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
MACHADO (D. B.) Bibliotheca Lusitana Historica, Critica, e Cronologica.
Na qual se comprehende a Noticia dos Authores Portuguezes, e das Obras,
que compuzeraõ desde o tempo da promulgacaõ da Ley da Graça até o tempo
prezente. Offerecida à Augusta Magestade de D. Joaõ v. Nosso Senhor por
Diogo Barbosa Machado. 4 vols., folio, pp. (80), 767, Portrait; (2),
927; (2), 799; (6), 725. _Lisboa, Off. de Fonseca._ 1741-59.
The extreme rarity of this great work, the highest authority upon
Portuguese bibliography, arises from the circumstance that a large
proportion of the first three volumes perished by fire at Lisbon in
1755. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 381.
MACKELDEY (F.) Compendium of Modern Civil Law, from the Twelfth German
Edition. With a Bibliographical List of Books on the Civil Law. Vol. I.
8vo. _New York._ 1845.
No more of the translation published. For the title of the original
_see_ Petzholdt, p. 650.
MACRAY (W. D.) Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D.
1867. With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the
Fourteenth Century. By the Rev. William Dunn Macray, A.M. ... 8vo, pp.
v, (I, 1), 369, (1). _Rivingtons, London._ 1868.
This is the fullest account of this splendid collection, which
contains 350,000 printed books and 25,000 manuscripts.
MACRAY. A Manual of British Historians to A.D. 1600. Containing a
Chronological Account of the early Chroniclers and Monkish Writers,
their Printed Works and unpublished MSS., with the Period of each
history, and when the writer flourished. By the Rev. William Dunn
Macray, A.M. ... 8vo. _W. Pickering, London._ 1845.
MADDEN (J. P. A.) Lettres d'un bibliographe. 3 vols., 8vo. Facsimiles.
_Versailles._ 1868-74.
Vol. III., pp. 41-101 contains "Études sur Gutenberg et sur
Schoiffer."
MAISONNEUVE ET CIE. Catalogue de Livres anciens et modernes divisé en
six parties. Rl. 8vo. _Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie._ 1862.
The various catalogues put forth by this house are usually replete
with bibliographical information. _See_ Petzholdt, p. 101.
MAITLAND (S. R.) List of some of the Early Printed Books in the
Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth. By the Rev. S. R. Maitland. 8vo, pp.
xxii, (1), 464. _Privately Printed, London._ 1843.
Very scarce; a few copies only having been printed for presents.
The compiler was the keeper of the manuscripts and libraries of
the Archbishop of Canterbury, and thus had unusual facilities for
giving accurate descriptions of, and extracts from, the various
works.
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