BIBLIOGRAPHY ANTIQUARIAN from Forest Books

Chez Lacombe, Paris. 1768. First Edition, 2 vols., xii,515,[1]; [iv],456,[4]pp., with half-titles, several ornamental head & tail-pieces, stamps of Merton House Library on verso of titles, recent blue cloth, maroon & gilt leather spine label, red speckled edges. There are over 700 works listed, many with prices fetched for them on the open market and at… Read more about this item

Place De La Colonnade Du Louvre, Paris. 1855. 2 Vols., xiii,[i],526; [vi],560pp., cont. vellum-backed boards, lower cover of volume two detached and rather crudely held on with tape.

Jules Renouard, Paris. 1850. First Edition, 3 vols., lxiv,426; [vi],398; [vi],464pp., ex-Inner Temple Library, cont. quarter morocco, hinges rubbed and cracked, head of spine of volume I defective.

Altdorff, impensis W. Mauritii & haeredum J. A. Endterorum. 1678. First Edition, folio, [xii],888pp., some light staining to blank fore-edge, text slightly browned, recent calf, leather label. A universal bibliography covering the Oriental as well as the Western world of learning, listing some 15,000 authors and approximately 35,000 titles, set out in alphabetical order. Compiled by… Read more about this item

Firmin-Didot, Paris. 1886. Third Edition, ix,212pp., frontis., 7 plates 1 folding plate of genealogy, lightly spotted, cont. quarter morocco, marbled boards, head of spine chipped, uncut. Bigmore & Wyman, I pp.157-158. The present monograph is a detailed history of the celebrated Plantin firm, discussing its origin, publications, associates, etc. From the library of Bernard H.… Read more about this item

Weidmann, Leipzig. 1752-55. First Edition, 3 vols., in 2, [viii],720; [vi],[721]-1466,[24]; [viii],798,[58]pp., one engraved title vignette, cont. quarter vellum, spines ink lettered, a nice set. Freytag's annotated bibliography of books which he mainly examined in libraries of Leipzig, Naumburg, and Pforta. Provenance: Görlitz, "Bibliotheca Milichiana Gorlicensis" (stamp on title; Georg Christian Taubner (ownership inscription); E.… Read more about this item

L. Potier, Paris. 1852. First Edition, large 8vo, [iv],144,56,2,7,[1]pp., wide margin copy, half morocco by Louis Guétant of Lyon, spine gilt, marbled paper sides, uncut, t.e.g. a nice copy. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.

Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig. 1825-27. 3 Vols., in 2, xviii,[ii],[1]-690; [iv],[1]-804; [ii],[1]-244pp., cont. marbled boards, manuscript lettering pieces, rubbed. First Edition of this important reference work for the 19th-century German book trade, listing many books that were still in print at the time. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer.

E. Forastie, Bordeaux. 1869. First Edition, [iv],44pp., orig. printed wrappers bound-in, marbled boards, hinges a little torn.

L. Clouzot, Niort. 1891. First Edition, large 8vo, [iv],iii,[i],163,[3]pp., orig. printed wrappers bound-in, quarter calf, marbled boards.

F. Heussner, Brussels. 1853. First Edition, [ii],16pp., later paper wrappers.

H. Herluison, Orléans. 1885. First Edition, Large 8vo, xii,94,[2]pp., coloured frontis., plates and facsimiles (some folding), cloth-backed boards, uncut.

Libraries du Palais, Paris. 1664. First Edition, 12mo, [xxiv],400,[4]pp., orig. calf, re-backed, upper hinge cracked, almost detached, gilt stamp of the Signet Library of covers. A rare pioneer work on what should be included in a fine library of French books issued up to 1664. Included are analyses of works in philosophy and philology, courtesy and… Read more about this item

H. Herluison, Orléans. 1868. First Edition, [vi],156,[2]pp., one of 78 numbered copies, illustrs., in the text, cont. cloth-backed boards, lacks label, uncut.

Printed for The Bibliographical Society at the Chiswick Press. 1898. First Edition, 4to, 65pp., title in red and black, facsimile plates, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut.

A. Claudin, Paris. 1894. First Edition, 39,[1]pp., presentation inscription from the author to L. Rosenthal, orig. printed wrappers bound-in, cloth-backed marbled boards.

A. Claudin, Paris. 1894. First Edition, 37,[3]pp., presentation inscription from the author to L. Rosenthal, orig. printed wrappers, detached, unopened, uncut.

F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig. 1821-1830. First Edition, 4to, xviii,1076 columns; x,1120 columns, orig. marbled boards, re-backed with over-laid cloth. The learned Chief Librarian of the Royal Library of Saxony assembled this general bibliography over a period of more than a decade. "Whereas Brunet and Grasse emphasized bibliophilic aspects, this general bibliography stresses the scholarly value of its… Read more about this item

Silvestre, Paris. 1842-44. Fourth Edition, 5 vols., spotting throughout, cont. quarter calf, one or two hinges slightly cracked, spines gilt, uncut. This bibliography is still the most reliable work detailing the great majority of important books printed until 1880. In addition to learned comments, it contains an indispensable collation of single books.

Fournier Fréres, Paris. 1805. First Edition, [iv],viii,401,[4]pp., (pp. 41-44 repeated), recent half calf, marbled boards, a nice copy. First Edition of the immediate predecessor to Brunet. A listing of over 17,000 books from incunabula up to about 1800. The entries include information on how to distinguish originals from forgeries, and notes on relative rarity and importance,… Read more about this item