Bibliomania; or Book-Madness: A Bibliographical RomanceDibdin, Thomas Frognall
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Bibliomania; or Book-Madness: A Bibliographical Romance
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Bibliography; Bibliomania; Book collecting; Books -- Prices
CHEVILLIER--whose _L'Origine de l'Imprimerie de Paris, &c._,
1694, 4to., is a work of great merit, and is generally found
upon every bibliographer's shelf. Baillet had supplied him
with a pretty strong outline, in his short account of
Parisian printers. All the copies of Chevillier's book,
which I have seen, are printed upon what is called Foxey
paper. I believe there are none upon LARGE PAPER. We may
just notice LA CAILLE'S _Histoire de l'Imprimerie et de la
Librarie_, 1689, 4to., as a work full of errors. In order
that nothing may be wanting to complete the typographical
collection of the curious, let the "portraits of booksellers
and printers, from ancient times to our own," published at
Nuremberg, in 1726, folio--and "the Devices and Emblems" of
the same, published at the same place, in 1730, folio, be
procured, if possible. The Latin titles of these two latter
works, both by SCHOLTZIUS, will be found in the _Bibl.
Crevenn._ vol. v. 281. Renouard mentions the last in his
"_Annales de l'Imprimerie des Alde_," vol. ii. p. 63.
Meanwhile the _Monumenta Typographica_ of WOLFIUS, Hamb.,
1740, 2 vols., 8vo., embraces a number of curious and
scattered dissertations upon this interesting and valuable
art. It may be obtained for 8_s._ or 10_s._ at present! The
_Amoenitatus [Transcriber's Note: Amoenitates]
Literariae, &c._, of SCHELHORN had like to have been passed
over. It was published in 14 small octavo volumes, at
Frankfort and Leipsic, from the year 1725 to 1731 inclusive.
The _Amoenitates Historiae Ecclesiasticae et Literariae_, of
the same person, and published at the same place in two
octavo volumes, 1738, should accompany the foregoing work.
Both are scarce and sought after in this country. In the
former there are some curious dissertations, with cuts, upon
early printed books. Concerning the most ancient edition of
the Latin Bibles, Schelhorn put forth an express treatise,
which was published at Ulm in 1760, 4to. This latter work is
very desirable to the curious in biblical researches, as one
meets with constant mention of Schelhorn's bible. Let me not
omit ZAPF'S _Annales Typographiae Augustanae_, Aug. Vindel.,
1778; which was republished, with copious additions, at
Augsbourg, in two parts, 1786, 4to.--but unluckily, this
latter is printed in the German language. Upon Spanish
Typography (a very interesting subject), there is a
dissertation by Raymond Diosdado Caballero, entitled "_De
Prima Typographiae Hispanicae Aetate Specimen_," Rome, 1793,
4to.]
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