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.