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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.
xviii, 615pp., illustrs., orig. cloth.
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LOWE (Robert W.)
A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature: from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.
First edition, small 4to, xii, 384 + adverts, one of 500 numbered copies, orig. cloth, uncut, a very good copy.
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KEYNES (Geoffrey)
Bibliography of William Hazlitt.
First Edition, limited to 750 copies, frontis., portrait, facsimiles throughout, orig. boards, uncut.
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WELLCOME HISTORICAL MEDICAL LIBRARY.
A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library.
First edition, 5 vols., 4to, orig. cloth. Vol. 1. Books printed before 1641. 1962. Vol. 2. Books printed from 1641 to 1850 A-E. 1966. Vol. 3. Books printed from 1641 to 1850, F-L. 1976. Vol. 4. Books printed from 1641 to 1850, M-R. 1995. Vol. 5. Books printed from 1641 to 1850, S-Z. 2006. Catalogue of one of the World's finest collections of medical literature, an indispensable work of reference.
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GREEN (Richard Lancelyn) & GIBSON (John Michael)
A Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle. With a foreword by Graham Greene.
New revised and expanded edition, Large 8vo, xvi, 726pp., numerous illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.
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LOWENDAHL (Bjorn)
Sino-Western Relations, Conceptions of China, Cultural Influences and the Development of Sinology. Disclosed in Western Printed Books 1477-1877. Supplement.
4to, xxiv, 207pp., numerous coloured and black and white plates, orig. cloth, d.w, in a cloth box. Supplement to the important reference work on Western books on China published between 1477 and 1877: An extensively annotated catalogue in English of books on China in Western languages (1550 entries, each with a minute collation), arranged chronologically. With an introduction, references, indices, and a preface by Professor Han Qi of the Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The L?wendahl - von der Burg collection is a most important assembly of Western books on China, written by sinologues, missionaries, travellers, merchants and other authors. The collection also includes works by Chinese authors translated and edited by Western scholars. The contents cover Chinese history, language, philosophy, religion, society, science, medicine, missionary work and the "Chinese Rites" controversy, trade (incl. treaties with foreign powers), Hong Kong, foreign aggression, and travel accounts.
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NEWCASTLE (Seventh Duke of)
The Clumber Library. Catalogue of the Magnificent Library, the Property of the Late Seventh Duke of Newcastle Removed from Clumber, Worksop, and Sold by Order of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Lincoln. The First [-Fourth] Portion. Which will be Sold by Auction by Messrs Sotheby & Co... on Monday, the 21st June, 1937 [-1938].
4 Vols., 4to, 11 coloured plates, 97 monochrome (some folding), printed wrappers, upper cover of the first part detached, 1412 lots. The preface notes that "The books and manuscripts from Clumber, the most important to appear at auction in this country since the Holford sales nearly ten years ago, are probably less well known to collectors than any library of similar consequence." The fourth Duke of Newcastle (1785-1851) apparently was principally responsible for the formation of the library, which included a First Folio. Lot 1 was the prize of the sale: the Hours of Isabel of Brittany, otherwise known as the Lamoignon Hours. The collection's three Caxtons (lot 10-12) included a fine copy of 'Reynard the Fox'. Symour de Ricci provided a handlist of the manuscripts in the collection, which was used by Sotheby's in their preparation of the catalogue. From the library of Pierre Ber?s.
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LOWENDAHL (Bjorn)
Sino-Western Relations, Conceptions of China, Cultural Influences and the Development of Sinology. Disclosed in Western Printed Books 1477-1877. Supplement.
4to, xxiv, 207pp., numerous coloured and black and white plates, orig. cloth, d.w, in a cloth box. Supplement to the important reference work on Western books on China published between 1477 and 1877: An extensively annotated catalogue in English of books on China in Western languages (1550 entries, each with a minute collation), arranged chronologically. With an introduction, references, indices, and a preface by Professor Han Qi of the Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The L?wendahl - von der Burg collection is a most important assembly of Western books on China, written by sinologues, missionaries, travellers, merchants and other authors. The collection also includes works by Chinese authors translated and edited by Western scholars. The contents cover Chinese history, language, philosophy, religion, society, science, medicine, missionary work and the "Chinese Rites" controversy, trade (incl. treaties with foreign powers), Hong Kong, foreign aggression, and travel accounts.
