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Numbers 11-12 June, 1929 GAZETTE OF THE GROLIER CLUB

CONTENTS

The Gazette.—A Grolier Binding. —Other Recent Gifts.— Requests for Information.—Catalogues under Consideration. —S. P. Avery, Engraver on Wood.—Auction of Club Publications.—Leonard L. Mackall’s Gift to the Library.

The Gazette. ■With this number the first volume of the Gazette ends. This is a volume, not because of any time during which the numbers were issued, but because of the numbers included; and some may say that a volume eight years in the making is rather long drawn out. But such it is, and at this time it is appropriate, in justification of the hitherto size limita- tion, to recall the debt we owe to the first Editorial Committee, Messrs. William A. White, William M. Ivins, Jr., George S. Eddy, Henry W. Kent and the Librarian, and to repeat the following lines from their 226 initial note: “The Committee hopes that the members will like its choice of format, —thin enough to promise brevity, small enough to promise portability, and neat enough to warrant its being found on any bookman’s table. There is no end of models that could have been followed in making such a volume, generally of broad, rather clumsy, Caslonized effects, but the Committee preferred to follow the form of the Gazette Anecdotique, the first volume of which was issued in 1876 by Georges d’Heyli, as looking like, and indeed savoring of, the kind of periodical they had in mind.” Under the guidance of this Committee there appeared from time to time seven numbers, after which the Editorship was assumed by Mr. Earnest Elmo Calkins, under whose direction three other numbers have been issued, and now to close the series a double number is issued under the direction of the Librarian. This number, designated as Numbers 11-12, together with the previous numbers designated as i-g and an Extra Number [lo,] make a full dozen, or a complete set, for which a title-page and index have been prepared and are sent herewith. There is now discussion as to the future form of the Gazette, and those who have thought it too small, or too large, or otherwise unsatisfactory, are urged to make suggestions for its future. As heretofore, it is hoped that members will contribute freely to its columns, on matters of interest, “bibliophilic, biblio- maniac and bibliopegic.” 227 A Grolier Binding at Last. -The Council an- nounces the acquisition of a volume most important in the Club’s history, the gift of Mrs. Meredith Hare, daughter of the late member of the Club, Dean Sage. It is no less than a superb volume from the library of Jean Grolier, beautiful in design and in a remarkably fine state of preservation. It may well be designated as the Club’s most significant possession.

Other Recent Gifts to the Library. -Specially interesting gifts received since the Annual Meeting include two which describe collections owned by members of the Club. Colonel Ralph H. Isham has presented the three volumes already published of the “Private Papers of James Boswell,” the originals of which are in his possession. The books are distinguished both because they celebrate an important literary acquisition and because, designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by W. E. Rudge, they are notable examples of fine bookmaking. Mr. William M. Elkins has given to the Club a copy of the exhaustive work of Temple Scott on Oliver Goldsmith, which, beginning as a description of Mr. Elkins’s unique Goldsmith collection, has developed into a comprehensive history of the man and his work. A gift of much literary value has been received from Mr. Charles W. Clark, who has presented to the Library the entire Shelley reference library of Pro- fessor Walter E. Peck, the latest biographer of the 228 poet, consisting of over one hundred works on Shelley, rare portraits, and lines in his autograph.

Requests for Information. —Three requests for information from scholars who are preparing important books in the field of English literature have been received lately, and it has seemed wise in the interests of scholarship to lay them before the members, who may send information directly to the en- quirers or to the Librarian of the Club. Mr. M. Buxton Forman, noo Pretorius Street, Pretoria, South Africa, whose bibliographical work is well known, is anxious to ascertain the location, and if possible, to receive photostats, of autograph letters of John Keats. Mr. John DeLancey Ferguson, 545 West 148th Street, New York, wishes information concerning autograph letters and any manuscript materials of Robert Burns which may be in the possession of members of the Grolier Club. Mr. Ferguson is work- ing under the auspices of the Guggenheim Founda- tion. Mr. Michael Sadleir, Woodlands, Addlestone, Sur- rey, England, wishes information concerning material for a new edition of the Letters of Sir Walter Scott.

Catalogues Under Consideration. —ln view of the great interest in the four exhibitions which have 229 been held during the present season, and in response to a very general demand for catalogues, a volume based on the De Vinne Memorial exhibition has been prepared, and a descriptive catalogue of the Kip- ling exhibition is in process of compilation. Before the exhibition of Children’s Books was dispersed, comprehensive notes were taken and it is hoped that they may be a basis for work in this subject. The Bremer Presse is printing a catalogue of the exhibition of books issued by German presses, to which Dr. Willy Wiegand’s address will be added as an introduction.

S. P. AVERY, ENGRAVER ON WOOD Samuel Putnam Avery, art connoisseur, bibliophile, donor of libraries; founder, patron and trustee of museums and learned societies; fourth President and constant benefactor of the Grolier Club; discov- erer and friend of artists; public-spirited and philan- thropic citizen—the name is known in one or another of these phases even to a generation which is too young to have felt the genial personality of the man. But S. P. Avery, wood-engraver, means little, even to his surviving contemporaries. It was as a wood- engraver, however, that he began the career which brought him success, distinction and affection far be- yond the average. Among the articles and resolutions brought to- 230 gether in 1905 in a memorial volume on Mr. Avery, not more than two or three of the eighty pages are given to his work as an engraver, the only mention at any length being that of Theodore Low De Vinne, who, naturally interested in the subject, noted the engraving period with such a characteristic grasp of cause and effect that it seems well to quote a few sentences: “At a very early age he found employment in the office of a bank-note engraver, where he had oppor- tunities to cultivate his inclination for the art of design. While yet a boy he began to fill in his spare time with engraving on wood, at which he soon became proficient. Abandoning engraving on copper and steel—an art then most difficult to enter as a master to one who was young in years and of slender purse—- he undertook to make woodcuts for publishers and printers.... Printing was then in a state of transition. The hand press was still used for the printing of woodcuts, but the pressmen who could properlyprint woodcuts were few in number. .. . New York printers had to be economical to the verge of penuriousness. .. . The period between 1840 and 1850 was that of the comic almanac and the Dave Crockett picture book . . . and the outlook for a better appreciation of good prints was not encouraging. During these dreary years of hard work and mean pay Mr. Avery was qualifying himself for better things. He studied with zeal and thoroughness the rules and principles 231 that govern all kinds of good art and good work- manship.”* Russell Sturgis writes of a visit to Mr. Avery’s office in Ann Street, about 1864, at which time he was a wood-engraver, but adds that Samuel P. Avery, Jr., told him of prints from an engraving on metal, by John Durant, bearing the further inscription: “This lettering put on by Sami. Avery, Oct. 1842.” This work of his father, done at the age of nineteen, was the earliest that the son was able to identify, although there had been, of course, the work on metal for the American Bank-Note Company. The entry, “Samuel P. Avery, Engraver, 459 4th St.” appears in Doggett’s City Directory for 1842 and 1843, the address being changed, in the succeeding volume, to 269 Elizabeth Street. Mr. Sturgis goes on to state that it was in 1864 that S. P. Avery resolved to under- take dealing in works of art as an occupation, handing over “his business, his tools, and his plant generally as an engraver, to his assistant, Mr. Pesoa, who con- tinued the business; and it appears that this transfer W'as gratuitous on Avery’s part—an instance of the

liberality . . . which was to be his peculiar characteristic.” In connection with this Mr. Pesoa, Dr. Frank Weitenkampf tells of attending an elaborate little

*See also Samuel Putnam Avery—an appreciation (in The American Printer, January, 1906.) 232 dinner given by Mr. Avery, many years afterwards, for his aged one-time assistant. “You know that wood- engraving is rather down,” said the host, in inviting Dr. Weitenkampf. It was on the corner of Broadway and Fourth Street that he opened his “Art Rooms,” and it is pre- sumable that his really active career as a wood- engraver ended with this move, although a woodcut of his studio inserted in Beverly Chew’s copy of

“Punch’s Pocket-Book of Fun . . . with 75 engravings by S. P. Avery” seems to prove that he practised the art at least as a pastime into the seventies. On it he has written, “My last engraving on wood done at 88 sth Avenue—in 187-? S. P. Avery.” This must have been at about the time (1873) that George Cruikshank, in his eighty-first year, engraved as a special tribute to the American dealer, who was distinguished also in Europe, the elaborate trade-card showing the interior of 88 Fifth Avenue, which Mr. Avery shortly afterwards changed into his dwelling house, removing his business to No. 86 next door, but all that is another story, which has been told often. The Cruikshank card is in marked contrast to three unostentatious ones, anouncing “S. P. Avery, Engraver on Wood,” which are in the collection of the Grolier Club. Two of these are quaint relics of the age to which they belong, the later of the two experimenting boldly with the use of gold and color. 233 The third is a woodcut, with a pleasing design of flowers and branches about an oval, bearing the inscription; “S. P. Avery, Engraver on Wood, Having removed from his old establishment, 129 Fulton street, to the pleasant building 48 Beekman street, (the Brother Jonathan cheap publication Depot,) would respectfully inform his customers and the public generally, that he is prepared to execute at short notice and on reasonable terms, engraving in any department of the Art, that may be entrusted to him, such as Portraits, Landscapes, views of Build- ings, Book and Magazine Illustrations; Druggists, Perfumers and Manufacturers Labels, Illuminated Show Bills, Newspaper Headings, Maps, Bill-heads, Business Cards, Illustrated Catalogues, Machinery, &c. &c. Designs made and specimens to be seen at the office, 48 Beekman St., N. Y.” Without doubt, much ephemeral, unsigned work, suggested by this inscription, was designed as well as engraved, “at the office,” and has disappeared with the years. By far the greatest number of his book illustrations were made for compilations, several being of his own gathering. They may appear out of date to-day, but they responded to the demand of their public, imitating the popular English comic compilations so greatly in vogue, and they reproduced conscien- tiously and with firm touch the work of many of the best illustrators of the time. Perhaps Mr. Avery’s best known woodcuts are those illustrating the first 234 edition (1847) of “The Life of the Chevalier Bayard,” by W. Gilmore Simms, whose novels and miscellaneous writings were enormously popular in the mid- nineteenth century. The late Beverly Chew devoted a small corner of his library to books containing Mr. Avery’s work as an engraver, and some of his copies have personal touches which are noted in the following list. Through the kindness of the Misses Welcher we are able to add various titles to this brief mention of their grand- father’s work, and shall be grateful if any readers of the Gazette will furnish information concerning other books with woodcuts by him.

