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
Saxius, in his _Onomast. Literar._, vol i., p. xxxiii.,
edit. 1775, &c., has a smart notice of this splendid
collection.----BUNNEMAN. _J.L. Bunnemanni Catalogus
Manuscriptorum, item librorum impressorum rarissimorum pro
assignato pretio venalium._ Minda, 1732, 8vo. For the sake
of knowing, by way of curiosity, what books (accounted rare
at this period) were sold for, the collector may put this
volume into his pocket, when he finds it upon a book-stall
marked at 1_s._ 6_d._ In the _Bibl. Solger._, vol iii.,
no. 1396, there was a priced copy upon LARGE PAPER with
bibliographical memoranda.----CAILLARD. _Catalogue des
livres du Cabinet de M.A.B. Caillard_, Paris, 1805, 8vo. Of
this private catalogue, compiled by Caillard himself, and
printed upon fine Dutch paper, in super-royal 8vo., only
twenty-five copies were struck off. So says Fournier, _Dict.
Portatif de Bibliographie_: p. 120; edit. 1809, and the
"avant-propos" prefixed to the subsequent catalogue here
following:----_Livres rares et precieux de la Bibliotheque
de feu M. Ant. Bern. Caillard_, Paris, 1808, 8vo. There were
but twenty-five copies of this catalogue of truly valuable,
and, in many respects, rare, and precious, books, printed
upon LARGE PAPER, of the same size as the preceding. This
was the sale catalogue of the library of Caillard, who died
in 1807, in his sixty-ninth year, and of whose
bibliomaniacal spirit we have a most unequivocal proof in
his purchasing De Cotte's celebrated uncut copy of the first
printed Homer, at an enormous sum! [vide COTTE, post.] "Sa
riche bibliotheque est a-la-fois un monument de son amour
pour l'art typographique, et de la vaste etendue de ses
connoissances," p. xiv. Some excellent indexes close this
volume; of which Mr. Payne furnished me with the loan of his
copy upon LARGE PAPER.----CAMBIS. _Catalogue des principaux
manuscrits du cabinet de M. Jos. L.D. de Cambis_, Avignon,
1770, 4to. Although this is a catalogue of MSS., yet, the
number of copies printed being very few, I have given it a
place here. Some of these copies contain but 519, others
766, pages; which shews that the owner of the MSS. continued
publishing his account of them as they increased upon him.
Rive, in his "_Chasse aux bibliographes_," has dealt very
roughly with the worthy Cambis; but Peignot tells us that
this latter was a respectable literary character, and a
well-informed bibliographer--and that his catalogue, in
spite of Rive's diatribe, is much sought after. See the
_Bibliogr. Curieuse_, p. 14; also _Cat. de la Valliere_,
vol. iii., no. 5543.----CAMUS DE LIMARE. _Catalogues des
livres de M. le Camus de Limare_, Paris, 1779, 12mo.--_Des
livres rares et precieux de M---- (Camus de Limare)_, Paris,
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