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JACOB (P. L.)
Biblioth?que dramatique de Monsieur de Soleinne. Catalogue r?dig? par P. L. Jacob.
5 Vols., in one (plus supplements and index), orig. cloth. An important bibliography of the French Theatre.
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HAZLITT (W. Carew)
Hand-Book to the Popular, Poetical, and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain, from the Invention of Printing to the Restoration. [Supplemented by:] Bibliographical Collections and Notes on Early English Literature, 1474-1700.
8 Vols., (complete set), orig. cloth. Comprising many thousands of titles, with an exhaustive general index compiled by J. G. Gray.
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INCUNABULA.
Catalogue of the Library at Corbyns, Torquay Formed by Clifford C. Rattey. Block Printing and Incunabula.
4to, 56pp., orig. printed wrappers. A catalogue of Rattey's incunabula, collected over 20 years. This collection was later dispersed by Maggs.
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KARSLAKE (Frank)
Notes from Sotheby's. Being a Compilation of 2,032 Notes from Catalogues of Book-Sales which have taken Place in the Rooms of Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Between the Years 1885-1909.
First edition, small 4to (220 x 175 mm), [8], 392pp., frontispiece show the sale of the Amherst library in progress, orig. cloth, t.e.g. Descriptions of about 2,000 important books sold through Sotheby's between 1885-1909.
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VICAIRE (G.)
Bibliographie Gastronomique. A Bibliography of Books Appertaining to Food and Drink and Related Subjects, from the Beginning of Printing to 1890. Introduction by Andr? L. Simon.
xviii, 971, [2]pp., orig. cloth, d.w. torn. The works are not merely listed, they also presented with the most meticulous bibliographical details and many of them with very interesting and valuable notes by Vicaire himself.
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MAGGS BROS.
Food and Drink Through the Ages 2500 B.C. to 1937 A.D. A Catalogue of Antiquities, Manuscripts, Books, and Engravings Treating of Cookery, Eating and Drinking Including Books from the Library and with the Bookplate of Robert Viel, the Famous Paris Restaurateur. Catalogue 645.
4to, frontis., 60 illustrs., orig. wrappers, 767 items.
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OSLER (Sir William)
Bibliotheca Osleriana. A Catalogue of Books Illustrating the History of Medicine and Science Collected, Arranged, and Annotated by Sir William Osler, Bt. and Bequeathed to McGill University.
4to, xlii, 792pp., with a new prologue, addenda and corrigenda, orig. cloth. Particularly valuable for its annotations.
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DE RICCI (Seymour)
Catalogue d'une Collection Unique Editions Originales de Ronsard par Seymour De Ricci. [With:] Supplement...
4to, 156;16pp., facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut, 87 items. Special Paris Catalogue 1.
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ATABEY (Sefik E.)
The Ottoman World: The Library of Sefik E. Atabey with a Supplement.
3 Vols., 4to, 246; 238; 234pp., orig. decorated stiff wrappers, 1629 lots.
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MAGGS BROS.
Books Printed in Spain and Spanish Books Printed in Other Countries. Catalogue No. 495.
Frontis., small 4to, 869pp., 48 plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. printed wrappers, 1,358 items. Compiled by Sarah de Laredo. It includes a copy of the first edition of Don Quixote (priced at ?3,800).
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DIBDIN (Thomas Frognall)
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... [Vols., I-IV]. [With:] Aedes Althorpianae; or an Account of the Mansion, Books, and Pictures, at Althorp... To which is Added a Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. [Vol. V]. [With:] Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana... [Vol. VI]. [With:] A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century, Lately Forming Part of the Library of the Duke di Cassano Serra... [Vol. VII].
