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
WARE (J.) The Whole Works of Sir James Ware concerning Ireland, Revised
and Improved. Translated from the Latin into English, with Additions.
By Walter Harris. 2 vols., folio. Portrait and Plates. _Dublin._ 1764.
Vol. II. of this very valuable work contains the "History of the
Writers of Ireland," in two Parts; viz.: I. Such writers who were
born in that kingdom; II. Such who, though foreigners, enjoyed
preferments or offices there, or had their education in it, with an
account of all the works they published.
WARTON (T.) The History of English Poetry, from the Close of the
Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century.... By Thomas
Warton, B.D. A New Edition Carefully Revised, with numerous additional
Notes by the late Mr. Ritson, the late Dr. Ashby, Mr. Douce, Mr. Park,
and other Eminent Antiquaries, and by the Editor. 4 vols., 8vo, pp.
(6), 123, cclxix, 203; (8), 520; (8), 470; (8), 482. _London: Thomas
Tegg._ 1824. + [Edited] by Richard Price. 3 vols., 8vo. [_Ibid._] 1840.
+ Edited by W. Carew Hazlitt.... 4 vols., 8vo, pp. xvi, 334; (4), 384;
(4), 344; (4), 479. _London: Reeves and Turner._ 1871.
WATT (R.) Bibliotheca Britannica; or a General Index to British and
Foreign Literature. By Robert Watt, M.D. ... 4 vols., 4to.
_Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company._ 1824.
Vols. I. and II. Authors; III. and IV. Subjects. A work of the
greatest utility, and an invaluable list of authors and their
works. In the first part of the work, the authors are arranged in
alphabetical order, and under each is given a chronological list
of his works, their various editions, sizes, and prices. In the
second part, the same materials are digested under the names of the
various subjects to which they refer, and under each the titles of
works are again arranged chronologically. The first part is a full
and comprehensive catalogue of authors and their works; the second
is an equally complete and extensive encyclopædia of all manner of
subjects on which books have been written. "Let me not forget to
notice that wonderful work of Dr. Watt--both father and son fell
victims to their zeal in its completion. Such a concentration of
labour was hardly ever beheld; and it should never fail to be the
library companion of all collectors."--DIBDIN.
WATTS (H.) A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of other
Sciences.... By Henry Watts, B.A., F.C.S. ... 5 vols., 8vo.
_London: Longman_ ... 1863-68.
Particularly valuable for its bibliographical references.
WEIGEL (T. O.) Bibliographische Mittheilungen über die deutschen
Ausgaben von De Bry's Sammlung der Reisen nach dem abend- und
morgenländischen Indien; von T. O. Weigel. Aus dem "Serapeum" besonders
abgedruckt. 8vo, pp. 40. _Leipzig: T. 0. Weigel._ 1845.
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