87 KOPP, PALEOGRAPHIA CRITICA, 4 vols. 4to. (pub. at £16. 16s) bds. £3. 108

1817-19

lowed by reverse Indexes. The work further contains several large folding sheets of facsimiles. The cost of the publication amounted to several thousand pounds, and was entirely defrayed by the learned author, in whose lifetime only a few copies were circulated amongst Public Libraries and his friends.

A most important and valuable work, containing several thousand new characters, expressly struck for it, to represent the endless varieties of styles, the abbreviations, etc. in the early Greek and Roman Writing. They are arranged in form of a Lexicon, explained in the regular Greek and Roman characters, and fol88 LANGLOIS, Essai sur la Calligraphie des Manuscrits du Moyen-Age, et les Ornements des livres d'Heures imprimés, large 8vo. frontispiece slightly injured, and 15 plates of Initial Letters, Miniatures, etc. hf. calf neat, 15s Rouen, 1841 Bound up with "JUBINAL, Trapisseries his- Invention de l'Imprimerie, portrait of Gutentoriées, 4 plates, 1840 ;" and LICHTENBERGER, berg and 9 plates, Strasb. 1825 89 LUDEWIG (J. P.) RELIQUIE MANUSCRIPTORUM omnis Evi Diplomatum ac Monumentorum ineditorum adhuc, 12 vols. in 9, 12mo. plates, good copy in vellum, 368; or 12 vols. 12mo. beautiful copy in old calf gilt, £2.5s Francof. Lips. et Hale, 1720-41 90 MABILLON DE RE DIPLOMATICA; cum commentario de antiquis regum Francorum palatiis, veterum Scripturarum speciminibus, etc. 1709—SUPPLEMENTUM, 1704-2 vols. in 1, stout roy. folio, above 60 large plates of Facsimiles of Old Charters, and woodcuts, old calf, 368 Paris. 1704-9

91 MOELLER, Schreib-Kunst Spiegel, sm. obl. 4to. bds. rare, 258

Lübeck, (1644-60) 92 MONTFAUCONI PALEOGRAPHIA GRÆCA, sive de Ortu et Progressu Literarum Græcarum, et de variis Scriptionis Græc. Generibus, itemque de Abbrevationibus, folio, plates of facsimiles of Inscriptions, Monuments, etc.

35s "An invaluable work, which has done the same in reference to Greek MSS. that the 'Res Diplomatica' of Mabillon has done for the Latin." Dr. Clarke. “A work illustrating by a considerable number of plates, and learned dissertations, the whole history of Greek writings, with the varia

Paris, 1708 tions of the Greek characters from the earliest times down to the present. This was almost the first work on the subject, and it has served as the text-book for all students of this branch of Greek Literature."

H. L. Jones, Gent's Mag. Dec. 1855

93 NATIONAL MANUSCRIPTS: A Series of Photo-Zincographic Facsimiles of some of the most interesting of our National MSS. by Sir Henry James, Director of the Ordnance Survey; with translations and notes by Sanders, atlas 4to. cloth, 21s

1865

not only of historical interest, but also illustrate the changes in our language and hand-writing from the reign of William the Conqueror to that of Queen Anne. To be completed in 4 parts.

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Lips. 1752 95 NETHERCLIFT'S Handbook to Autographs, a ready guide to the handwriting of distinguished men and women of every Nation, with biographical Index, sq. 12mo. about 600 Autographs, cloth, 188

1862

96 NOUVEAU TRAITÉ DE DIPLOMATIQUE, où l'on examine les fondemens de cet Art, on établit des regles sur le discernement des Titres, et l'on expose historiquement les Caractères des Bulles Pontificales et des Diplomes, par deux Religieux Benedictins de S. Maur (TOUSTAIN et TASSAIN) 6 vols. 4to. numerous plates of Ancient Writings, Charters, Diplomas, Documents, etc. calf, RARE, £6. 6s Paris. 1750-65

The best book on Diplomatics, indispensable to every Public Library.