Books with Engravings on tVood by S. P. Avery

The Life of the Chevalier Bayard. ... By W. Gilmore Simms. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1847. Frontispiece and 13 illustrations after T. Halpin. Inserted in the Chew copy are several proofs, and a photograph of Mr. Avery, upon which he has written; "My dear Mr. Chew. At your request 1 do hereby certify that I engraved the illustrations in this life of the Chev. Bayard. I also certify that you have the sincere esteem of your friend and fellow Grolierite Samuel P. Avery.” Mrs. Partington’s Carpet-Bag of Fun, With 150 Engravings, from Designs by Darley, McLenan, Leech, Phiz, Henning, Cruikshank, Hine, Doyle, Tenniel, Goater, Crowquill, etc. By S. P. Avery, New York, Garrett & Co., 1854. 150 illustrations. Preface signed “S. P. A.” The Romance of the Revolution . . . edited by Oliver B. Bunce, New York, Bunce & Brother, 1854. Frontispiece. 235 Romance of Biography, Illustrated in the Lives of Historic

Personages. Edited by the Rev. Francis L. Hawks. . . . Second edition. New York, James S. Dickerson, 1855. Frontispiece, woodcut title-page, (“Richard the Lion Hearted”) and four plates, after Thwaites. This volume, the first of a series, deals with “Richard the Lion Hearted.” Prince Life; A Story of my Boy. By an old Author, New York, James S. Dickerson, 1855. Frontispiece. Punch’s Pocket-Book of Fun. Being Cuts and Cuttings from ... Punch. Illustrated with 75 Engravings, by S. P. Avery, from Drawings by John Leech, Tenniel, Doyle, Cruick- shanks and others. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1857. Woodcut title-page and illustrations. The Chew copy contains Mr. Avery’s presentation inscription, as well as the inserted woodcut with notes, as described on p 232. On his own copy Mr. Avery wrote, in pencil, under the title: "Compiled by S. P. Avery.” The Giant-Killer: or The Battle which all must Fight. By

& A. L. O. E. . . . New York, Robert Carter Brothers, 1858. Frontispiece. The Harp of a Thousand Strings; or. Laughter for a Lifetime Konceived, compiled, and komically konkocted, by

Spavery aided ... by over 200 kurious kutz, from original

designs ... by McLenan, Hoppin, Darly, Hennessey, Bel- lew, Gunn, Howard, &c., to say nothing of Leech, Phiz, Doyle, Cruickshank, Meadows, Hine, and others. The Whole Engraved by S. P. Avery, New York, Dick & Fitz- gerald [lßsß]. Frontispiece, and over 200 illustrations. Preface signed “S. P. A,” under which, in the Chew copy, Mr. Avery has written his name, and “May 9th, 97. At request of ray dear B. C.” The Courtship & Adventures of Jonathan Homebred . . . by Sam Slick, Jr. New York, Dick & Fitzgerald, iB6O. Frontispiece. 236

White’s Serenaders’ Song Book . . . compiled, arranged and published by permission of Charles White, Esq. Phila- delphia, T. R. Peterson & Brothers, [n.d.] Frontispiece. R. S. G

AUCTION OF CLUB PUBLICATIONS

A nearly complete collection of the books published by the Club was sold at the Annual Meeting auction, held on January 24, 1929. All but four of the seventy-three items presented for sale at this auction were the gift of Mrs. Robert Jaffray. Mr. Don C. Seitz acted as auctioneer. The books were purchased by twenty-two members of the Club, and the total of the sales amounted to $3,144.50. In the following list of prices brought by the various items, the item numbers correspond to the publication numbers in the Club’s “List of Publications”: Item No. 3. Transactions, Part I $20.00 7. Peg Woffington 18.00 8. Christopher Plantin and the Plantin-Moretus Museum 31.00 9. Philobiblon 42.00 9a. Another copy 3 5.00 10. Modern Bookbinding Practically Considered . 16,00 11. Areopagitica 10.00 13. Washington Irving A Sketch 38.00 14. Effigies of English Writers from Chaucer to Johnson 5.00 15. Barons of the Potomack and the Rappahannock 31.00 237 17. Catalogue of Illuminated and Painted Man- uscripts $15.00 18. Catalogue of Editions of English Writers from Langland to Wither 32.00 19. Facsimile of the Laws and Acts of the General Assembly of New York, Printed by William Bradford 52.00 20. Classified List of Early American Book-Plates. 10.00 21. Transactions, Part II 4.00 22. Catalogue of Books with Arms or Devices upon the Bindings 5.00 23. Catalogue of the Engraved Work of Asher B. Durand 2.00 24. A Description of the Early Printed Books Owned by The Grolier Club 22.00 25. The Poems of John Donne 26.00 27. Catalogue of an Exhibition Illustrative of a Cen-

tenary of Artistic Lithography .... 3.50

28. The Charles Whittinghams Printers . . . 35 00 29. Catalogue of the Engravings, Dry-Points and Etchings ofAlbert Diirer 25.00

30. Two Note Books of Thomas Carlyle . . . 10.00

32. The Life of Charles Henry Count Hoym . . 26.00 33. Transactions, Part 111 7.00 34. Boccaccio’s Life of Dante 35-00 35. Catalogue of the Works of John Dryden . . 5,00 36. Catalogue of Etchings and Dry Points by Rembrandt 10.00 37. Title-Pages as Seen by a Printer 37-00 38. Catalogue of Works of the Poets Laureate of England 5.00 39. The History of Helyas Knight of the Swan . 20.00 40. One Hundred Books Famous in English Lit- erature 128.00 41. Bibliographical Notes on One Hundred Books

Famous in English Literature .... 128.00 238 42. Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Wash- ington $40.00 43. Catalogue of Italian Books 5.00 44. The Boston Port Bill 57.00 45. Catalogue of Editions of English Writers from Wither to Prior 30.00

46. American Engravers upon Copper and Steel . 125.00

47. Researches concerning Jean Grolier .... 62.00 47a. Another copy. One of three copies on Imperial Japan paper 100.00 48. The Scarlet Letter 55.00 51. Whistler Reproductions with 3 sets of Additions 550.00 52. Notable Printers of Italy during the Fifteenth Century 37-00 53. Depositio Cornuti Typographic!; and, Reading Poem 30.00

54. Catalogue of the Works of Alexander Pope. . 5.00 56. Catalogue of an Exhibition of William Make- peace Thackeray 8.00

58. The Writers of Knickerbocker New York. . 15.00 59. Catalogue of the Works of Charles Dickens. 16.00 60. Baziliologia 10,00

61. Catalogue of Works by John Leech .... 25.00 62. Franklin and his Press at Passy 83.00 63. First Editions of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson 6,00

64. New York, by Ruzicka and Eaton .... 50.00 65. Wood-Engraving Three Essays 17.00

66. Catalogue of Shakespeare’s Plays .... 5.00 66a. Another copy 5.00 67. Catalogue of Books Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson 15.00

68. Catalogue of English Prose Fiction .... 15.00

70. Of the Just Shaping of Letters . .». . . 166.00 70a. Another copy 166,00 239 72. Transactions, Part IV SIO.OO 73. Notes and Journal of Travel in Europe, 1804- 1805 75-00

74. A Bibliography of William Blake . . . . 81.00 76. Catalogue of the Writings of Percy Bysshe Shelley 20.00

The Printers’ Series. 77a. Quattrocentisteria 52.00 77b. The Culprit Fay 3 5.00 77c. The Pierrot of the Minute 110.00 77d. A Lodging for the Night 38.00 77e. The Compromise of the King of the Golden Isles 38.00 77L Three Essays by Augustine Birrell .... 45 00

