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
"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.
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