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Bibliographies are not just lists of cited references at the end of research papers. Bibliographies are also books that attempt to list or explain literary works dedicated to a topic or author. For instance, if you were curating a collection of Mark Twain or Will James, you might want to search for rare or antique bibliographies that outline their works. These nonfiction references can be supremely helpful in deepening your knowledge not just about the author or topic in question, but in the book and literary community as well. You can also find bibliographies that focus on famous museums or renowned libraries. By doing so, these bibliographies often provide a rare and valuable glimpse into the society that built such a unique and special book and ephemera collection.

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La France Littéraire, ou Dictionnaire Bibliographique des savants [...]

La France Littéraire, ou Dictionnaire Bibliographique des savants [...]

by Quérard, J.-M. (Joseph Marie)

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Paris: Firmin Didot, Pere Et Fils. Good with no dust jacket. 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library, with library labels removed from tail of spine and front pastedowns. Minimal library markings. Heavy rubbing to marbled papered boards. Loss of marbled paper along edges of boards. Small loss of leather at head of spine on four of the five bound volumes. Moderate rubbing to leather spines. No splitting to gutters at endpapers. Moderate foxing throughout. 1/2" loss to strip along blank fore margin of half-title page to Volume Two. All half-title leaves present. Heavy creasing to one leaf in Volume Seven.; Published 1827-1839. Title continues: "historiens et gens de lettres de la France, ainsi que des littérateurs étrangers qui ont écrit en Français, plus particuliérement pendant les XVIIIe et XIXe siécles". xxix, [1], 582; 756; 562; 646; 668; 647; 574; 606; 597; 575 pages. 10 volumes in 5. Quarter leather and marbled boards. Page… Read More
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Catalogo dos manuscriptos portuguezes existentes no Museo britannico. Em que tambem se dá...

Catalogo dos manuscriptos portuguezes existentes no Museo britannico. Em que tambem se dá noticia dos manuscriptos estrangeiros relativos á historia civil, politica e litteraria de Portugal e seus dominios importantes e curiosos

by Figanière, Frederico Francisco Figanière e Morão, visconde de

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Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1854. First edition. Paper wrappers. An unopened (uncut) copy, spine worn, front wrapper remounted on later paper, nearly detached, with a number of chips affecting a few words, front blank chipped at lower fore corner, half-title soiled at lower fore corner, author's stamp on front wrapper and title page, his gift inscription on half-title, otherwise contents near fine.. 4 pp., l., [vii]-xxvi, 415, [2] pp. 8vo. Warmly inscribed to Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, the Spanish politician and historian. Rodrigues 999. Foulche-Barrau 2110. Pinto de Mattos p. 267. Greelee 61. Bestermann 4979. Jones 1037a.
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Biblioteca Española [Two Volumes]

Biblioteca Española [Two Volumes]

by Rodriguez de Castro, Jose

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Madrid: En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta, 1786. First edition. 18th-century mottled sheep decorated in gilt with morocco lettering pieces, edges stained red. Sizes not uniform; some dampstaining, mainly to the edges of the first and last two dozen leaves in volume 1 and the top edge in volume 2, minor worming in blank margins, 19th-century institutional stamp on first text page in each volume; unidentified branded ownership mark on top edges, otherwise leaves quite bright.. [34], 668, [168]; [10], 748, [1] pp., including half-titles and final errata leaf in Volume 2. Folio. Tomo 1. La noticia de los escritores rabinos españoles desde la epoca conocida de su literatura hasta el presente; Tomo 2. La noticia de los escritores gentiles españoles, y la de los christianos hasta fines del siglo XIII de la iglesia. An important work by Rodriguez de Castro (1739-1799) which contains much material usually not found elsewhere. Volume 1 covers Iberian Rabbinic authors writing in Spanish, Hebrew, or any other… Read More
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Catálogo de los manuscritos existentes en la Biblioteca Universitaria de Valencia. [Three Volumes]

