (lots 2597-3931). Lightly waterstained, spine broken. [vi] 7 July 1914. Library, part IV (lots 3932-4602). Limited edition. [vii] 4 July 1916. Library, part V (lots 4603-5205). New wrappers. [viii] 11 July 1917. Library, part VI (lots 5206-6060). Limited edition. [ix] 1 July 1918. Library, part VII (lots 6061-7182). [x] 8 July 1919. Library, part VIII (7183-7842). Un-illustrated, new wrappers. [xi] 22 June 1920. Library, part IX and final portion (lots 7843-7969). [xii] 27 February 1922. Unsold or imperfect books (232 lots). De Ricci, pp. 151-154.
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WALLIS (R. V. and P. J.)
Biobibliography of British Mathematics and its Applications 1701-1760.
4to, xxiii, [i], 502pp., facsimiles throughout, orig. cloth. Covers mechanics, astronomy, navigation, surveying, architecture and commerce, as well as pure mathematics. Each biography is followed by details of all the author's mathematical works, including many books and articles. 1,090 authors, over 8,000 books, illustrations and indexes. A scarce bibliography. A further part was planed but never issued.
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ECONOMICS.
A Catalogue of Rare English Books on Banking, Economics & Trade in the Library of Amex Bank Limited.
[2], 192pp., limited to 500 copies, numerous facsimiles, orig. cloth. 502 Items with collations and detailed descriptions.
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JAMES (Montague Rhodes)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum, with Introduction and Indices.
4to, l, 472pp., 20 plates in photogravure, one leaf with an old repair to a closed tear, recent cloth, a nice copy. Pfaff, pp.180-181. "The great work - a fair assessment, despite imperfections - among the 1895 catalogues is that of the Fitzwilliam MSS... Being at the Fitzwilliam most days of the weeks must have given him constant access to the codices and allowed him to continue elaborating and refining his descriptions."
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SKELTON (R.A.)
County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1850: A Bibliography. 1579-1703.
4to, viii,262pp., frontis., 40 plates, facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w.
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TOOLEY (R.V.)
Maps and Map-Makers.
4to, coloured frontis., numerous plates throughout (some coloured), orig. cloth, d.w. This standard work gives full information and illustrations of the principal map-makers and their work.
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EMBLEM BOOKS. HECKSCHER (William S.) & SHERMAN (Agnes B.) Compilers.
Emblem books in the Princeton University Library: a short-title catalogue. With the assistance of Stephen Ferguson.
4to, vii, 105pp., orig. printed wrappers.
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THOMAS (Joseph)
Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology.
Fourth edition, revised, 4to, 2549pp., cont. half morocco, slightly rubbed otherwise a nice copy.
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ADAMS (Ramon F.) Compiler.
Six-Guns and Saddle Leather. A bibliography of books and pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen.
New Edition, revised and greatly enlarged, xxv, 808pp., orig. cloth, d.w. 2,491 items described.
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LEWINE (J.)
Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art and Illustrated Books. Being a Guide to Collectors of Illustrated Works in England and French of the Period.
First edition, 4to, xviii,615pp., limited edition, 35 plates, recent cloth.
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HOWES (Wright)
U.S.-Iana (1700-1950). A descriptive check-list of 11,450 printed sources relating to those parts of Continental North America now comprising the United States.
Revised and Enlarged Edition, large 8vo, 652pp., orig. cloth.
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PIANTANIDA (Sandro) DIOTALLEVI (Lamberto) & LIVRAGHI (Giancarlo)
Autori Italiani del '600.
4 vols., in two, xxiii, [2], 239; 281; 345; 310pp., illustrs., cloth. Listing over 5000 items.
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MANZI (Pitro)
La Tipografia Napoletana Nel '500 Annali Di Sigismondo Mayr Giovanni A. Del Caneto Antonio De Frizis Giovanni Pasquet De Sallo (1503-1535).
First edition, 4to, 290pp., orig. printed wrappers bound in, half vellum, morocco title label to spine.
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FREITAG (Wolfgang M.)
Art books: a basic bibliography of monographs on artists.