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98

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Roma, 1566 99 RODRIGUEZ, Bibliotheca Universal de la Polygraphia ESPAÑOLA, royal folio, with 126 plates, exhibiting specimens of the writing of different ages, hf. yellow morocco, uncut, £3. 88 Madrid, 1738 This work is invaluable, and in fact indis- ! "Cet ouvrage dont les exemplaires sont peu pensable to all persons who are engaged in ex- communs est précieux, a cause des modeles d'anmining MSS. The plates exhibit the various cienne ecritures qu'il contient; les Benedictins kinds of writings, from the earliest time down to auteurs du Nouveau Traité de Diplomatique,' the seventeenth century. le citent avec eloge."-Brunet. 100 SABAS, SPECIMINA PALEOGRAPHICA Codd. Græcorum et Slavonicorum Bibl. Mosquensis Synodalis, Sæc. VI-XVII, sm. folio, 62 plates, with Latin and Russian text, half calf, 30s Mosk. 1863 101 SCHWANDNER de Calligraphiae Nomenclatione et Cultu, large folio, 158 plates of elaborate specimens of Ornamental Penmanship, Alphabets with most elegant flourishes, hf. calf, £2. 58 Viennae, 1756 102 SERVIDORI (Dom. Maria de) Reflexiones sobre el Arte de Escribir, 2 vols. folio, one consisting of 105 plates, calf, £3. 58 Madrid, 1789 103 SPELMANNI (Henr.) Glossarium Archaicum, continens Latino-Barbara, Peregrina, Obsoleta, et novatae Significationis Vocabula, fol. portrait, best edition, calf, fine copy, 328

Madrid, 1802

Lond. 1687 104 TERRY'S New and Complete Book of Cyphers for the use of Artists and others, 4to. engraved on 25 plates, sd. 128 1786 105 TORIO DE LA RIVA, Arte de Escribir, por reglas y con Muestras, sq. 8vo. with 58 plates of Spanish penmanship, vellum, 10s 106 TROMBELLI, Arte di conoscere l'Età de' Codici Latini e Italiani, 4to. with 2 plates of facsimiles, red morocco, 98 Bologna, 1756 107 UPCOTT's Original Letters, MANUSCRIPTS and State Papers collected by him, roy, 4to. a catalogue with facsimile autographs, etc. sd. 10s

Privately printed, 1836 108 VAINES, Dictionnaire de Diplomatique, contenant les Règles pour dechiffrer les anciens Titres, Diplomes, et Monuments, ainsi qu'à justifier de leur Date et Authenticité, 2 vols. 8vo. numerous plates of Charters and Facsimiles of MSS. calf gilt, 218 Paris, 1773-74 109 VESPASIANO (Frate) il perfetto Modo d'imparare a scriveretut te le sorti di Lettere Cancellaresche, Corsive et moderne, colle Soprascrittioni di Lettere missive, oblong sm. 4to. 10 pp. of letterpress, and 85 of engraved ornamental letters, etc. £2. 58 Venetia, 1620

110 WALTHERI LEXICON DIPLOMATICUM, Abbrevationes Syllabarum et Vocum in Diplomatibus et Codicibus a Sec. VIII ad XVI usque occurrentes exponens, junctis Alphabetis et Scripturae Speciminibus, cum prefatione Jungii, 3 parts in 1 vol. folio, last edition, 225 plates of Mediaeval Alphabets and Contractions, and 28 plates of Facsimiles, all with explanations, hf. bd. £2.; or fine tall copy in vellum, £2. 10s Ulmæ, 1756 A magnificent volume. In consequence of leaves; the Alphabet of Contractions in 459 variations existing between copies, the collation columns; facsimile specimens of Early Manuof the above is given. Title and 11 prel. printed scripts, Tab. 1-28; printed index, 19 leaves. 111 WRIGHT'S COURT HAND RESTORED, or the Student's assistant in reading old Deeds, Charters, Records, &c. sm. 4to. 23 plates of Writing, cloth, 10s