78. Catalogue of Japanese Prints 15.00 79. A Dissertation upon English Typographical Founders and Founderies 29.00

80. Recollections of the Gilliss Press .... 10.00

LEONARD L. MACKALL’S GIFT TO THE LIBRARY

Readers of the Club’s Year Books for 1928 and 1929 have seen in the reports of the Library Com- mittee allusions to the large number of books presented, during 1928, by Leonard L. Mackall, himself an enthusiastic and learned bibliographer, whose department in the section, “Books,” of the Herald-Tri- 240 bune may be relied upon for accuracy of statement and painstaking research. Instead of keeping his bibliographical collection for his own uses, he has transferred it, practically intact, to the Club, and not only that, but, with a clear knowledge of the re- sources and the needs of the Library, he has kept a keen watch over booksellers’ and auction catalogues, and has purchased and added to the collection many a rare volume, such as the first edition of Henri Estienne’s famous work on the Frankfort Book Fair, 1574, and the second edition of Tory’s “Champ fleury,” 1549, with the cuts better drawn than in the first edition, which is already in the Library, the Club’s translation having been made from its own copy. The number of Mr. Mackall’s gifts has mounted, until they have reached 325 volumes, presented during 1928. Last summer the volumes then received were arranged in the Exhibition Hall, according to the Library’s classification, and it was most interesting to realize that they not only covered the principal subjects with which the Library is concerned, but formed an excellent epitome of the scope of the Library, and of the types of books which it needs. A special form of the Club’s bookplate has been made for Mr. Mackall’s gifts. In the following list, compiled by George L. McKay, Curator of the Club, all of the works of reference in the various subjects of the Club have 241 been placed in one alphabet, while those which may be regarded as examples of various phases of bookmaking form a separate, classified group.

REFERENCE BOOKS Almeloveen, T. J. Amoenitates Theologico-Philologicae. Amsterdam, 1694. Abbaye de Saint-Victor. Catalogue de la Bibliotheque de i’Abbaye, redige par Franjois Rabelais, commente par Le Bibliophile Jacob, et suivi d’un Essai sur les Bibliotheques imaginaires par Gustave Brunet. Paris, 1862. Antonio, Nicolas. Bibliotheca Hispana nova. Madrid, J. de Ibarra, 1783 [-88]. Two volumes. The second and authoritative edition of this learned bibliography of Spanish books. —Bibliotheca Hispana Vetus. Madrid, Heirs of J. Ibarra, 1788. Two volumes.

Astor Library. Alphabetical Index ... of the Books now collected and of the proposed Accessions as submitted to the Trustees. New York, 1851. Bartholomew, A. T. A Bibliography of Sir Adolphus Wil- liam Ward, 1827-1924. Cambridge, 1926. Bellori, Giovanni Pietro. Veterum lllustrium Phiios- ophorum Poetarura Rhetorum et Oratorum Imagines. Rome, 1685. Belluci, Antonio, lllustrazione di 22 ignote legature

. . . erroneamente dette Canevari. Naples, 1920. [Berard, A. S. L.] Essai bibliographique sur les Editions des Elzevirs, Paris, 1822. Copy with the frontispiece, containing the Elzivir coat of arms, colored, Berghman, G. Etudes sur la Bibliographie elzevirienne, bashes sur I’ouvrage “Les Elzevier” de M. Alphonse Willems. Stockholm, 1885. 242

ioo copies were printed privately.

Nouvelles etudes. Supplement i I’ouvrage . . . de M. Alphonse Willems. Stockholm, 1897. Beughem, Cornelius a. Incunabula Typographiae sive Catalogus Librorum Scriptorumque proximis ab inventio- ne Typographiae annis, usque ad Annum Christi M.D. Amsterdam, 1688. Interleaved, with manuscript additions. Ex. libris J. W. Six. The earliest bibliography of incunabula. Beyer, August. Memoriae Historico-criticae Librorum rariorum. Dresden, 1734. Blades, William. The Biography and Typography of Wil- liam Caxton. Second Edition. London, 1882. Presentation inscription from Blades toHenry Bradshaw. Contains also signatures of H. R. Luard and E. Gordon Duff. Bodleian Library. Notitia Editionum Quoad Libros Hebr. Gr. et Lat. Quae vel Primariae, vel saec. XV. Impressae, vel Aldinae, in Bibliotheca Bodleiana Adservantur. Oxford, 1795- Bodleian Library, and other libraries. Catalogi Librorum Manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae in Unum Collect!. Oxford, 1697. Bogeng, G. A. E. Die grossen bibliophilen. Leipzig, 1922. Three volumes. [Bollioud-Mermet, L.] De La Bibliomanie. The Hague, 1761. First edition, uncut. Bonneton, Paul. La Bibliotheque de Montaigne [Paris, 1895.] (In: Revue d’Histoire litteraire de la France, 15 July, 1895.) Botfield, Beriah, Editor. Prefaces to the First Editions of the Greek and Roman Classics and of the Sacred Scrip- tures. London, 1861. Contains a note in the handwriting of the second Baron 243 Ravensworth, to whom this copy was presented by the editor. Boze, [C. G.] de. Catalogue. [Paris,] 1745. The catalogue was compiled by Jean Bpudot, published by G. Martin, and printed at the Imprimerie Royale, probably in an edition of twenty-five copies. Bradshaw, Henry. Bibliographical Memoranda. [Nos. 1-9. London,] 1868-1886. Cover title. A collection of nine bibliographical papers. The essay on the de Meyer Catalogue (and article) first introduced the so-called "Natural History” classification of early printed books, according to place, printer and press. The Duff-Madan copy of these famous papers. Bradshaw, Henry. The early Collection of Canons known as the Hibernensis: two unfinished papers. Cambridge, 1893. [Brandt, Sebastian.] The Ship of Fools. Translated by Alexander Barclay. Edinburgh, 1874. Two volumes. Large paper copy. Edited by T. H. Jamieson. Contains "A Bibliographical Catalogue of Barclay’s Works.” Bridges, John. Bibliothecae Bridgesianae Catalogus. To be sold by Auction. London: Printed by J. Tonson and J. Watts 1725. Priced in ink. [Brissart-Binat, Charles Antoine]. Cazin, sa vie et ses Editions, par un Cazinophile. "Cazinopolis” [Reims,] 1877- Brunet, J. C, Manuel du Libraire et de I’Amateur de Livres. Paris, 1810. Three volumes. First edition. Paris, 1820. Four volumes. Third edition. Notice bibliographique sur la Collection des Grands et Petits Voyoges de De Bry. Paris, iB6O. Reprinted from the fifth edition of the "Manuel.” —Nouvelles recherches bibliographiques, pour servir de 244 Supplement au Manuel du Bibliophile. Paris, 1834. Three volumes. Chardon de La Rochette, S [imon.] Melanges de Critique et de Philologie. Paris, 1812. Three volumes. Clement, Louis. Henri Estienne et son Oeuvre Franjaise. Paris, 1898. [Cook, E. T., and Wedderburn, Alexander, Editors.] Bibliography, Catalogue of Ruskin’s Drawings, Addenda et Corrigenda. London, 1912. Vol. XXXVIII of the Library Edition of The Works of John Ruskin, London, 1912. Cordes, [Jean de.] Bibliothecae Cordesianae Catalogus. Paris, 1643. Compiled by Gabriel Naude. Cordier, Henri. Bibliographie des Oeuvres de Beaumar- chais. Paris, 1883. Courtney, W. P. The Secrets of our National Literature. London, 1908. [De Bure, G. F.] Recueil de Pieces sur la Bibliographie. [Paris. 1763-83.] A collection of pamphlets by De Bure and his critics, carefully brought together, some of the articles being mounted to make all of uniform size; with manuscript title-page and table of contents. Livres . . . De Bure, J. J. Catalogue des , manuscrits et imprimes de la Biblioth£que de feu M. J. J. de Bure, ancien libraire du roi et de la Bibliotheque Royale. Paris, 1853. Delavan, D. B. Early Days of the Presbyterian Hospital. New York, Published privately, 1926. Pp. 31-43 contain an account of James Lenox. Denis, Le P. M. Annalium Typographicorum V. Cl. M. Maittaire Supplementum. Vienna, 1789. Two volumes.

Dibdin, T. F. The Bibliomania; or, Book-Madness. ... In an Epistle addressed to Richard Heber, Esq. London, 1809. First edition. -245 W. Gardiner’s Catalogue, 1812, in which he attacked the work, and the Auction Catalogue of Dibdin’s library, 1817, are bound with this. —An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Roman Classics. Glocester, 1802. First edition. E. Gordon Duff’s copy, with his manuscript “notices of all editions printed in the 15th cen-

tury . . . compiled from all available bibliographies.” —Fragments of an Intended Tour. [London,] July 12, 1819. One of 24 copies printed. —[Turnbull, D. T.] Notes, chiefly correctory, on Dr. Dibdin’s tour through Scotland. [London,] 1838. An inserted letter from Wm. Paterson, possibly to John Adam, states that only six copies were “thrown off and in existence.” Dioscorides. De Codicis Dioscuridei Aniciae Julianae, nunc Vindobonensis Med. Gr. I. [by J. de Karabacek and others]. Leyden, 1906. The text which accompanied the magnificent facsimile. Double, Leopold. Catalogue de la Bibliotheque de M. Leopold Double. Paris, 1863. Dresden. K'&nigliche Bibliotheck. Die Merckwiirdigkeiten der Koniglichen Bibliotheck zu Dresden. Dresden, 1744 [-1748]. Three volumes bound together. Compiled by J. M. Gdze. Elsevier, W. J. C. Rammelman.—Uitkomsten van een Onderzoek Omtrent de Elseviers. Utrecht, 1845. Sylvan Van De Weyer’s copy, with author’s presentation inscription on verso of half-title. Estienne, Henri, 11. Epistola... index librorum. [Geneva,] H. Estienne, 1569. With the rare list of books issued by the press. Estienne, Henri, 11. Francofordiense emporium. [Geneva,] H. Estienne, 1574. 246 First edition of the second Henri Estienne’s extremely rare and interesting work on the Frankfort Book Fair. The Caxton Club’s reprint was reprinted from Liseux’s Edition of 1875 (see following number). —LaFoire de Francfort. . . Traduit en Franfais pour la pre- miere fois sur I’edition originale de 1574 Par Isidore Liseux Avec le Texte Latin en regard. Paris, Isidore Liseux, 1875. Estienne, Robert. Ad Censuras Theologorum Parisiensium, quibus Biblia a Roberto Stephano typographo Regio excusa calumniose notarunt, ejusdem Robert! Stephani responsio. [Geneva,] R. Estienne, 1552. {See also Section 11.) Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh. Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library. Edinburgh, 1867 [-79]. Six volumes and supplement.