First edition, 7 vols., complete, small 4to (263 x 165 mm). (I): [6], ix, [3], lii, 383, [1]pp., with half-title, 11 engraved plates on 12 leaves as called for, without the rarely found india paper print which was to be pasted into the text of p. 79, frontis., offset, occasional spotting and offsetting. (II): [6], 503, [1]pp., with half-title and fly-title, one engraved plate as called for; (III): [4], 509, [1], [6]pp., with half-title and fly-title, no plates called for; (IV): vii, [3], 587, [1], lxxvii, [3]pp., with half-title and fly-title, 10 engraved plates as called for, occasional spotting and offsetting; (V): viii, [4], lxii, 279, [1]pp., 32 engraved plates, half-title, frontis., offset, without the plate of the Marchioness Camden which Jackson describes as an 'added plate' present in some copies, offsetting from plates; (VI): [6], 322, [2]pp., half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset); (VII): x, 295, [1]pp., without half-title, no plates called for; numerous illustrations, engraved portraits, plans and views, facsimiles of woodcuts and devices, mostly mounted India proofs, extensively printed in red and black, some spotting and offsetting, uniform contemporary calf, panels blind-tooled, hinges cracked and a couple holding by cords, spines and labels chipped (see image). Guild, p.24. "This superb collection of books contains upwards of 45,000 volumes; among them are sixty-four editions from the press of Wm. Caxton... The abundance and beauty of the facsimiles and other embellishments, as well as the fineness of the paper and printing, render this catalogue one of the most splendid bibliographical works ever published in any country. It describes books printed from wooden blocks about the middle of the fifteenth century, early printed Bibles, Liturgical works, works of the Fathers, Greek and Latin Classics & Miscellaneous Literature". Windle & Pippin, A25, A26, A27 & E4 a; Jackson 36,37 & 38; De Ricci 72-77pp.
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WISE (Thomas James)
A Browning Library. A Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters by Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
First Edition, 4to, xxxii,126,[2]pp., one of 160 copies printed on 'antique' paper, ex-library, frontis., numerous facsimile plates, orig. buckram, uncut, t.e.g.
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GORMAN (Pierre) Compiler.
Cambridge in Books. The University, the Town and the County. A Catalogue, Arranged by Year of Publication, of the Collection Held in the University of Melbourne Library.
Third Edition, 4to, 97pp., printed wrappers.
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BONAR (James) Editor.
A Catalogue of the Library of the Library of Adam Smith. Author of the 'Moral Sentiments' and 'The Wealth of Nations'.
First edition, 8vo (230 x 150 mm), xxx, 126pp., double page folding facsimile, folding plan, extensively printed in red and black, ex-library, orig. buckram, joints split, uncut.
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[OLDYS (William) JOHNSON (Samuel) & MAITTAIRE (Michel)
Catalogus Bibliothecae Harleianae, in locos communes distributus cum indice auctorum.
4 Vols., 8vo (210 x 130 mm), [8], 488; xx, 489-1034, 37, [3]; [12], [xiii]-xvi, 408; [6], 409-858pp., lacking in vol. 1 the prefatory eight-page 'An Account of the Harleian Library', woodcut initials and head-pieces, some minor spotting or light foxing to endpapers and prelims, contemporary quarter calf, marbled paper boards, sympathetically rebacked, with label lettered in gilt, a nice uncut set. The enormous library of 50,000 printed books, and some 7639 manuscripts formed by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st Earl of Oxford, Edward Harley (1689-1741), second Earl of Oxford, and their librarian Humfrey Wanley (1672-1726). The first Earl of Oxford "was one of the first collectors who systematically acquired early printed books; his son Edward... continued the library. After the latter's death in 1741, his widow sold the library for 13,000 pounds to the London bookseller Thomas Osborne (d. 1767), who employed Dr. Johnson and William Oldys, antiquary and later Norroy King-of-Arms, to catalogue it." (Breslauer & Folter). The catalogue was planned by Michael Maittaire who also wrote the Latin dedication to Lord Carteret. Dr. Johnson shared the cataloguing of the collection with Oldys. Although this was a bookseller's catalogue, the prices were not published, but Osborne marked a minimum price it each, which were then sold to the highest bidder. The bulk of the manuscripts were sold to the nation for ?10,000. This is catalogue of the library of Robert and Edward Harley, Earls of Oxford, is complete. A fifth volume published by Osborne in 1745 is nothing more than a catalogue of Osborne's old stock. Provenance: With the gilt crest stamp of William Stuart (1798 - 1874) on upper and lower boards. De Ricci, pp. 33-38; Breslauer & Folter, 102.
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KEYNES (Geoffrey)
A Bibliography of Dr. Robert Hooke.
First Edition, large 8vo, xxii, 116pp., presentation inscription in ink by the author, 12 plates, 11 title-page facsimiles, orig. cloth, d.w. Provenance: Presentation inscription from the author to Cosmo Gordon; Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to front paste-down.