BIBLIOGRAPHY,

LITERARY HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY, ENCYCLOPÆDIAS. 112 ADAMSON'S Bibliotheca Lusitana, a Catalogue of Books relating to the History, Literature and Poetry of Portugal, in his Library, sm. 8vo. bds. rare, 248 Privately printed, Newcastle, 1836 113 ADRIAN, Catalogus codicum MSS. Bibliothecae Academicae GISSENSIS, 4to. facsimiles, sd. 48; or, fine paper, bds. 78 Francof. 1840 114 ADRY (J. F.) Catalogue raisonné des VARIORUM, 3 vols. stout square 8vo. very neat AUTOGRAPH and unpublished MANUSCRIPT of this learned and laborious Bibliographer, with valuable critical notes, old black morocco, gilt edges, £2. 108 (ca. 1790-1800) 115 ALEGAMBE, Bibliotheca Scriptorum Soc. Jesu, cum Catalogo religiosorum pro fide interempt. folio, including the names and works of many Englishmen and Irishmen, vellum, 78 Antverp. 1643 116 ALPHABETISCHE NAAMLIJST van Boeken, in Noord-Nederland uitgekomen, 1790-1832, 2 vols. in 1, sm. stout 4to. giving the price, publisher's name, etc. of each and including Periodicals, hf. mor. 16s Gravenh. 1832-35 117 AMES (Jos.) TYPOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUITIES, or History of Printing in Great Britain and Ireland, enlarged by W. Herbert, portraits and plates of Printers Devices, etc. 3 vols. royal 4to. LARGE PAPER, good copy in russia, VERY SCARCE, £3. 10s

See also DIBDIN.

1785-90 118 ANTIQUARIES' SOCIETY Library, Catalogue of Printed Books, 8vo. cloth, 28 6d For the Society, 1861 119 AMSTERDAM ACADEMY. Catalogus van de Boekerij, Vol. I. in 2 parts, all yet published, 8vo. 636 pp. bds. 48

Amst. 1858-60 120 ANTONIO (Nic.) Bibliotheca Hispana, vetus et Nova, sive Hispani Scriptores qui ab Octaviani Augusti ævo ad 1684 floruerunt, curante Franc. Perezio Bayerio, 4 vols. fol. Spanish calf, £4. 4s Matriti, 1778-88 An invaluable body of information concern- Dr. Dibdin, in his "Library Companion," reing Spanish books and authors. It must be con- grets its rarity, and values the small paper at sidered as the key-stone of every Spanish library. | £12. 12s. 121 ARGELATI (Philippi) Bibliotheca Scriptorum Mediolanensium, 2 vols. in 4,

Comprises the Transactions of Learned Societies.

122

folio, hf. vellum, £2. 10s

Mediolani, 1745

1835

Has prefixed, "Saxii Historia Literario- |-and “Catalogus Librorum Mediolani editorum Typographica Mediolanensis ab 1465 ad 1500," Seculo XV. Biblioteca degli volgarizzatori, coll' addizioni di Villa, 5 vols. 4to. sd. £2. 28 Milano, 1767 A valuable Catalogue raisonné of all the Italian transactions from Greek and Latin Writers. 123 ARNETT'S (J. A.) BIBLIOPEGIA; or the Art of Bookbinding in all its branches, 12mo. with several engravings, hf. calf, rare, 10s 124 ASSEMANI (J. S) BIBLIOTHECA ORIENTALIS Clementino-Vaticana, in quâ MSS. Cod. Syriacos, Arabicos, Persicos, Turcicos, Hebraicos, Samaritanos, Armenicos, Ethiopicos, Græcos, Egypticos, Ibericos, et Malabaricos, recensuit, digessit, et genuina Scripta à spuriis secrevit, 4 vols. folio, vellum, very rare, £10. Roma, 1719-28 Priced, 1849, calf gilt, £12. 128. 'On the Pope Clement XI. to visit the monasteries of account of the Monophysites and Nestorians 1 Egypt and Syria in search of MSS. As a am deeply indebted to the Bibliotheca Orientalis native and as a scholar, he possessed the Syriac of Joseph Simon Assemannus. That learned literature; and though a dependant of Rome, he Maronite was despatched in the year 1715 by | wished to be moderate and candid."- Gibbon. 125 ATHENAEUM (The), London Literary and Critical Journal, from the commencement, No. 1, Jan. 5, 1828, to No. 1731, Dec. 29, 1860, COMPLETE, 33 vols. in 36, stout 4to. (pub. at about £30.) cloth, £8. 1828-60 The early volumes are very rare.

