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
[WALKER (Edward).] The Art of Bookbinding, its Rise and Progress;
including a Descriptive Account of the New York Book-Bindery. 12mo, pp.
viii, 64. _New York: E. Walker & Sons._ 1850.
"An account of the art as practised in America."--POWER. To which
note we add--it is intended to advertise Mr. E. Walker's own
bookbindery.
WALPOLE (H.) A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England,
with Lists of their Works. By Horace Walpole. 2 vols., sm. 8vo.
_Strawberry Hill._ 1758.
A very interesting and desirable work. Reprinted in 1759, and
reissued in 1806 with the following title:
WALPOLE. A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England,
Scotland and Ireland; with Lists of their Works; by the Late Horatio
Walpole ... Enlarged and Continued ... By Thomas Park, F.S.A. 5 vols.,
8vo. 150 Portraits. _London: John Scott._ 1806.
Also on large paper in 4to, with proof impressions of the plates.
WALPOLE. Catalogue of the Books, Poems, and small detached Pieces
printed at the press at Strawberry Hill belonging to Horace Walpole,
late Earl of Orford. 4to. 1810.
This very complete catalogue was compiled by the late George Baker,
Esq., at whose expense the entire impression, limited to twenty
copies, all for presents, was printed. Another edition was printed
in 1814, 8vo.
WALTHER (J.) Lexicon Diplomaticum. Folio. _Göttingæ._ 1745.
Contains 125 plates of abbreviations, marking the century to which
each abbreviation belongs, from the eighth to the end of the
sixteenth century. Chassant notices the work in his preface as "le
plus remarquable en ce genre."
[WARDEN (D. B.)] Bibliotheca Americo-Septentrionalis: being a Choice
Collection of Books in Various Languages, Relating to the History,
Climate, Geography, Produce, Population, Agriculture, Commerce, Arts,
Sciences, etc. of North America, from its first discovery to its
present existing Government; among which are many valuable Articles and
rare, together with all the important official Documents published from
time to time by the Authority of Congress. 8vo, pp. 147.
[_Paris: Impr. de Nouzou._] 1820.
The books were purchased by Mr. Samuel E. Eliot who gave them to
Harvard College.
[WARDEN.] Bibliotheca Americana, being a Choice Collection of Books
relating to North and South America and the West Indies, including
Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere, Maps, Engravings and Medals. 8vo,
pp. (10), 124. _Paris: Printed by Fain and Thienot._ 1840.
This catalogue was first printed at _Paris_ in 1831; it describes
1118 works, and was bought for the New York State Library at Albany.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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