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WALPOLE (Horace)
A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill Collected by Horace Walpole.
4to (265 x 210 mm), xxiv, 250pp., lithographed frontis., portrait detached, margins browned and chipped, engraved and printed title, orig. printed card covers, worn and chipped at corners, disbound. The sale catalogue for Horace Walpole's remarkable estate at Strawberry Hill. It includes a tour of the house itself in the introduction, followed by each of the days sales, including books, prints, coins and medals, pictures and drawings, enamels and miniatures, furniture, china, porcelain, and even stained glass (the sale went on for a staggering 24 days). Hazen's edition V.
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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.
9 Parts., 4to, numerous plates throughout, including some chromolithographed (some which a couple of the folding examples are adhered), list of prices and buyers' names bound in of the back of each part, uniform brown buckram, spines lettered in gilt. A complete record of the sale of printed books and manuscripts 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. De Ricci, pp. 151-154.
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DUTHILLOEUL (H.-R.)
Bibliographie Douaisienne, ou Catalogue Historique et Raisonn? des Livres Imprim?s a Douai, depuis l'Ann?e 1563 jusqu'a nos jours, avec des notes Bibliographiques et Litt?raires...
New edition, revised, 2 vols., bound as one, royal 8vo ((240 x 155 mm), lviii, [4], 468; xvi, 160pp., large paper copy, cont. half calf, marbled boards, a little rubbed. Provenance: From the library of Prof. T. A. Birrell.
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FRENCH (Gilbert James)
Catalogue of Books on Heraldry, Archaeology, Mediaeval Art, and Miscellaneous Litterature, in the Library of Gilbert J. French, Bolton, Lancashire. Printed for Presentation Only.
First edition, small 4to (245 x 170 mm), [2], 58pp., head of title page inscribed 'To Thomas Andrews, Esqr. Respectfully by Gilbert J. French', cont. red brick hard-grained blind panelled morocco, gilt device to centre of each board, a little rubbed, a.e.g. The rare privately printed library catalogue of Gilbert James French (1804?1866), textile manufacturer and the biographer of Samuel Crompton. He developed a considerable trade in the textile fabrics of all kinds worn by clergymen and otherwise used in the services of the church. He cultivated a taste for archaeology, especially for ecclesiology, and formed an extensive library. JISC locating the BL copy only; OCLC adds copies at the National Library of Scotland and the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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FRANKLIN (Alfred)
Recherches sur la Bibliotheque Publique de l'Eglise Notre-Dame de Paris au XIIIe Siecle d'Apres des Documents Inedits. Paris: Auguste Aubry, 1863. [4], vii, [1], 184, [2]pp., with half-title. [Bound with:] ----. Recherches sur la Biblioth?que de la Facult? de Medecine... Paris: Auguste Aubry, 1864. [4], 177, [3]pp., with half-title and frontispiece plan. [Bound with:] ----. Histoire de la Bibliotheque de l'Abbaye de Saint-Victor a Paris....
[4], 158, [2]pp., with half-title. 3 Works bound as one, small 8vo (200 x 130 mm), all limited to 300 copies and each with a presentation inscription from the author to his friend O. Thirrey, marbled endpapers, nicely bound in nineteenth-century French quarter green morocco, marbled boards, spine with five raised bands, the second compartment lettered in gilt direct, uncut, a very nice copy.
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ROXBURGHE CLUB. JAMES (Montague Rhodes)
A Peterborough Psalter and Bestiary of the Fourteenth Century.
Folio (380 x 245mm), 35pp., followed by 75 fine collotype plates, including 3 in gold and colours, with the bookplate of the Printer's Library, Oxford University, title printed in red and black, orig. half Roxburghe morocco, lightly rubbed, corners bumped, spine lettered in gilt, uncut, t.e.g. This illuminated manuscript is held in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (MS. 53). Barker, 178.
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KLOSS (Dr. [George Franz Burkhard])
Catalogue of the Library of Dr. Kloss, of Franckfort aM., Professor; Including Many Original and Unpublished Manuscripts, and Printed Books with MS. Annotations, by Philip Melanchthon. Which will be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son... on Thursday, May 7th, and Nineteen Following Days...