Catálogo de los manuscritos existentes en la Biblioteca Universitaria de Valencia. [Three Volumes]

by Gutiérrez del Caño, Marcelino

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Valencia: Librería Maraguat, 1913. First edition. Cloth. Spine scuffed and boards rubbed else very good copies with scattered foxing.. xiv, 307 pp.; 358 pp.; 333 pp. Illus. with 30 facsimile plates. 4to. Francisco Rodríguez Marín, prólogo. No. 119 of 500 copies. A magnificent catalogue of 2422 manuscripts described in detail. Palau lists date as 1914. "Magnifier orb, appreciate y escape," (Palau y Dulcet, VI, p. 490). ABPC shows only one copy sold at auction in the last 30 years. Palau 111545.
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Bibliografia Mexicana del siglo XVI. Parte Primera. Catálogo rasonado de libros impresos en...
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Bibliografia Mexicana del siglo XVI. Parte Primera. Catálogo rasonado de libros impresos en Méxicode 1539 a 1600. Con biografías de autores y otras ilustraciones. Precedido de una noticia acerca de la introducción de la imprenta en México [all published]

by García Icazbalceta, Joaquín

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Used - Boards rubbed, worn at extremities, hinges reinforced, front hinge repaired but loose, owner's number label on spine, bookplate
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First edition
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México: Andrade y Morales (Imp. Fco. Diaz de Leon), 1886. First edition. Contemporary black pebbled cloth with original wrappers bound in. Boards rubbed, worn at extremities, hinges reinforced, front hinge repaired but loose, owner's number label on spine, bookplate on front pastedown, occasional marginal notations in pencil, leaves mostly unopened (uncut).. xxix, 419, [2] pp. Illus. with 50 b/w plates of reproductions, one folding (fotolitográficos y fototipográfico) and 7 in text reproductions. 4to. One of 350 copies. The second part (intended to cover 16th century writers whose works were either published after 1600, or remained in manuscript) was never published. 116 titles are transcribed line for line, with copious quotations, historical and bibliographical notes, references, locations of copies, essays, and other information. Illustrations are a very early use of photogravures in Mexican publishing. "Obra excelente" Palau. "Incomparable," Medina. "...unsurpassed and unsurpassable in most… Read More
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Catalogus Librorum Tam Imprssorum Quam Manuscriptorum Bibliothcae Publicae Universitatis...
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Catalogus Librorum Tam Imprssorum Quam Manuscriptorum Bibliothcae Publicae Universitatis Lugduno-Batavae.

by SENGUERD (Wolfert), GRONOVIUS (Jacob), HEYMAN (Johann).

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Leiden, Petrus van der Aa; Luchtmans & Haak, 1716 - 1741. (x), 500pp; (60 unnumbered ff); titlepage of supplement; pages 501-534. 2 parts in one. Folio. Title in red and black with engraved vignette.With finely engraved frontispiece representing the library interior and heads of celebrated Dutch scholars, full page plate of benefactors and plate of the Copernican Globe preserved in the library. Preface and index. Full contemporary mottled sheep (rubbed, corners lightly bumped, head & foot of spine chipped, lower back joint cracked). Red morocco title shield. The present catalogue was first published in 1716. When the supplement was completed in 1741 a newer and fuller titlepage was substituted in the copies then unsold, but still dated 1716. The supplement has a separate titlepage: Supplementum Catalogus librorum tam impressum quam manuscriptum Bibliothecae publicae Universitatis Lugduno-Batavae. Leiden (Samuel Lugtmans & Cornelius Haak), 1741, but the pagination is continuous (the supplement occupies… Read More
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HOI BARBAROI: A QUARTER-CENTURY AT BARBARIAN PRESS
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HOI BARBAROI: A QUARTER-CENTURY AT BARBARIAN PRESS

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Mission: Barbarian Press, 2004. quarter cloth with printed paper-covered boards, printed spine label with slipcase. Barbarian Press. 4to. quarter cloth with printed paper-covered boards, printed spine label with slipcase. 160 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 180 copies of which this is one of 150 standard copies. A fine copy in fine slipcase. This bibliography, which marks the silver anniversary of the Barbarian Press, lists all the books published by the Press, including those listed in the hard-to-find tenth anniversary edition. Robert Bringhurst provides an essay on the private press in Canada; Simon Brett contributes the chapter "Illustrating for Grown-ups"; and Sjaak Hubregtse writes about collecting Barbarian Press. A photo essay by David Evans dwells on the beauties of the tools, the materials, and the processes of making books. Foreword by Anthony Rota. Available Winter 2005.
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A Biographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour In France And Germany

A Biographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour In France And Germany

by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

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London: Printed For The Author By W. Bulmer And W. Nicol, 1821. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary calf ruled in gilt, raised bands, black leather backstrip title and volume labels lettered in gilt, rebacked with original spines laid-down. Aeg gilt. 3 Vols. Very good. 462 (lxxIx), 555, 621 (lxii). 28 x 19 cm. 83 engraved plates, one hand-colored, two double-page, engraved vignettes (many on India paper), woodcuts within text. Index bound in Vol. I with printed ticket, and Supplement at end of Vol. III. Dibdin's most extravagant work which went a long way toward ruining him, plates alone purported to cost 5000 pounds. This copy with the rare "Diane of Poictiers" plate inserted, which was supposedly destroyed after only 50 copies were printed (LOWNDES II, p. 641). With manuscript letter in ink, signed by Bernard Quaritch, June 17, 1890 attesting to the genuineness of the Poicters engraving, with another Quaritch letter dated Jan. 28, 1881 letter attesting to the collation, noting where three… Read More
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CHRISTIE'S PICTORIAL ARCHIVE. ( Complete in nine volumes )
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CHRISTIE'S PICTORIAL ARCHIVE. ( Complete in nine volumes )

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1st Edition
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Mindata Publishing Company, 1980. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. No date, c. 1980. Nine volumes. Quarto. Ringed binders with numbered fiche in slotted panels inside, gilt titles and decoration on front and spine. Near Fine, covers slightly bumped, spine gilt dull on a few volumes, contents Fine, index leaves tanned on edges. A vast archive of the auction houses' London sales from Edwardian days through the 1970's. All but the painting volumes have an index, as issued. Over 77,000 items on 1055 fiche and divided into nine parts: FURNITURE: Including Ormolu and musical instruments; SILVER: Including Objects of Virtù, Fabergé and jewellery; CERAMICS: English and Continental items, glass and Art Nouveau; ORIENTAL: Chinese porcelain; also Japanese arms and lacquer, Islamic rugs and MSS; GENERAL DECORATIVE & APPLIED ART: Including sculpture, arms and armour, clocks, antiquities, tribal art, tapestries and icons; DUTCH & FLEMISH SCHOOL PAINTINGS; BRITISH SCHOOL;… Read More
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OHEL DAWID. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE HEBREW AND SAMARITAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE SASSOON LIBRARY,...
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OHEL DAWID. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE HEBREW AND SAMARITAN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE SASSOON LIBRARY, LONDON.

by HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS - Sassoon, David Solomon

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Tel-Aviv, Israel
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London: Oxford University Press, 1932. First Edition . Original Blue Cloth. Very Good. 4to. . Spines with truly minimally sunnied. Edges with some foxing. Fly-leaves and few pages with minimal faint foxing, otherwise a very good and fresh copy of this RARE ITEM
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Rerum Hibernicarum scriptores veteres.
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Rerum Hibernicarum scriptores veteres.: One of 26 large paper copies with a few additional plates and cancelled sheets.

by O’Conor, Charles.

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4 vols. (= all published). With 14 (5 folding) engraved plates. Publisher's interim boards, printed paper labels to spines. All edges uncut. 4to (284 x 226 mm). Spine-ends slightly damaged, covers lightly soiled. Volume I spine restored with new label. Graesse V, 8 ; Brunet IV, 155 ; Lowndes 1165 ; Martin, Privately printed books 216-219. First and only edition. One of a special edition of 26 large paper copies with a few additional plates and cancelled sheets which gives it a kind of unique feature, not indicated by Martin in his extensive description of the book. He only mentions a copy described in the catalogue of the holdings of the Stowe library with a supposedly unique set of the cancelled sheets, because according to that description all others had been destroyed ! (1) Vol. I with one additional title with a variant text and publishing date 1813. A second plate to the Codex Hibernici after page 174. (2) Vol. II with five additional cancelled sheets printed on rectos only and one additional… Read More
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Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America. Volumes 1-20, part 1 (to parts...
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Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America. Volumes 1-20, part 1 (to parts CXVI) signed with original signed receipt from Sabin