4to, xxvii, 351pp., orig. cloth.
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MAYER (C. A.)
Bibliographie des Oeuvres de Clement Marot. II Editions.
4to, part II only, 105pp., facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers. Parts one relates to manuscripts.
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EINAUDI (Luigi)
Catalogo Della Biblioteca di Luigi Einaudi.
First edition, 2 vols., 4to, frontis., portrait and 21 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. Catalogue of the great economist's extensive library. With introductory essays on Einaudi, sections on manuscripts, printed books and periodicals, and chronological and name indices. A valuable reference work.
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[EDMOND (J.P.) Compiler]
Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Catalogue of English Broadsides 1505-1897.
Large 8vo, xl, 526pp., orig. cloth. 1,814 Items described.
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WISE (Thomas J.) & SMART (James P.)
A Complete Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of John Ruskin, with a List of the more Important Ruskiniana.
2 Vols., 4to, 329; 263pp., frontis., orig. cloth, d.w.
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DODWELL (C. R.)
The Canterbury School of Illumination 1066-1200.
First edition, 4to, xvi, 140pp., a very good ex-library copy, coloured frontis., 72 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. torn.
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WEAVER (William D.) Editor.
Catalogue of the Wheeler Gift of Books, Pamphlets and Periodicals in the Library of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. With Introduction, Descriptive and Critical Notes by Brother Potamian.
First Edition, 2 vols., [6], 504; 475pp., frontispieces, numerous facsimiles, orig. cloth, a nice set. An important catalogue and one of the finest collections in the field. Full collations for over 7,000 titles.
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MASSON (Sir Irvine)
The Mainz Psalters and Canon Missae 1457-1459.
First Edition, folio, viii, 72pp.,, ex-library, 6 folding plates, 8 tables on 6 folding leaves, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut.
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SHAW (Graham)
Printing in Calcutta to 1800: a description and checklist of printing in late 18th-century Calcutta.
First edition, xi, 249pp., 7 plates, orig. cloth. 420 items described.
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LIEBAERS (Herman)
Liber Amicorum Herman Liebaers. Frans Vanwijngaerden, Jean-Marie Duvosquel, Josette M?lard, Lieve Viaene-Awouters - Ediderunt.
Small 4to, xlvi,625,[2], numerous illustrs., orig. cloth.
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SHUNAMI (Shlomo)
Bibliography of Jewish Bibliographies.
xxiv, 997, xxiiipp., orig. cloth, d.w.
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MORANTI (Luigi)
Le Cinquecentine della Biblioteca Universitaria di Urbino.
3 Vols., large 8vo, xxix,514; [ii],515-1072; [ii],1073-1603pp., orig. printed wrappers, uncut. 3,673 items described with full collations.
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DIBA (F.)
A Persian Bibliography: A Catalogue of the Library of Books and Periodicals in Western Languages on Persia (Iran) in the Diba Collection.
First edition, 4to, 383pp., orig. printed boards, head of spine torn.
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DE BELDER (Robert)
A Magnificent Collection of Botanical Books being the Finest Colour-Plate Books from the Celebrated Library formed by Robert de Belder.
4to, numerous coloured illustrs., orig. cloth, 388 lots.
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DE BELDER (Robert)
A Magnificent Collection of Botanical Books being the Finest Colour-Plate Books from the Celebrated Library formed by Robert de Belder.
4to, numerous coloured illustrs., orig. cloth, lacks label to upper cover, 388 lots.
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FREEMAN (Janet Ing)
The Postmaster of Ipswich. William Stevenson Fitch; Antiquary and Thief.
First edition, 177pp., frontis., illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. Fitch is today remembered for a handful of monographs and his valuable local history collections, some sixty volumes of which remain in the Suffolk Record office. Fitch was also a persistent and unrepentant thief of books, broadsides and manuscripts who betrayed scholarly access and personal trust, enriching both his own shelves and those of other collectors at the expense of unwary custodians.
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FREEMAN (Janet Ing)
The Postmaster of Ipswich. William Stevenson Fitch; Antiquary and Thief.
