This valuable Arabic work, which formed the groundwork of Herbelot's _Bibliothèque Orientale_, contains accounts of several thousand Arabic, Persian, and Turkish works, arranged alphabetically. HALL (F. E.) A Contribution towards an Index to the Bibliography of the Indian Philosophical Systems. By Fitz Edward Hall.... 8vo, pp. (6), 236. _Calcutta: Printed by Lewis._ 1859. The author is a native of Vermont, and this was published by order of the Government of the North Western Provinces. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 464. HALLAM (H.) Introduction to the Literature of Europe, in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. By Henry Hallam, F.R.A.S. 4 vols., 8vo, pp. xxxii, Errata, 10 lines, 659; xvi, 511; xx, 687; xix, 651. _London: John Murray._ 1837-39. Repeatedly reprinted, both in England, France, and America. "The most important contribution to literary history which English libraries have received for many years."--_Edinburgh Review_, LXXII. HALLER (A. von). Bibliotheca Botanica. Qua scripta ad Rem Herbariam facientia a rerum initiis recensentur. Auctore Alberto von Haller. 2 vols., 4to, pp. xvi, 654; (2), 785. _Tiguri._ 1771-72. A carefully written Bibliography of all Botanical Works. _See_ Petzholdt, 554, etc. HALLIWELL (J. O.) A Brief Account of an Unique Edition of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia. 4to. _Brixton Hill._ 1854. Twenty-five copies privately printed. HALLIWELL. A Brief Hand-list of Books, Manuscripts, etc., Illustrative of the Life and Writings of Shakespeare, collected between the years 1842 and 1859. By J. O. Halliwell. Cr. 8vo. _London._ 1859. Thirty copies privately printed. HALLIWELL. A Brief Hand-List of the Collections respecting the Life and Works of Shakespeare, and the History and Antiquities of Stratford-upon-Avon, formed by the late Robert Bell Wheler, and Presented by his Sister, to be preserved for ever in the Shakespeare Library and Museum. 4to. _London._ 1863. One hundred copies privately printed. HALLIWELL. A Brief Hand-list of the Early Quarto Editions of the Plays of Shakespeare; with Notices of the Old Impressions of the Poems. By J. O. Halliwell. 8vo. _London._ 1860. Twenty-five copies privately printed. HALLIWELL. A Brief List of some of the Rarer and most Curious Old-Book Rarities in the Library of J. O. Halliwell, Esq. Illustrative chiefly of Early English Popular Literature. Sm. 4to, pp. vii, 72. _West Brompton._ 1862. Twenty-five copies privately printed. Many of the books in this extraordinary collection are unique.