8vo (225 x 140 mm), xxiii, [1], [3]-343, [1]pp.,, 8 lithographed plates (5 folding), later calf brown morocco, uncut, t.e.g. a nice copy. Scarce sale catalogue of the large celebrated collection of incunabula (mainly from German presses) and manuscripts gathered together by Professor Kloss, a physician from Frankfurt, built on the collections of Johannes von Dalberg, Bishop of Worms, Adelmann von Adelmannsted and the Church Library at Essligen. 4,682 lots. Provenance: From the reference library of E. P. Goldschmidt with initials stamped in gilt at base of spine. De Ricci, p.117.
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[DIBDIN (Thomas Frognall)] LICQUET (Th?odore)
Lettre Neuvi?me relative Biblioth?que Publique de Rouen, traduite de l'Anglais, avec des notes, par Thre. Licquet, Conservateur de cette Biblioth?que.
First edition, royal 8vo (270 x 178 mm), 48pp., one of 100 copies, half title, some light spotting, minor worm holes to blank gutter margin, original blue boards, upper joint split, uncut. 'Despite Dibdin's protestations... M. Licquet's corrections of his rather careless account of some of the books he was shown at Rouen was sufficiently embarrassing to cause Dibdin to omit the whole account of that library in his second edition.'?Jackson. The half-title reads: 'Voyage Bibliographique Arch?ologique et Pittoresque, en France et en Allemagne, par le Rev. Th. Frognall'. Jackson, 52; Windle & Pippin, A41.
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MIDDLE HILL PRESS. [NERI (Antonio)]
Neri's Art of Glass, Translated by C. M. [Christopher Merrett].
Folio (320 x 200 mm), [2], viii, 33, [3]pp., text in double columns, this being the variant edition with engraved vignette of the Broadway Tower above the imprint, closed tear to lower blank margin of signature D, bound in contemporary half green calfskin and Middle Hill boards for Phillipps by George Bretherton, his binder's ticket "Bretherton, Ligavit, 1850" pasted on the inside front cover, a nice copy. Christopher Merrett's translation of Neri's famous book on the manufacture of glass which was first published in 1662. The present edition, edited by Phillipps, was printed by F. T. G. Crees who only worked at the Middle Hill press for six months (January to July, 1826). Fenwick 109; Martin, p. 457 ("One hundred copies were printed"); Lownes, p. 1857; Kraus 215; Holzenberg 353.
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MORRELL (Jason)
Manuscript of paper entitled "A Catalogue of the Books of Jas. Morrell made 2d of April 1760,".
Folio single sheet (315 x 190 mm), written on both sides in a neat cursive hand, mounted on a stub with neat repairs to folds. A listing of 54 titles mostly pertaining to law and history which belonged to Jason Morrell, starting with Folios, including: Guillims' Heraldry, Rapin's History of England 2 vols, Jacob's Law Dictionary, Wood's Institutes, Davies' Law of bankruptcy, etc., this is then followed by Quarto's: Attorney's Common Pleas, Harrison's Chancery Practice, Shaw's Justice 2 vols, etc.
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[OLDYS (William) JOHNSON (Samuel) & MAITTAIRE (Michel)
Catalogus Bibliothecae Harleianae, in locos communes distributus cum indice auctorum.
5 Vols., 8vo (198 x 125 mm), [6], 8, 488; xx, 489-1034, 37, [3]; [6], [xiii]-xvi, 408; [2], 409-858; [4], 448pp., lacking in vol. 1 an advertisement leaf; vol. 3 6pp. 'Proposals' and in vol. 4 4pp. of imprimatur, 'Proposals' and advertisements, woodcut initials and head-pieces, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary mottled calf, sympathetically rebacked, preserving original red morocco labels, corners worn, rubbed. The enormous library of 50,000 printed books, and some 7639 manuscripts formed by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st Earl of Oxford, Edward Harley (1689-1741), second Earl of Oxford, and their librarian Humfrey Wanley (1672-1726). The first Earl of Oxford "was one of the first collectors who systematically acquired early printed books; his son Edward... continued the library. After the latter's death in 1741, his widow sold the library for 13,000 pounds to the London bookseller Thomas Osborne (d. 1767), who employed Dr. Johnson and William Oldys, antiquary and later Norroy King-of-Arms, to catalogue it." (Breslauer & Folter). The catalogue was planned by Michael Maittaire who also wrote the Latin dedication to Lord Carteret. Dr. Johnson shared the cataloguing of the collection with Oldys, as well as adding the prefatory eight-page 'An Account of the Harleian Library' to volume one. Although this was a bookseller's catalogue, the prices were not published, but Osborne marked a minimum price it each, which were then sold to the highest bidder. The bulk of the manuscripts were sold to the nation for ?10,000. Provenance: Bookplate of the 'Afhaendet Fra Bibliotheket'; Classenske Bibliotek, Copenhagen; booklabel of Sotheby & Co. reference library. De Ricci, pp. 33-38; Breslauer & Folter, 102; Fleeman, 43.1CBH.