126 BACKER (Aug. et Al. de) BIBLIOTHEQUE des ECRIVAINS de la COMPAGNIE DE JESÚS, ou Notices Bibliographiques de tous les ouvrages publiés par les Membres de la Compagnie de Jésus, depuis la fondation de l'ordre jusqu'à nos jours, des Apologies, des Controverses religieuses, et des Critiques littéraires suscitées à leur sujet, Vols. I-VII, impl. 8vo. uncut, £6. Liege, 1853-61 1853-58

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the same, Vols. 1-4, sd. 25s Nearly all the volumes are out of print.

also an account of the different editions, with their collation, &c. Each volume forms a complete and independent alphabetical Series.

This valuable work contains a comprehensive list of the writings of all the Jesuits, and 128 BARBOSA MACHADO (Diogo) BIBLIOTHECA LUSITANA, na qual se comprehende a Noticia dos Authores Portuguezes, et das Obras que compuzeraon, 4 vols. folio, portrait, 24 leaves in Vol. III. supplied in MS. otherwise a good copy in old calf neat, VERY RARE, £12. Lisboa, 1741-59 129 the same, Vol. I, stout folio, A-Eu, bds. 20s Conde's copy fetched £12. 12s; Heber's, £11.; fetched at Sotheby's in 1851, £11. 11s. "Machado's Bibliotheca Lusitana is the great authority on all matters of fact in Portuguese literary history. It is one of the amplest and most important works of literary Biography 130 BAYLE, Dictionnaire historique et critique, nouvelle édition, augmentée de notes extraites de Chaufepié, Joly, Marchand, etc. 16 vols. 8vo. calf gilt,

£6. 10s

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1741 and Bibliography ever published; but, unhappily, it is also one of the rarest, a large part of the impression having been destroyed in the fire that followed the great earthquake at Lisbon in 1755.”—Ticknor, 1849, III. p. 151.

Paris, 1820 assailed. Even his 'magnum opus,' the Dictionary, was criticised before it appeared. Jurieu, Saurin, and Le Clerc were unable to ruffle the calmness of his temper, or embitter the sweetness of his retirement. He told Des Maizeaux, that from twenty to forty he worked fourteen hours a day-and, in fact, he never knew what leisure was."-Dibdin's Library Companion.

"Bayle was a man of immense but desultory reading; of a subtle understanding, invincible patience, and not less indomitable industry. The notes are the grand field in which Bayle delighted to pour forth his knowledge; and I believe that his Life of Nero' furnished a Greek quotation at a late state trial. If sceptical, he was peaceably disposed, although constantly 131 BAYLE. Dictionary, Historical, Biographical, and Critical, including the whole of Bayle, with corrections and observations, and several thousand lives never before published, Life of Bayle, etc. by Bernard, Birch, Lockman, Sale, and others, 10 vols. folio, fine copy in old calf neat, £5. 1734-41 132 BECDELIÈVRE (Comte) Biographie Liégeoise, ou Précis Historique et Chronologique de toutes les Personnes qui se sont rendus célèbres, etc. 2 vols. 8vo. hf. morocco, marbled edges, 16s Liége, 1836-7 133 BELOE'S (Rev. W.) The Sexagenarian; or the Recollections of a Literary Life, 2 vols. 8vo. calf gilt, 158 1817

"A work rarely equalled for presumption, | filled in by Alexander Chalmers, from Sir F. misstatement, and malignity." The names are Freeling's copy.