Fichet, Guillaume. . . . Quam ad Robertum Gaguinum de

. . Johanne Gutenberg . conscripsit Epistola. Basle, 1887. From the apparently unique copy of the letter printed at the Sorbonne in 1472, now in the Basle Library.

Fitzgerald, Edward. ... A Catalogue of all the very Valu-

able and Attractive Antique Furniture. . . 700 Vols. of Valuable Illustrated and other Books, [etc.] To be Sold & by Auction by Mr. W. Arnott. . . August 16 17, 1883. Woodbridge, [lßß3]. Fortsas, J. N. A. [P.] Comte de, Pseudonym of Renter H. G. Chalon. Catalogue d’une tres-riche mais peu nombreuse collection de Livres provenant de la Bibliotheque de feu Mr. le Comte J.-N.-A. Fortsas, dont la vente se fera a Binche, le 10 aodt 1840. Mons, Typographic d’Em. Hoyois, Libraire, [lß4o]. First edition of this catalogue of an imaginary library, which was at first accepted by bibliographers. An explanatory letter from the author and the reprint of 1863 are bound with this copy. Royale —Academie Des Sciences . . . De Belgique. Annuaire. Brussels, 1900. 247 pp. 45-79: Notice sur Renier Chalon, perpetrator of the Fortsas Catalogue hoax. France. Bibliothhque Nationals. Catalogue des manu- screts des Foods Libri et Barrois, par Leopold Delisle. Paris, 1888. Franklin, Benjamin. The Way to Wealth, or Poor Richard Improved. Paris, A. A. Renouard, 1795. One of six copies in large paper, with portrait unlettered. An important edition. Gamba, Bartolommeo. Delle Novelle Italians in Prosa; Bibliografia. Florence, 1835. An article on this important book, by P. A. Tosi, is bound in. Georgi, Gottlieb. Allegemeines Europaisches blicher- lexicon. Leipzig, 1742 [-53]. Five parts in three volumes. First and second Supplements. Leipzig, 1750-55. A third supplement, 1758, is lacking. Gerber, A. All of the five fictitious Editions of Writings of Machiavelli and three of those of Pietro Aretino printed by John Wolfe of London. [Baltimore, 1907.] (In: Modern Language Notes, January, May & November, 1907.) Gesner, Conrad. Bibliotheca universalis. Zurich, C. Fros- chauer, 1545. With the arms of King George 111, nearly erased, on the covers. This great catalogue ranks as the first real bibliography. Gesner, Conrad. Epitome Bibliothecae Conradi Gesneri. Zurich, C. Froschauer, 1555. Gibbs, H. H. A Catalogue of some Printed Books and Manuscripts . . . Collected by Henry Bucks Gibbs. [lst Baron Aldenham]. London, 1888. Autograph presentation letter of author laid in. Glasgow, University of. Books Published by James MacLe- hose from 1838 to 1881, and by James MacLehose and 248

Sons to 1905, presented to the Library of the University of Glasgow. Glasgow, 1905. Coze, J. M. Verzeichniss seiner Sammlung ... Bibeln. Halle. •777-

... Forsetzung des Verzeichnisses seiner Sammlung. Hamburg, 1778. Bound with the preceding. Gray, G. J. Cambridge Bookselling, and the oldest Bookshop in the United Kingdom, Cambridge, Bowes & Bowes, 1925. Greaves, Haslehurst. The Persona! Library: How to Make and How to Use It. London, 1928. [Greswell, W. P.] A View of the Early Parisian Greek Press. Oxford, 1840[-41]. Two volumes. This edition consists of the sheets of that of 1833, with new titles, and the addition of “an Appendix of Casau- boniana.” Griffin, A. P. C. Bibliography of American Historical Societies. Second edition. (In American Historical Association. Annual Report for the year 1905, Vol. 11. Washington, 1907.) Haebler, Konrad. Die italienischen Fragmente vom Leiden Christi, das alteste Druckwerks Italiens. Munich, 1927. Harley, [Edward, 2nd earl of Oxford.] Catalogus Bibliothe- cae Harleianae. London, 1743 [-45]. Five volumes. Compiled by Samuel Johnson and William Oldys. Johnson wrote “An Account of the Harleian Library,” in Vol. I, and probably the Preface of Vol. 111. Hatin, Eugene. Bibliographie historique et critique de la Presse Periodique Franjaise. Paris, 1866. [Hebrail, Jacques, & La Porte, Joseph de.] La France littSraire. Paris, 1769. Two volumes. Supplement. Paris, 1778. [Heinemann, Otto von, Compiler.] Alphabetishces Ver- zeichnis der Franzoesischen Litteratur in der Herzoglichen Bibliothek zu Wolfenbuettel. Wolfenbuettel, 1894. 249 Heinsius, Nicolaas. Bibliotheca Heinsiana. Leyden, 1682. From the library of J. W. Six; priced in ink. —Same, copy two, with a different title-page, omitting mention of the auction and the date of publication; wide margins. Bessels, J. H. Gutenberg; was he the Inventor of Printing? London, 1882. Presentation copy from the author to Henry Bradshaw, to whom the book is dedicated, with the latter’s notes. At the Bradshaw sale, thevolume was bought by Hessels, and given to Octavius Johnson. [Hoe, Robert, Jr.] Photographs of Books China and Works of Art in the Collection of an Amateur. New York, 1875. Holzmann, Michael, and Bohatta, Hanns. Deutsches Anonymen-Lexikon, 1501 [-1910]. Weimar, Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1902-11. Six volumes. Deutsches Pseudonymen-Lexikon. Wien, 1906. Howell. G. R. Biographical Sketch of Joel Munsell. Boston, 1880. Hungtincton, T. W., Jr. The Italiana Bibliography. An Approach to a Comprehensive Selected Record of Books

in the English Language relating to Italy. Number 1. . . New York, 1928. Index Society, London. Report of the First Annual Meet- ing of the Index Society. London, 1879. —Report of the Second Annual Meeting. London, 1880. Jacob, Louis. Traictfi des plus belles Bibliotheques. Paris, 1644. Two volumes. Several pages are devoted to Grolier. This copy belonged to the author’s monastery at Chalon sur Saone. Jal, A. Dictionnaire Critique de Biographic et d’Histoire. Paris, 1872. Second edition of this important and rare biographical dictionary. James, Thomas. A Treatise of the Corruption of Scripture. London, 1688. 250 Dr. James was the first Librarian of the Bodleian Library. Jannon, Jean. The 1621 Specimen of Jean Jannon, Paris & Sedan, Designer & Engraver of the Caracteres de I’Uni- versite, now owned by the Iraprimerie Nationale, Paris. Edited in facsimile, with an Introduction, by Paul Beau- jon. Paris, 1927. No. 7 of 150 copies printed. This specimen book shows that the type so often called “Garamond” was really designed and made by Jannon after Garamond’s death. Johnston, William. The Bibliography and Extant Por- traits of Arthur Johnston, M. D. Physician to James VI and Charles I. Aberdeen, 1895. Thirty-six copies were reprinted from Scottish Notes and Queries. Jones, H. V. Adventures in Americana, 1492-1897 . . . with a Preface by Dr. Wilberforce Eames. New York, 1928. Two volumes. 200 copies were printed. Kautzsch, Rudolf, Editor. Die neue Buchkunst. Weimar, Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen. 1902. Kerviler, Rene. Le Chancelier Pierre Seguier, second Protecteur de I’Academic franjaise. Paris, 1874. Two volumes. With presentation inscription by the author. Klemm, Heinrich. Beschreibender Catalog des Biblio- graphischen Museums von Heinrich Klemm. Dresden, 1884. The collection herein described is in the Buchgewerbe Museum in Leipzig, but many of the books have been strangely tampered with. Labbe, Philippe. Bibliotheca Bibliothecarum. Paris, 1664. & . Labbe, Philipe, Selden, John. . . Bibliotheca Biblio- thecarum. Leipzig, 1682. Fourth edition. La B[6doy£re, C. A. F. H,] comte de. Catalogue des Livres Rares et Precieux de la BibliothSque de M. le Comte de la B***. Dont la vente se fera. . . 4 avril 1837 et les vingt- deux jours suivants. Paris, 1837. 251 Lacombe, Paul. Bibliographie des Travaux de M. Leopold . . Delisle . Supplement, 1902-1910, Paris, 1911. Lallhmant de Betz, [J. C. A.] Catalogue des Livres et Estampes, de M. Lallemant de Betz. Dont la Vente se & fera. . . 9 Mars 1774, jours suivans. Paris, 1774. Priced in ink. Leadenhall Press, London. 1,000 Quaint Cuts from Books of Other Days Including Amusing Illustrations from

