An Introduction to the Study of Bibliography, to which is prefixed a memoir on the public libraries of the antients by Horne, Thomas Hartwell - 1814

T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand., 1814. Volume II only. Wrapped in transparent plastic dustjacket; leather bound; gilt lettering on spine; cover very lightly rubbed/bumped/soiled/sunned, corners/edges/spine ends lightly rubbed/bumped, rear board lightly soiled; edges lightly rubbed/bumped/soiled, quite sunned, top edge black stained; interior lightly age-toned/foxed throughout, pastedowns/endpapers quite sunned; binding tight; cover, edges and interior intact and clean, except where noted; due to the size/weight of this item, additional shipping charges may apply for International or Expedited orders.. hardcover. Good.

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavos, 2 volumes; VG; 3/4 bound in contemporary polished calf by J. Larkins with their stamp, marbled boards and endpapers, spines paneled with red and green labels with titling, other panels gilt; some rubbing and wear to boards; folding frontispiece to volume 1; with engravings; shelved above US Regional. 1322401. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Folding frontis., 11 plates (several folding), & numerous text illus. (including facsimiles & type specimens). xvi, i-[xxvi], [27]-402 pp.; 1 p.l., [403]-758, [2], clvi pp. Two vols. Large 8vo, mid-19th cent. half-morocco & marbled boards, joints & extremities rubbed, spines gilt, t.e.g. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1814.<p>First edition, a large and thick paper set. "This is a very valuable work to the student of the history of printing."­Bigmore & Wyman, I, p. 345. Topics include paper, MSS., history and techniques of printing, bookbinding, the nature of rarity, classification systems, bibliographies, catalogues and reference books, etc. <P>"Thomas Hartwell Horne relied largely on Peignot, but made some independent additions. He names (pp. 564-614) perhaps a hundred and fifty institutional catalogues published outside the British Isles. His references to catalogues printed in the latter part of the eighteenth century are especially… Read More