135 BERJEAU (J. P.) le BIBLIOPHILE ILLUSTRÉ, Nos. I.-XII, complete for 1862 (all published), roy. 8vo. numerous woodcut facsimiles from early printed works, printers' marks, etc. (pub. 16s sd.) hf. morocco, gilt top, uncut,

148

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This periodical contains interesting articles | Holtrop, J. B. Inglis, A. Bernard, O. Deleby the Bibliophile Jacob, G. Brunet, J. W. pierre, and others. 136 BERLIN ROYAL LIBRARY Catalogue, Vol. 1: WEBER'S Verzeichniss der Sanskrit-Handschriften, roy. 4to. 6 coloured facsimiles, half morocco, uncut, 168 Berlin, 1853 137 BIBLIOSOPHIA; or, Book-wisdom, containing some account of the pride, pleasure, and privileges of that glorious vocation, Book-collecting, 12mo. calf gilt, 58

1810

138 BIBLIOTHECA ANGLO-POETICA: Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of rare Old Poetry, formed by Park and Hill, on sale by Longmans, (by A. F. Griffith), roy. 8vo. woodcut frontispiece, portraits and initials, calf extra, 218

1815

139 BIBLIOTHECA LUZITANA. Summario da Bibliotheca, 3 vols. Bibliotheca escolhida, 1 vol.-together 4 vols. 16mo. a Dictionary of Portuguese Bibliography, calf, 258 Lisboa, 1786 140 BINDLEY (J.) Catalogue of the very valuable Collection of BRITISH PORTRAITS (the Bindley, Granger, &c.) Miscellaneous PRINTS, Drawings, &c. 3 parts, LARGE PAPER, 1819-Catalogue of his Collection of MEDALS, inlaid, 1819-CATALOGUE of his extensive LIBRARY, 4 parts, inlaid, 1818-20-together 8 parts in 2 vols. 4to. with the prices and pur chasers' names of all the articles neatly written in MS.; green mor. extra, joints, gilt edges, by Hering, £8. 141 BIOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE, ancienne et moderne, ouvrage entièrement neuf, 52 vols.-Mythologie, 3 vols.-SUPPLEMENT, tomes 56-85, (A-Ve) 8vo. sd. £15. 158 Paris, Michaud, 1811-28-64 142 BIOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE [MICHAUD] ancienne et moderne, ou histoire par ordre alphabétique de la vie publique, de tous les hommes qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs talents, leurs vertus, ou leurs crimes, Vols. 1-25 (A-Mac), impl. Svo. double columns (pub. at £12. 10s) sd. £5.

Still the best Biographical Dictionary.

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The continuation can be supplied at 10s 6d per volume. BODLEIAN LIBRARY.-See Oxford. 143 BOOKWORM (The), an illustrated literary and bibliographical Review (by Berjeau), Parts 1-5, roy. 8vo. curious facsimile woodcuts, 58

1866 144 BOTFIELD (Beriah) Notes on the Cathedral Libraries of England, roy. Svo. hf. morocco, gilt top, uncut, very rare, £3. 3s 1849 145 BOTFIELD'S Præfationes et Epistolæ Editionibus Principibus Auctorum Veterum præpositæ, curante Beriah Botfield.-Also with the title: "Prefaces to the first editions of the Greek and Roman Classics and the Sacred Scriptures, London, 1861," 4to. (pub. at £5. 58) hf. morocco, uncut, 30s

Cantabrigia, 1861 A most important contribution to the Li- | Editio Princeps is given, with a most accurate terature of Bibliography. Mr. Botfield's INTRO- COLLATION, and the number of lines to the page, DUCTION, pp. i.—lxxvi. written in English, con- so important in editions issued without a date. veys to the reader the clearest notion of the These prefaces were in almost all cases History and Uncertainty of the Early Manu-written by the first Scholars of the time, and script Literature and its transition to the rela- contain a vast bulk of historical, paleographical tively speaking much more critical and certain and critical facts, which have hitherto been Printed Literature. inaccessible to Scholars on account of the great rarity of these Editiones Principes. Mr. B. Quaritch will be most happy to assist collectors in procuring any of the Authors they may desire to possess.

The PREFACES extend from page 1-666; the INDEX editorum, from p. 667-674. Some of the Prefaces are in Greek: all have been reprinted with scrupulous accuracy.

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BRITISH MUSEUM CATALOGUES: 150 BIBLIOTHECA GRENVILLIANA, Bibliographical Notices of the Library of the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville, by Payne and Foss, 1842, 3 vols. large 8vo. cloth, £10. 10s

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