A Bibliography of Bibliography; Or, a Handy Book About Books Which Relate to BooksSabin, Joseph
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A Bibliography of Bibliography; Or, a Handy Book About Books Which Relate to Books
Sabin, Joseph
Bibliographical literature -- Bibliography; Bibliography of bibliographies
STEEVENS (G.) Bibliotheca Steevensiana. A Catalogue of the Curious and
Valuable Library of George Steevens, Esq.... 8vo, pp. vi, 125.
_London: Printed by J. Barker._ 1800.
Twelve copies printed on royal octavo and six on imperial octavo
paper. Rich in Shakespeariana, Early Poetry, and the Drama.
STEINSCHNEIDER (M.) Catalogus librorum Hebræorum in Bibliotheca
Bodleiana jussu curatorum digessit et notis instruxit M.
Steinschneider. 4to, pp. (4), Introductio, cxxxii columns, Text, 3104
columns. _Berolini typ. Friedländer._ 1852-60.
This catalogue describes what is supposed to be the finest
collection of Hebrew literature in existence. _See_ Petzholdt, p.
437.
STEVENS (H.) American Books with tails to 'em. A private pocket list
of ... American periodicals, transactions, memoirs, [etc.] By Henry
Stevens.... Sq. 16mo, 18 l. _London._ 1873.
STEVENS. American Bibliographer. Parts I. and II. [All published.] Rl.
8vo, pp. vii, 96. 3 Plates. _Chiswick._ 1854.
One hundred copies only printed for subscribers; very scarce.
_See_ Report ... of the Smithsonian Institution for 1849, for a
prospectus of a similar work.
STEVENS. Historical Nuggets Bibliotheca Americana or a Descriptive
Account of my Collection of Rare Books relating to America. Henry
Stevens GMB FSA. 2 vols., fcap 8vo, pp. xii, 436; (2), 437-805.
_London: Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins_ ... MDCCCLXII.
"Printed in the best style of the Chiswick Press, regardless of
time, it comprises 2934 titles given in full, with the collation
and price of each work. It was intended as far as it went to be
a manual for collectors of this expensive class of books. But it
did not go very far, containing as it does, not a selection, but
only such books as the author happened to possess at that time.
It was intended to supply the deficiencies by additional volumes,
but these have never appeared, and probably never will in this
form."--_Author._ A few copies were issued in 1858 with a different
title. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 812.
[STEVENS.] Bibliotheca Americana. A Catalogue of Books relating to the
History and Literature of America.... Sold by Puttick and Simpson. 8vo,
pp. vi, 273. _London. March_, M.DCCC.LXI.
Also on large paper, rl. 8vo. This catalogue contains 2415 lots,
with collations, etc., and will be useful to the collector. It is,
in fact, an abridgment of Stevens' _Historical Nuggets_, although
the latter was not published till 1862. It is one of the most
carefully prepared auction catalogues ever issued.
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