. . . Children’s Story Books, Fables, Chap-books, &c., . from Original Wooden Blocks belonging to The Leaden- hall Press. London [lßß6]. Ledeboer, A. M. De Boekdrukkers, Boekverkoopers en Uitgevers in Noord-Nederland. Deventer, 1872. Ledeboer, A. M. Alfabetische Lijst der Boekdrukkers, Boekverkoopers en Uitgevers in Noord-Nederland Sedert de Uitvinding van de Boekdrukkunst tot den Aanvang der Negentiende Eeu. Utrecht, 1876. Ledeboer, A. M. Chronologisch Register Behoorende bij de Alfabetische Lijst. Utrecht, 1877. [Leland, John. Leland’s New Year’s Gift to King Henry VIII.] Bibliographiana No. 1. Edited by W. A. Copinger... Privately Printed at the Priory Press, Manchester, 1895. LemariS. Catalogue des Livres de feu M. LeMarie, Ecuyer, ancien Conseiller au Chatelet; Dispose mis en ordre par Guillaume de Bure, fils atnC Paris, 1776. Le Roux de Lincy, [A. J. V.] Notice sur la BibliothSque de Catherine de Medicis. Paris, 1859. Liste chronologique et alphabetique des Libraires et Im- primeurs de Paris. [Paris], 1723. This and eight other similar lists and “Tableaux,” 1727, 1734, 1737, 1748, 1750, 1752, 1754(2), are bound together. London. The Royal Society. Catalogue of Miscellaneous Literature in the Library of the Royal Society. London, 1841. 252 McCreary, G. W. The First Book Printed in Baltimore- Town, [1765], Nicholas Hasselbach, Printer. Baltimore, 1903. Macceorge, B. B. Catalogue of the Library of Barnard B. Macgeorge. Glasgow, Privately printed, 1906. McMurtrie, D. C. The Golden Book: the story of Fine Books and Bookmaking. Chicago, 1927. Marchand, Prosper. Dictionaire Historique. The Hague, 1758 [-59]. Two volumes bound together. Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. ProcSs relatif 4 la Publication du Catalogue intitule Livres du Boudoir de Marie-Antoinette, Pretendue Contrefagon imputee aux Editeurs sur la Plainte de M. J. Taschereau. Paris, 1864. [Marlborough, George Spencer, sth duke of.] Catalogus Librorum qui in Bibliotheca Blandfordiensi, Reperiuntur. [London,] 1812. This copy includes the first leaves of the “Fabulae” section in two variant forms. Marshall, Humphrey. The Aliens, A Patriotic Poem by Humphrey Marshall with introduction by Joseph Jack- son. 40 copies reprinted forCharles F. Heartman. Metuch- en, N. J. [1925]. Mead, Richard. Museum Meadianum, sive, Catalogus. London, [1755] [Menage, Gilles, Huet, P. D. and others.] Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliotheque de la Maison Professe des ci- devant soi-disans Jesuites. Paris, 1763. Meyer, Jean de. Catalogue des Livres et Manuscrits for- mant la Bibliotheque de feu M. Jean de Meyer. Gand, 1869. The catalogue was compiled by Ferdinand Van der Haeghen. The sale took place November 2, 1869, and following days. M [ilsand,] P. Catalogue par ordre alphabetique des Ouv- rages Imprimes de Gabriel Peignot. Paris, 1861. 253 One of 300 copies. Pierre Deschamp’s copy, with interesting MS. notes by him. Montfaucon, Bernard de. Palaeographia Graeca, sive De Ortu et Progressu Literarum Graecarum, et de variis omnium saeculorum Scriptionis Graecae generibus. Paris, 1708. This work founded the science of Greek paleography, and it is still considered indispensable. The Dawson-Turner copy, on large paper. Morante, D. Joachin Gomez de la Cortina, Marquis de. Catalogus. Matrite, 1854[-70]. Nine volumes. Guigard calls this catalogue of the great Spanish collection “a veritable course in bibliography and literature.” With the arms and bookplate of the Marquis de Morante. Moreri, Louis. Le grand dictionnaire historique. Paris, 1759. Ten volumes. Ex libris Providence de Mohtauban. An important early biographical dictionary. Mosher, T. B. A Bibliographical List of the Editions of Edward Fitzgerald’s Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1859- 1907. Portland, Maine, Privately printed, 1907. No. 4 of 25 copies on Japan vellum. —ltems of T. B. Mosher’s Collection of Omar Khayyam. A Scrap Book. Moyllus, Damianus. A newly discovered Treatise on Classic Letter Design, by Damianus Moyllus, circa 1480, reproduced in facsimile, with an Introduction by Stanley Morison. Paris, 1927. Naude, Gabr [iel]. Addition a I’Histoire de Louys XL Contenant plusieurs Recherches curieuses sur diverses matieres. Paris, 1630. Contains an accountof the invention of printing. Naude, G [abriel.] Advis pour Dresser une Bibliotheque 254 Seconde Edition reveue corrigSe & augmentee. Paris, 1644. This volume is closely connected with Pere Louis Ja- cob’s, already described. It also came from the latter’s monastery, as shown by inscription on title-page.

Nichols, C. L. Bibliography of Worcester. . . . Second Edition. Worcester, Privately printed, 1918. Notice des Travaux bibliographiques de M. J. -M. Querard. [Paris, 1850?] No title-page. Omont, Henri. Catalogue des Manuscrits grecs de Fontaine- bleau sous Francois lerIer et Henri 11. Paris, Imprimerie Na- tionale, 1889. Omont, Henri. Fac-similes de Manuscrits Grecs des XV e et XVI Siecles. Paris, 1887. F. Madan's copy, with plates arranged by him in chronological order. Plate 11 shows the handwriting on which the Royal Greek type was based. Omont, H [enri]. Inventaire des Archives de la Chambre Syndicale de la Librairie et Imprimerie de Paris. Paris, 1886. Presentation copy. Paillard, Jean. Claude Garamont, graveur et fondeur de lettres. Paris, 1914. No. 156, of 300 copies. Palmer, George Herbert. A Catalogue of Early and Rare Editions of English Poetry Collected and presented to Wellesley College. Boston, 1923. One of 200 copies printed.

Panzer, G. W. . . . Annalen der altern deutschen Litteratur. Nuremberg, 1788 [-1805]. Three volumes in two. The Huth copy. —Conspectus Monumentorum Typographicorum seculi decimi quinti. Nuremberg, 1797. (Vol. V of Panzer’s “Annales Typographic!,” with a special title-page.)

—Bibliothecae a D. Georgio Wolfgang Panzero . . . collectal. Nuremberg, 1806-07. Three volumes. 255 The sale catalogue of Panzer’s library. —Entwurf einer vollstandigen Geschichte der deutschen Bibeliibersezung D. Martin Luthers vom Jahr 1517 an, bis 1581. Nuremberg, 1791. Second edition. Paris, ou Le Livre des Cent-et-Un. Tome Premier. Paris, 1831. Ch. Nodier’s story, “Le Bibliomane,” was first printed here, pp. 87-108. Patterson, L. H. The Pageant of Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire. Newark, N. J., The Carteret Book Club, 1927. One of 200 copies printed by The Harbor Press. Payen, J. F. & Bastide, J. B. Inventaire de la Collection de

Ouvrages et Documents . . . sur Michel de Montagne redige .. . par Gabriel Richou. Paris, 1878. P[eignot], Gabriel. Notice des ouvrages de bibliologie, d’histoire, de philologie, d’Antiquites et de litterature, tant imprimes que manuscrits. Paris, 1830. Peignot’s own account of his numerous writings, a very rare book. A photograph of Peignot is inserted. (See also Milsand.) Peiresq, [N. C. F. de], Lettres de Peiresc. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1888 [-98]. Seven volumes. {See also under Wright and Clement of Alexandria. Petzholdt, Julius Compiler. Catalogus Bibliothecae Dan- teae Dresdensis a Philalethe B. Rege loanne Saxoniae Con- ditae Auctae Relictae. Leipzig, 1882.

PixEßficoußT [R. C. G. de.] Catalogue des Livres . . . com-

. posant la Bibliotheque de M. G. de Pixerecourt. . La Vente aura Lieu... 22 Janvier 1839et Jours suivans. Paris, 1838. Plantin, Christophe. Les Rimes de Christophe Plantin (Deuxieme edition augmentee) Antwerp, Publication du Musee Plantin-Moretus, [1921] No. 70 of 450 copies on Holland paper. 256 [Pollard, A. W.j Two Brothers. Accounts rendered. London, 1916. Prideaux, S. T. A Bibliography of Bookbinding. London, 1892. Presentation copy to W. Y. Fletcher. Querard, J. M. Les Auteurs deguises de la Litterature franpaise au XIX' siecle. Paris, 1845. Raumer, Friedrich von. Editor. Historisches Taschenbuch.