First Edition, 177pp., frontis., illustrs., orig. printed wrappers. Fitch is today remembered for a handful of monographs and his valuable local history collections, some sixty volumes of which remain in the Suffolk Record office. Fitch was also a persistent and unrepentant thief of books, broadsides and manuscripts who betrayed scholarly access and personal trust, enriching both his own shelves and those of other collectors at the expense of unwary custodians.
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TOOLE STOTT (Raymond)
A Bibliography of English Conjuring 1581-1876.
First edition, 2 vols., 288; 143pp., frontispieces, limited edition signed by the author, 10 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. slightly worn. A full-dress bibliography of conjuring running to nearly one thousand items, each with full collation and location of copies.
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CHETHAM (Humphry)
The Last Will of Humphry Chetham, of Clayton, in the County of Lancaster, Esq; Dated December 16, 1651; Whereby he founded and endowed an Hospital and Library in Manchester. Also the Charter of King Charles II. Dated November 10, 1665. For making the Trustees under Mr. Chetham's Will a Body-Corporate.
First Edition, 4to, [ii], 65pp., printed on thick paper, title within ornamental border, bookplate of E. Crawshaw, full vellum, brown morocco title label to spine, lettered in gilt, a nice copy. The first printing of these important documents relating to the greatest of all the early town libraries. Humphrey Chetham (1580-1653), wealthy Manchester textile merchant, under the terms of his will, the bulk of Chetham's fortune was to be used to establish a hospital for the maintenance and education of forty poor boys, and the first free public library in the world. ESTC locates 7 copies in the UK and 2 in North America.
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CORDEAUX (E.H.) & MERRY (D.H.)
A Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to Oxfordshire. [With:] Supplementry Volume.
2 Vols., xiv, [2], 411; xxvii, 289pp., orig. cloth.
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RYE (Reginald) Compiler.
Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts Forming the Library of Frederic David Mocatta.
First Edition, large 8vo, v,[1],803pp., frontis., inner hinge shaken, orig. buckram-backed boards, a little rubbed and worn, head of spine slightly frayed, uncut, printed paper label, t.e.g. The library of the well-known Jewish philanthropist, at one time president of the Jewish Historical Society. 'He bequeathed to public uses his valuable collection of books, principally on Jewish history; it now forms the Mocatta library at University College' ? D.N.B.
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WELLCOME HISTORICAL MEDICAL LIBRARY.
A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library. Volume III. Books Printed from 1641 to 1850 F-L. Compiled by H.R. Denham.
4to, xvi,565pp., orig. cloth.
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FULTON (John F.)
A Bibliography of The Honourable Robert Boyle Fellow of the Royal Society.
Second edition, 4to, xxvi,218pp., from the reference library of Toby Rogers, frontis., 26 facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w.
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LEWIS (C.T. Courtney)
The Story of Picture Printing in England During the Nineteenth Century or Forty Years of Wood and Stone.
First Edition, 4to, coloured frontis., 60 plates (some coloured), orig. buckram, t.e.g. a nice copy. An excellent account of the colour printers of the nineteenth century and processes, containing much information not to be found elsewhere.
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EYS (W.J. van)
Bibliographie des Bibles et des Nouveaux Testaments en Langue Fran?aise des XVme et XVIme Si?cles.
2 Parts in one, orig. cloth. Bibliographical descriptions of 184 Bibles and 191 New Testaments in the French language published during the 15th and 16th centuries.
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GRAY (George J.)
A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton Together with a List of Books Illustrating his Works.
Second Edition, revised and enlarged, frontis., good ex-library copy, orig. cloth-backed boards, worn, uncut.
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GRAY (George J.)
A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton Together with a List of Books Illustrating his Works.
Second Edition, revised and enlarged, frontis., orig. cloth.
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BURDEN (Philip D.)
The Mapping of North America II (A List of Printed Maps; 1671-1700).
Large 4to, 540pp., 392 illustrs., (12 coloured), orig. cloth, d.w. Continues on from the first volume in documenting the printed cartographic record of the discovery of the continent from 1670 to 1700.
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