A Bibliography of Bibliography; Or, a Handy Book About Books Which Relate to Books — John Shaqi
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
DIBDIN. [First Thoughts. Corrected Proof Sheets of the Tour in France
and Germany.] Imp. 8vo.
It is very curious, consisting of a number of proof-sheets of the
Foreign Bibliographical Tour, with numerous alterations, remarks,
&c., &c. These sheets are called First Thoughts, became the text in
the published work varies considerably from these sheets.
DIBDIN. The Library Companion; or, the Young Man's Guide, and the Old
Man's Comfort, in the Choice of a Library. By the Rev. T. F. Dibdin.
2 vols., 8vo, pp. (4), li, (1), 400; (1), 401-912.
_London: Harding._ MDCCCXXIV.
Also on large paper, imp. 8vo. From an anecdote recorded at page
394 of this edition, concerning "certain buckskins," in the edition
of 1823, and which is omitted in the subsequent ones, that acquired
the title of the "Breeches Edition."
"It contains much curious and important bibliographical information
not elsewhere to be found, and will at all times be consulted,
as a work of reference, by the bibliographer, biographer, and
historian."--LOWNDES.
DIBDIN. An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions
of the Greek and Latin Classics. Together with an Account of Polyglot
Bibles, Polyglot Psalters, Hebrew Bibles, Greek Bibles and Greek
Testaments; The Greek Fathers and the Latin Fathers. By the Rev.
Thomas Frognall Dibdin, D.D., &c. Fourth Edition; greatly Enlarged and
Corrected. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. (4), xiii, 562; (4), 579, (1).
_London: Harding & Lepard._ 1827.
Fifty copies printed on large paper, to range with the _Bibliotheca
Spenceriana_. "This edition is entirely rewritten, and contains for
the first time an account of the best editions of the Hebrew Bibles
and of the Greek and Latin Fathers."--LOWNDES.
DIBDIN. A Merry and Conceited Song, dedicated to all Lovers of the
Library Companion. _London._ 1825.
Sixty copies only printed--not for sale.
[DIBDIN.] Bibliophobia. Remarks on the Present Languid and Depressed
State of Literature and the Book Trade. In a Letter addressed to the
Author of the Bibliomania. By Mercurius Rusticus. With Notes by Cato
Parvus. 8vo, pp. 102. _London: Henry Bohn._ 1832.
Also on large paper. One hundred copies only printed for "Those
whom it may concern." "Fear is the order of the day. To those
very natural and long established fears of Bailiffs and Tax
Gatherers, must now be added the fear of Reform, of Cholera, and of
Books."--page 6. Some copies have a Key to the names of the various
characters mentioned in the work.
DIBDIN. Reminiscences of a Literary Life; By the Reverend Thos.
Frognall Dibdin, D.D. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xxxii, (4), 556, Portrait,
Plates; (2), 557-982, Plate. _London: John Major._ MDCCCXXXVI.
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