... Zweiter Jahrgang. Leipzig, 1831. Sec. V consists of an article on Henri Estienne by Franz Passow. Reichhart, P. G. Die Druckorte des XV. Jahrhunderts. Augsburg, 1853. Petzholdt devotes a page to this interesting attempt to list the first presses. Reimmann, [Jacob Friedrich.] Catalogus Bibliothecae Theologicae, Systematico-Criticus. Hildesheim, 1731 [—l739] Two volumes. The title of the second volume is in part as follows: “Bibliotheca Historiae Literariae Critica.” [Renouard, P. E. A.] Catalogue des Editions publiees pa. Antoine Augustin Renouard, 1793-1825. [Paris?] 1888. With a geneological table of the Renouard family. No. 5 of seven copies printed separately. Renouard, Philippe. Quelques Documents sur les Petit, Libraires parisiens. Paris, 1896. Reusch, Heinrich. Die Indices Librorum Prohibitorum des seshzehnten Jahrhunderts. Tubingen, 1886. (Bibliothek des Litterarischen Vereins in Stuttgart, 176.) Rius, D. Leopoldo. Bibliografia Critica de las Obras de

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.. . . Madrid [Barcelona and Villanueva y Geltru] 1895 [1899 and 1905]. Three volumes. Rive, L’Abbe. Catalogue de la Bibliotheque .. .du feu I’Ab- be Rive acquise par Citoyens Chauffard et Colomby mis en ordre par C. F. Achard. Marseilles, 1793. Priced. 257

Rochebiliere, A. Catalogue des Livres rares .. . redige ... par A. Claudin. Paris, 1884. The second volume only, the first being already in the Library. Ruskin, John, Carlyle, Thomas, and others. The Best Hundred Books. London, “Pall Mall Gazette” Office, 1886. Interesting letters on Sir John Lubbock’s famous list, with further suggestions, are collected here. Sarpi, Paolo. The Historic of the Councel of Trent... faith- fully translated into English by Nathanael Brent. London, Printed by Bonham Norton and lohn Bill, 1629. Second edition. Contains discussions of the Index Librorum Prohibi- torum. This may be the work from which Franklin cop- ied the colophon which he claimed to have found in the problematical volume translated from the Spanish. SJchmidt,] J. A., Editor. De Bibliothecis. Helmstadt, 1703. A collection of early works on libraries, including the seventh edition of Richard de Bury’s "Philobiblon" and Naude’s “Advis.” This copy belonged to Dibdin and then to Heber.

Schuddekopf, Carl. Biichersammlung . . . Versteigerung . . . September (23-28), Berlin, 1918. Society de l’Histoire de Paris. Table dficennale des Pub- lications . . . Deuxieme serie, 1884-1893. Paris, 1894. —Troisieme s6rie, 1894-1903. Paris. 1909. Soubise, [Charles de Rohan,] prince de. Catalogue des Livres, Imprimes et Manuscrits, de la Bibliotheque de feu Monseigneur le Prince de Soubise. Paris, 1788. Stone, W. M. The Thumb Bible of JohnTaylor. Brookline, The LXIV mos, 1928. Sussex, Frederic Augustus, Duke of. Bibliotheca Sus- sexiana. [London], 1844 [-45]. Six parts, priced and named, with original pink paper wrappers bound in. 258 [Toustain, C. F. and Tassin, R. P.] Nouveau Traite de Diplomatique. Paris, 1750 [-65]. Seven volumes. This is still considered the best work on diplomatics and Latin palaeography. Updike, D. B. Printing Types. Cambridge. 1922. Two volumes. Second printing. Van Abkoude, Johannes. Naamregister van de bekendste en meest in gebruik zynde Nederduitsche Boeken, welke sedert het jaar 1600 tot het jaar 1761 zyn uitgekomen. Rotterdam, 1773. Vogt, Johann. Catalogus Historico-Criticus Librorum Rariorum. Frankfort, 1793. Waldman, Milton. Americana, the Literature of American History. New York, 1925. Warner, Sir George. Miniatures and Borders from a Flemish Horae. British Museum Add. MS. 24098, Early Sixteenth Century, Reproduced in Honour of Sir George Warner. [London] Printed for the Subscribers, 191 1. Wegelin, Oscar. A Bibliography of the Separate Writings of John Esten Cooke. Fifty-one Copies Printed for Charles F. Heartman. Metuchen, New Jersey, 1925. Weisstein, Gotthilf. Bibliothek Weisstein Katalog. Leip- zig, 1913. Two volumes. Weller, E. [O.] Annalen der Poetischen National-Literatur der Deutschen im XVI und XVII Jahrhundert. Freiburg, 1862 [-1864]. Two volumes bound together. Wright, C. T. H. Nicholas Fabri de Peiresc. London, Printed for Presentation to the Members of The Rox- burghe Club, 1926.

Yemeniz, N. Catalogue de Mes Livres. . . Lyons 1865 [-66. J Three volumes. Published in a small edition. A sale catalogue of the Library appeared in 1867. 259

EXAMPLES

(Books showing Types, the Work of Special Printers and Publishers, Association Copies, etc.)

Alphabeta Varia. Rome, Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 1771, etc. (Binder’s title.) A collection of alphabets and prayers in many languages, for the use of the missions of the Propaganda, bound in two volumes. Alphabetum Chaldaicum. Rome, Society for the Propaga- tion of the Faith, 1636. Alphabetum Graecum. Paris, Robert Etienne, 1550. With name of early owner “Petrus Desgetz” stamped on binding. Accompanied by photostatic copy of the Edition of 1543.

Aldus Manutius and Italic Types.

Sedulius & Others. Poetae Christian! veteres. Venice, [Aldus Manutius, 1502.] Vol. 11. The Aldine device was used for the first time in this volume. Vol. 1 was dated 1501. Prudentius, [A. C] Prudentius, Prosper. loannes Dama-

scenus. .. . [Lyons, 1503?] A counterfeit of the text as printed by Aldus. Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, [Lyons, Trot, 1518]. In italic type.

Josse Badius Ascensius, Paris.

Plutarch. Opuscula. Paris, in Officina. Ascensiana, 1526, Woodcut device of the Ascensius hand press and elaborate border on title-page. 260 T. Buck, Cambridge.

Bible. New Testament. . . . 'H Koctvij Aiaßirjxij. Novum Testamentum. Cambridge, T. Buck, 1632. Ex libris Charles Drury.

Estienne Dolet, Lyons.

Dolet, Estienne. La Maniere de bien Traduire d’une Langue en autre. Lyons, E. Dolet, 1540. [Paris, Techener, 1830]. One of 120 copies. Three other pieces concerning Dolet and his family, are bound with this reprint of the work of France’s martyr printer.

Tie Eliiviers, Leyden,

Caesar. Opera. Leyden, Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1635. 123 cm. The first reprint of the 1635 edition, regarded as the masterpiece of the Elzevir presses. Vergil. Opera. Leyden, Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1636. The second of two reprints.

Tie Esliennes and tie Printing of Creek in Paris. Appian. ’Axxiovou’AXs?avSpio)s Pwpatxoiv KsXtixtj, Paris, C. Estienne, 1551.

Homer, and many others. Oi Tijs 'Hpwixijs . . . Poetae Graeci Prindpes. [Geneva], Henry Estienne, 11, 1566. The Holford copy of this chief masterpiece of the

Estienne presses. „

Plato. . . . "Axavxa va 2&)£6p.eva . . . opera quae, e.xjant omnia. [Geneva] H. Estienne, 11, 1578.ATw0volumes. The most famous edition of Plato; in the original stamped vellum binding. 261 Bible. New Testament. Ttj? KatvTjs AtafiTjxi)? "Axavva. Paris, R. Estienne, 1546. 11J cm. The smallest size of the French Royal Greek type appeared here for the first time. Bible. New Testament. Tij? Katviji; Ata6f)xij? "Axavca. Paris, P. Haultinus, 1549. Two volumes. 13 cm. Based on R. Estienne’s edition of 1546 (see preceding number). Bible. New Testament. Tij<; Kaivns "Axavxa. Paris. R. Estienne, 1550. The largest of the French Royal Greek types is used for the first time in this very handsome book. Cicero, M. T. Works. Paris, R. Estienne, 1543 [-50] Nine volumes in eight, the titles differing. First appearance of Robert Estienne’s italic type, imitating that of Aldus. Ex libris: Anna Damer, friend of Horace Walpole. Pamphilus. Eusebius ’ExxXirjataaTtxfji; 'lavopfa? . . . Ec- clesiasticae Historiae. Paris, R. Estienne, 1544. Dated June 30, 1544; the first regular book to be printed with the famous “Royal Greek Types.”

Eusebius Pamphilus, . . . ’EuaYfeXixtjs npoyapaoxeurj?