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[PARIS DE MEYZIEU].
Bibliotheca Parisiana. A Catalogue of a Collection of Books, Formed by a Gentleman in France, not less Conspicuous for his Taste in Distinguishing, than for his Zeal in Acquiring, whatever, of this kind, was most Perfect, Curious, or Scarce. It includes... Books Magnificently Printed on Vellum, with Illuminated Paintings; Manuscripts on Vellum, Embellished with Rich Miniatures... They will be Sold by Auction, in London, on Monday the 26th of March, 1791, and the Five Days Following.
8vo (195 x 125 mm), viii, 164pp., with half-title, original pink boards, rubbed, spine rather chipped, but still a nice uncut copy. First issue of the title page with the 26th instead of the 28th of March as the first day of the sale. An interesting sale of mysterious ownership put together by James Edwards who had already brought the Pinelli books from Venice for sale in London. The additions came from the library of Cardinal de Brienne and from Italy. The sale also contained Aldines which never existed. Renouard in his Annales de Alde suggested that Edwards had purchased these books in Italy and had used the Italian booksellers notes to catalogue them without having seen them personally. The deception created five fictitious Aldines (lot 18, 171, 206, 223 and 526). De Ricci, p. 89; Munby and Coral, p. 90, Arthur Rau, Bibliotheca Parisiana in 'The Book Collector', Autumn, 1969.
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RAVEN (James) GARSIDE (Peter) & SCHOWERLING (Rainer)
The English Novel 1770-1829: A Bibliographical Survey of Prose Fiction Published in the British Isles.
First edition, 2 vols., 8vo (240 x 160 mm), 864; 753pp., orig. cloth. Volume 1 records full details of all known prose novels in English first published in the British Isles from 1770 to 1799, with the second volume continuing on to 1829. Except for some forty titles of which no surviving copy could be found, all the entries are derived from actual examination of the books themselves. A particularly important facet of volume 2 is that information includes a study of the recently discovered Schloss Covey collection of English novels in Germany, the holdings of which, for the years 1796-1834, are more comprehensive than any other library, including the British Library.
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STOWE MANUSCRIPTS. [THOMPSON (Sir Edward Maunde)]
Catalogue of a Selection from the Stowe Manuscripts Exhibited in the King's Library in the British Museum.
Small 4to (250 x 180 mm), iv, 83, [1, blank]pp., 8 facsimile plates, orig. cloth-backed printed boards, a little worn. Provenance: Bookplate of Rev. Charles H. Middleton-Wake with A.L.s from the author tipped-in.
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GATHORNE-HARDY (Robert) & WILLIAMS (William Proctor)
A Bibliography of the Writings of Jeremy Taylor to 1700. With a Section of Tayloriana.
First Edition, frontis., orig. cloth, d.w. rubbed.
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EADS (Peter)
H. E. Bates: A Bibliographical Study.
First Edition, frontis., author's presentation inscription, orig. cloth, d.w. Gives full details of first editions of all Bates work and adds comments from his autobiography and reviews. Short stories, poems, essays and articles are listed chronologically, with full details of the journals and collections in which they were published.
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SERNA SANTANDER (Carlos Antonio de la)
M?moire sur l'Origine et le Premier Usage des Signatures et des Chiffres, dans l'Art Typographique.