by Joseph Sabin

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First Edition, First Printing
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New York: Joseph Sabin, 1892. First Edition, First Printing. Three quarter leather. Very good +. A very good plus first edition, small paper copy. One of 525 copies issued. These are the works published in Sabin's lifetime. Signed by Joseph Sabin with original signed receipt from Sabin. Mixed set: small paper copy and stiff wraps on vol 20, all bound into three quarter leather with marbled boards and gilt accents. Bound by The University of Chicago Press. Moderate wear to crown, foot, and corners on various volumes. Top edge gilt. One volume has bent pages from poor shipping practice (book edges pressed into one another). Marbled endpapers. On laid paper.Text is clean and bright. Vols. 1-19, "Edition, 525 copies, 8vo ... and 110 copies on large paper." Publication was suspended from 1892 to 1927, when it was resumed with the parts numbered continuously with the last issued in 1892 (Suspended with pt. CXV/CXVI (v. 20, pt. 1/2) 1892; ) This set shipped at actual cost.
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Revista Portuguesa de História do Livro. / Revue Portugaise d'Histoire du Livre. / Portuguese...

Revista Portuguesa de História do Livro. / Revue Portugaise d'Histoire du Livre. / Portuguese Review of the History of Books. Manuel Cadafaz de Matos, ed.

by Centro de Estudos de História do Livro da Edição.

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FIRST and ONLY EDITION
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New York, New York
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Lisbon, Edições Távola Redonda, 1998-2022.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Nos. 1-50 (12-13-14 a triple issue; 29-50 are double issues). Large 8°, original printed wrappers. As new. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITIONS—ALL PUBLISHED TO DATE of this massive review. The most recent issue, typically, contains 808 pp. ***
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ORIGINAL ETCHINGS & LITHOGRAPHS. Contes Pour les Bibliophiles
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ORIGINAL ETCHINGS & LITHOGRAPHS. Contes Pour les Bibliophiles

by Uzanne, Octave and Robida, Albert

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First printing
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Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, Librairies-Imprimeries Reunis, 1895. First printing. LIMITED FRENCH EDITION SUMPTUOUS COLLECTION OF STORIES ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL ETCHINGS, LITHOGRAPHS, AND PHOTOGRAVURES INCLUDES "THE END OF BOOKS"--PREDICTING TODAY'S eBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS. 12 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 green pebbled leather binding, gilt rules, marbled paper covered boards, decorative gilt title to spine, marbled endpapers, 2x2.5 inch photographic bookplate to front free endpaper, "Ex. Lib. E. C. 1895," original art deco color lithographed paper covers by Auriol bound in, title page with hand colored vignette by Robida and facing limitation notice (volume 467 of 1000 printed on Japanese vellum), iv, 230 pp, colophon (printed on presses of the former Quantin, Paris, November 27, 1894). 17 plates (comprising 2 original etchings by Robida and 15 photogravures or lithographs including 4 handcolored), 170 figures in text. Wear to cover edges and corners, binding tight, light browning to pages, text and… Read More
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[The first bibliography of Italian literature] La Libraria. Nella quale sono scritti tutti...

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3 opere in tre volumi in-12°: (mm 123x70); cc.70, (2); marche tipografiche al frontespizio (Z537) e in fine (Z543); capilettera e fregi silografici; (mm 126x70); cc. 72; marche tipografiche al frontespizio (A117) e a c. F12v (Z543); capilettera e fregi silografici; (mm 126x72); cc. 112, (8); marche tipografiche al frontespizio (di Scoto, V464) e presso il colophon (di Marcolini, U 546). Eleganti legature tardo-ottocentesche in marocchino verde con impressioni in oro ai piatti, sguardie marmorizzate e taglî dorati. Belle copie (la terza con margini sobri).
A very nice set of of the first complete edition of the first bibliography of Italian literature. The first two volumes contain the first and the second edition of the first part of the "Libraria" (the first is distinguished from the second, published in the same year, for the notice to readers - longer and placed on page 44rather than 43v - and for the suppression of the name of Lodovico Domenichi, "against whom [...] the enmity of Doni had broken… Read More
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