Bfg. IKvxe xal Slxa . . . Euangelicae praeparationis, Paris, R. Estienne, 1544. Printed in Royal Greek type, and sometimes erroneous- ly stated to be the first so printed (see preceding number.) The “Evangelicae Demonstratio” of Eusebius, 1545 (colophon, April 1, 1546,) is bound with this. Selectae e Profanis Scriptoribus Historiae Pars prima. Paris, Jacques Estienne, 1728. Jacques Estienne was probably not a descendant of the famous printers of the name.

Apollinarius [bishop of Laodicea]. ’AxoXXivocpfou . . . in-

terpretatio Psalmorum versibus heroicis . . . Paris, Turne, 1552. 262 With autograph of Alexander Boswell, father of the biographer. Bible. New Testament. 'H Kouvfj AtocSfjxi). [Paris, 1642.) Printed in Greek at the Royal Printing Office established in the Louvre by Cardinal Richelieu.

R. and A. Faults, Glasgow.

. Homer. . . ’TXiocs. Glasgow, R. and A. Foulis, 1747. Two volumes. From the dedication we gather that this is the first edition of the Iliad printed in Scotland.

Christopher Froschauer, Zurich

Stobaeus, Johannes. Klpot? ’ApaXOafa? Tudcvvou tou Sto{sa!ou *AxopOi'ppxnv xal 'Yxoflrjxfiiy. Zurich, C. Froschauer, 1559.

Oxford University Press.

Homer. . . . ’TXia? xai ’OSuctsefa. Oxford, The University Press, [lßoo]. (Volume 11 of the Grenville edition.) The poet Shelley was very fond of this edition of Homer.

IVilliam Pickering and the IVbittinghams.

Berners, Juliana. The Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle. London, Pickering, 1827. Printed by T. White, with the types of John Baskerville. Burns, Robert. Poetical Works. London, Pickering, 1830. Two volumes, (the first of the Aldine Edition of the British Poets). Herbert, George. Remains. London, Pickering, 1841 (Works, Vol. I.) 263 Pickering’s second edition. -—The Temple. London, Pickering, 1844. (Works, Vol. II.) Pickering’s third edition. Both volumes were printed by C. Whittingham. (Diamond edition), printed by C. Whittingham.

Homer. . . . [and ’OSuaasfa]. London, Pickering, 1831. Two volumes, on large paper. 11 cm. Original cloth. Horace. Quintus Horatius Flaccus. London, Pickering, 1820. 8j cm. Original cloth. The very rare first edition of the first book published by William Pickering. It was printed in diamond type by C. Corrall, as were the two following volumes. —Quintus Horatius Horace. London, Pickering, 1824. 85 cm. Original cloth. Copy in larger paper. 9 cm. [Rathbone, Mrs. H. M.] So much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby as relates to her Domestic History. London, Longman, 1844. Printed by C. Whittingham, in Caslon Old-face type. “It is claimed that the credit for producing the first

fruits of the old-face type revival is ... to be given to the publishers of the ‘Diary’. Actually, however, Pickering and Whittingham had already been using this type for several years.” C. Keyes. —Some further Portions of the Diary of Lady Willoughby. London, 1848. The Plantin Press, Antwerp.

Bible, Old Testament, Psalms. Davidis Regis . . . Psalmi in Latinum carmen a Benedicto Aria Montano obseruantissime conuersi. Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1574- Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1570. 264 Galle, Theodore. Illustrium Imagines, Ex antiquis mar- moribus, nomismatibus, et gemmis expressae. Antwerp, Ex Officina Plantiniana, 1606.

Geofroy Tory, Paris

Tory, Geofroy. L’art & Science de la vraye proportion de Lettres Attiques. Paris, V. Gaultherot, 1549. The second edition of Tory’s “Champ fleury.”

Bindings and Association Copies.

Apophthegmata Graeca. [Geneva,] H. Estienne, 1568. With the arms on the binding of the distinguished collector, C. M. Cracherode, and containing his note of acquisition. Most of his books were bequeathed to the British Museum, This copy in red morocco, he discarded for one bound in blue morocco. Clement of Alexandria. KXf)p.svco; 'AXelotvSpiw? euptax6p.sva. dementis Alexandrini Opera. Leyden, 1616. Peiresc’s copy, with his cypher on upper cover. Gollut, Loys. Les Memoires Historiques de la Repub. Sequanoise. Dole. 1592. With arms and monogram of Chancellor de Thou.

Horace. .. Opera. Paris, E. Typographia Regia, 1733. 12 cm. The Lamoignon-Bacon-Payne-Woodhull-Duif copy. Passau, Otho von. Die vierundzweintzig Alten. Dilingen, S. Mayer, 1568. Woodcuts. In original stamped vellum binding, with clasps; con- temporary handwriting. Strada, Jacques de. Epitome Thesauri Antiquitatum. Zurich, A. Gesner, 1557. With the bookplate of the collector, Yemeniz, and his note calling attention to the passage on Grolier in the preface of this book. 265

Themistius. . . . Paraphrasis in Aristotelis. Venice, Scotus, >554- Colbert’s copy, with his device on front cover.

Type Facsimiles, Publications of Book Clubs.

Caxton, William, Printer. Commemoracio Lamentacionis sive Compassionis Beate Marie. Reproduced in facsimile from the unique copy printed at Westminster by William Caxton, with an introduction by E. Gordon Duff. Oxford, 1901. One of 200 copies photographed and printed at the Ox- ford University Press for the Bibliographical Society of Lancashire. Johnson, Samuel, & Garrick, David. The Drury-Lane Prologue . . . and The Epilogue 1747. Reproduced in Type- facsimile from the edition printed by W. Webb. Oxford, 1924. [Hazlitt, W. C., Editor .] Paris and Vienne. From the Unique Copy Printed by William Caxton at Westminster in the Year M.CCCC.LXXXV. With a Preface, Glossary, and Notes. Printed for the Roxburghe Library, [London] M.D. CCCLX.VIII. Biblia Pauperum, Deutsche Ausgabe von 1471. Weimar Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1906. Defensorium inviolatae virginitatis Mariae. Weimar, Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1910. Mirabilia Romae. [Weimar, Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1904.] Nurnbergische . Das Schonbartbuch. . Weimar, Gesell- schaft der Bibliophilen, 1908.

Magazines

Edinburgh The Review, or Critical Journal: ... 25 266 October 1802. Edinburgh: Printed by D. Willison for

Archibald Constable .. . and J. Mawman, 1802. The first number of this famous Review, as issued. The Christian History, containing Accounts of the Revival and Propagation of Religion in Great-Britain & America. For the Year 1743. Boston, N. E. Printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green, for T. Prince, junr. 1744. This is the fourth American magazine. Le lournal des Scavans. . . Par le Sieur De Hedouville [pseud, of Denis de Sallo] Paris, i66'j[-66]. Original edition of the first two volumes of the earliest literary review. Thirteen weekly numbers were edited by Sallo, after which the review was discontinued until the following year, when the Abb 6 J. Gallois began editing it. The review continues to-day in different form. Various Numbers of the Revue des Bibliotheques, Zeit- schrift fur Biicherfreunde, and other periodicals, which were lacking in the library.

Microscopic Books

Verbum sempeternae. Printed at London by J. Beele . . 1614. Facsimile of John Taylor’s "Thumb Bible." Boonoberger, Ludwig. Betbuchlein. Vienna, 1607. 3J cm. in 24 mo case. In facsimile; printed in 1912. Protestant Episcopal Church. The Book of Common Prayer. Oxford, The University Press, [n.d.] 5 cm. Printed in microscopic type. 267

INDEX TO VOLUME ONE*

Activities of other book clubs, ioo-ioi Adams, Edward D., gift of Shakespeare statuette, 202 Addresses and exhibitions, 5-8, 52,80-82, 115-117, 133-148, 159, 164-170, 194-201, Ex. no. 7-29, 229. See also: Exhibi- tions. Altschul, Frank, gift of W. C. Crane collection of American engravings, 202 American Institute of Graphic Arts, 81-82, too, 200-201 Andrews, William Loring, memorial, 32 Anniversary, fortieth, 113-114 Annual meetings, 159-160 Appledore Press. “Note on the Appledore Press,” 33-41 Auctions, 163-164, 236-239 Avery, Samuel P., 30-32, “S. P. Avery, Engraver on Wood,” 229-236 Avery, Samuel P., Jr., 32 Bartlett, Henrietta C., 206 Bartsch, Adam von. "Adam von Bartsch 1757-1821,” 83-87 Belles-Lettres Repository, 203 Ben Hur. “The First Issue of ‘Ben Hur,’” 186-188 Bequests, Hamilton B. Tompkins, 73-74, Beverly Chew, 148-153 “A Bibliographical Study of Robert Browning’s ‘Paracel- sus,’” 92-96, 103-112 Bibliopontiphiles, 27-30 Blake, William, Bibliography, 26, 51, 73, 74-75 Book Club of California, 101 Book clubs, Activities of other book clubs, 100-101 Books and manuscripts of Charles Lamb, 125-127