8vo, 30, [2 blank]pp., lightly waterstained throughout, orig. drab paper wrappers, bound in patterned paper boards. First edition of a fascinating early monograph on printed signatures, foliation, registers and catch-words in 15th-century books. It is dedicated to the great Belgian collector Charles van Hulthem. Count Serna, who is here given the timely title of "Citoyen", was an important incunabulist and printing historian. He correctly attributes the first use of signatures to Johann Koelhoff the elder in Nider's Praeceptorium 1472, and of foliation to Arnold Ther Hoernen in Adrianus Carthusiensis' De remediis utriusque fortunae 1471. He agrees with Marolles (Recherches sur l'origine et le premier usage des registres 1783) that Sweynheym and Pannartz were the first printers to employ a register [the table in the 1469 Caesar], but it is now thought that the anonymous Hieronymus' Epistolae [Rome: probably Sixtus Riessinger, c. 1468--69] may be the first book to have been issued with one. The author rightly identifies Vindelinus de Spira (and not his brother Johannes) as the printer of Tacitus' Opera [now assigned a somewhat later date than Haebler's 1471], the first printed book with catch-words. Provenance: Bookplate of A. W. Barten. Bigmore & Wyman II, 352.
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JAMES (Montague Rhodes)
The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. A Descriptive Catalogue.
4 vols., 4to, xxiii, [i], 549, [1]; xxvii, [i],428; xxxi, [i], 532; xvi, [1-]40pp., 17 plates (3 with small repair to blank margin), vol. III in orig. cloth with a couple of small unobtrusive neat stamps, other vols., in later cloth, small hole to spine of vol. II (see image), spines gilt. Pfaff, p.186. "The masterpiece among the early catalogues".
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HAGELIN (Ove) Compiler.
Rare and Important Medical Books In the Library of the Swedish Society of Medicine. A Descriptive and Annotated Catalogue.
First edition, large 8vo, 176pp., illustrs., throughout (some coloured), orig. decorated boards. For each item full collation is given as well as information on edition, binding and provenance.
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MAGGS BROS.
Catalogue of a Unique Collection of Early Editions of Ronsard by Seymour De Ricci.
Folio (290 x 225 mm), 208pp., large paper copy, numerous illustrs., of title-pages, orig. printed wrappers, a little soiled, slight tear to head of spine, uncut, 95 items. The English edition of De Ricci's catalogue of the Maggs Bros. collection of Ronsard, which contains 16 additional items. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of the Stanley family, Earls of Derby; book label of Alan G. Thomas.
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SHAKESPEARE (William)
British Museum. Catalogue of Printed Books. Shakespeare (William).
Folio, 232pp., printed in double-column, orig. cloth, spine defective. Catalogue of the British Museum holdings of books relating to William Shakespeare.
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GREG (W. W.)
A Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration.
4 Vols., 4to, 1752pp.,138 plates, orig. cloth. Very detailed; essential reference.
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MUIR (Percy)
English Children's Books 1600 to 1900.
First Edition, 4to, 256pp., coloured frontis., 107 illustrs., (some coloured), orig. cloth, d.w.
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HUTH (Henry)
The Huth Library. A Catalogue of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, and Engravings, Collected by Henry Huth, with Collations and Bibliographical Descriptions.
5 Vols., 4to (268 x 180 mm), limited to 130, frontis., portrait, a very good ex-library set, later red quarter calf, cloth boards. Huth's collection, which ranked among the finest in England, was rich in incunabula, voyages, Shakespearean and early English literature, and Bibles. He began compiling this catalogue late in life, but finding it too time-consuming, he employed W.C. Hazlitt and F. S. Ellis to do most of the work. "With the assistance of Ellis and Hazlitt, Huth had started printing a magnificent catalogue of his library, with full titles of every item and exact collations, both entirely novel features in a library catalogue. The work was completed in five volumes two years after his death and has remained... a corner-stone of British bibliography." De Ricci, p. 151.
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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.
4to, [xxiv], 729pp., frontis., 24 plates, orig. decorated buckram, uncut, a nice copy.
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PEPYS LIBRARY.
Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College Cambridge. Volume II. Ballads. Part i: Catalogue. Part ii: Indexes. Compiled by Helen Weinstein.
2 Vols., 4to, lxii, 425; xxii, [2], 183pp., 4 illustrs., orig. cloth, gilt. Pepys' ballad collection is the largest surviving collection of English ballads printed in London in the seventeenth century, and is an outstanding source for English popular culture of the period. Ballads: i. Catalogue provides a full bibliographical history of each ballad; ii. Indexes and Lists, organises and presents information on the ballads, classified as titles, tunes, music, first lines, refrains, authors, licenses, printers/publishers/imprints, and watermarks.
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