*The prefix “Ex. no.” before page numbers indicates that the material referred to is in the Extra Number of the Gazette, between pp. 224 and 225. 268 Books, Early printed books, exhibition and catalogue. 64- 67, 87-92 Books, Illustrated books, exhibition, 51-52 Boston Society of Printers, 171 Brainerd, Ira H., and others, gift of bust of T. L. De Vinne, 201-202 Browning, Robert. “A Bibliographical Study of Robert Browning’s ‘Paracelsus,’” 92-96, 103-112 Bruce, David Wolfe, gift of early printed books, 64-67 Bullen, Henry L. “Collections within a Collection,” 207-215 Bulmer, William, and his contemporaries, exhibition, 99-100 Burns, Robert, manuscript material desired, 228 Bury, Richard de. “Durham Cathedral and Richard de Bury,” 128-132 Calendar of stated meetings, 23, 48, 72 Cassatt, Mary, catalogue, 25-26 Caxton Club, 100 Champ fleury, 77, Ex. no. 30-3 1 Chew, Beverly. “Old Books are Best,” 12, Beverly Chew memorial meeting, 133-148, “Mr. Chew’s Bequest to the Grolier Club,” 148-153, “Bibliographical Writings of Beverly Chew,” 153-155 Children’s books, exhibition, 229 Clark, Charles W., gift of Shelley collection, 227-228 Clements, William L., library, 119-120 Club-house, 74 Club of Odd Volumes, 52-53, 101 “Collections within a Collection,” 207-215 Color printing, modern, exhibition, 116 Committees, 192-193 “Concerning Quotation Marks,” 177-181 Condfe, Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de. “The Great Conde as a Patron of Letters,” 41-48 Cortissoz, Royal. "Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue,” 121-124 Council meetings, 160-161, 190-192 —■ — 269 Coykendall, Frederick, minute on Walter Gilliss’s death, i57-'59 Cruikshank, George, exhibition. Ex. no. 7-29 Degas, Edgar, exhibition, 52 De Vinne, Theodore Low, bust, 201-202, De Vinne exhibition and catalogue, 229 Distant members, 97-98 “Durham Cathedral and Richard de Bury,” 128-132 “An Early Printing Press” (The Raimondi Press), 101-102 Eddy, George Simpson. “Franklin’s English,” iB-2o,“The Great Conde as a Patron of Letters,” 41-48, “The Grati- tude of Royalty,” 70-71, “The Clements Library of Americana," 119-120 Elkins, William M., gift, 227 Engraved portraits, 8-io Exhibitions, 5-8, 51-52, 80-82, 99-100, 115-116, 155, 164- 170, 171, 193-201, Ex. no. 7-29, 228-229 Fay, Bernard. Notes on the American Press at the End of the Eighteenth Century, Ex. no. 30 Field, William B. Osgood. Tribute to Beverly Chew, 133-135 "Fifty Books of the Year,” 200-201 “Finding Things,” 172-176 Finley, John H. “Walter Gilliss, Printer,” 157; 205 "The First Issue of ‘Ben Hur,’” 186-188 Fortieth anniversary of the Club, 113-114 Franklin, Benjamin. “Franklin’s English,” 18-20, Pass- ports printed at Passy, 204 Gavarni, exhibition, 194-196 The Gazette, 1-3,25, 170-171,225-226 German presses, exhibition and catalogue, 229 Gifts, 8-10, 30-32, 201-202, 227-228, 239-266 Gilliss Press Recollections, 171-172, 202-203 Gilliss, Walter. “Durham Cathedral and Richard de Bury,” 128-132, “Walter Gilliss, Printer,” by John H. Finley, 157, minute on Walter Gilliss’s death, 157-159, memorial meeting to Mr. Gilliss, 159 Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 121-124 270 Gosden, Thomas, exhibition, 167-170 Granniss, Ruth S. “Gabriel Peignot,” 15-18, “Early Printed Books,” 64-67,87-92, “Mr. Chew’s Bequest to the Groiier Club,” 148-153, “Bibliographical Writings of Beverly Chew,” 153-155, “William Augustus White as a Member of the Groiier Club,” Ex. no. 1-6, “S. P. Avery, Engraver on Wood,” 229-236 “The Gratitude of Royalty,” 70-71 Groiier de Servieres, Jean, signature, 53, “A Groiier Binding at Last,” 226-227 Haber, Louis L, Tribute to Beverly Chew, 145 Honorary membership, 73, 159-160 Howell, James. “Notes on Certain Peculiarities in Early Editions of James Howell,” 182-185 Hutchins, Henry C. “A Bibliographical Study of Robert Browning’s ‘Paracelsus,’” 92-96, 103-112 Illustrated books, exhibition, 51-52 Irving, Washington. Journals, 4, 26, 51 Isham, Ralph H., gift, 227 Ivins, William M., Jr. “A Question of Illustration,” 13-15, “A Sidelight on Sixteenth-Century Woodcut Technique,” 20-23, “Adam von Bartsch 1757-1821,” 83-87; 206 Jaffray, Robert. “ Bibliopontiphiles,” 27-30, minute on Mr. Jaffray’s death, 189-190 Japanese prints, exhibition and catalogue, 99, 117 Johnson, Samuel. “ Piozzi-Johnson Annotations,” 58-63 Keats, John, memorial exhibition, 5-8, Keats manuscript material desired, 228 Kennedy, Edward G., gifts of prints, 8-10, tribute to Beverly Chew, 140-145 Kent, Henry W. “An Early Printing Press” (The Raimondi Press), 101-102, “The Gift of the Morgan Library,” 117- 119, tribute to Beverly Chew, 135-138 Keynes, Geoffrey, elected an honorary foreign corresponding member, 73 Lamb, Charles, exhibition, 115, paper by Ernest Dressel North, 125-127 Library, 10-12, 78-80, 98-99. See also: Gifts 271

Library endowment fund, 53, 161-162 Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 113 Lydgate, John. The Fade of Prynces, 1494, “A Real Biblio- graphical Ghost,” 54-58 Machiavelli, Nicolo. “Machiavelli on Books,” 82 Mackall, Leonard L., list of his gift of books, 239-266 McMurtrie, Douglas C. “Concerning Quotation Marks,” 177-181 Mansfield, Howard. "Note on the Appledore Press,” 33-41, tribute to Beverly Chew, 138-140 Mardersteig, Hans, 205 Meetings, 23, 48, 72, 113-115 Members, 73, 97-98, 159-161, 190-192 Members, honorary, 73, 159-160 Members, non-resident, 97-98 Merritt, Edward P. “Piozzi-Johnson Annotations,” 58-63 Middle West, books and broadsides, exhibition, 196-200 Moliere, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, exhibition, 80-81 Mores, Edward Rowe. English Typographical Founders and Founderies, 155-156 Morgan, J. Pierpont, library, 117-119 Mortgages, 50-51 Nelson, Robert W., 204-206 New York University, course in printing, 206 Nichols, S. Van B. "A Triangular Negative,” 68-69 North, Ernest Dressel. “ Books and Manuscripts of Charles Lamb,” 125-127 “Note on the Appledore Press,” 33-41 Notes, 171-172, 190-192, 204-206 “Notes on Certain Peculiarities in Early Editions of James Howell,” 182-185 Officina Bodoni Montagnola, 205 "Old Books are Best,” 12 Oswald, John Clyde. “The First Issue of ‘Ben Hur,’” 186- 188 Painter, Henry M., Tribute to Beverly Chew, 146-148 272 Peignot, Gabriel, 15-18 Pennell, Joseph, 204 Piozzi, Mrs. Hester Lynch. “Piozzi-Johnson Annotations,” 58-63 Pollard, Alfred W. “A Real Bibliographical Ghost,” 54-58 Printers’ Series, 75-76, 117 Printing, American, in past forty years, exhibition, 115-116 Printing, invention, celebrations, 209-2 11 Prints, 8-10, 202 Publications, 4, 25-26, 51, 74-78, 116-117, 155-156, 171— 172, 202-203, Ex. no. 30-31, 228-229 “A Question of Illustration,” 13-15 Quotation marks. “Concerning Quotation Marks,” 177-181 Raimondi printing press, 101-102 Ralph, James. “Mr. Ralph Howls to Melpomene,” 216-223 "A Real Bibliographical Ghost,” 54-58 Requests for information, 228 Saturday afternoons at the Grolier Club, 114-115 Scott, Sir Walter, manuscript material desired, 228 Seitz, Don C. “Finding Things,” 172-176 Ye Sette of Odd Volumes, 211-215 Shelley, Percy Bysshe, exhibition and catalogue, 52, 76-77, 116, gift of Shelley collection, 227-228 “A Sidelight on Sixteenth-Century Woodcut Technique,” 20-23 Sporting books and prints, exhibition, 164-167 Tompkins, Hamilton 8., bequest, 73-74 Tory, Geofroy, Champ fleury, 77, Ex. no. 30-31 Transactions, 3-4 “A Triangular Negative,” 68-69 “Two Benefactors of the Club,” 30-32 Updike, Daniel Berkeley, elected an honorary member, 159- 160 Wagner, Henry R., 206 Walpole, Horace, 70-71 273

Weill, David, gift of Franklin prints, 202 Weitenkampf, Frank, address on Gavarni, 194-196 White, William A., catalogue of library, 205-206, “William AugustusWhite as a Member of the Grolier Club,” Ex. no. 1-6 Winship, George P. “Notes on Certain Peculiarities in Early Editions of James Howell,” 182-185, “George Cruik- shank,” Ex. no. 7-29 Wood-engraving. “A Sidelight on Sixteenth-Century Wood- cut Technique,” 20-23 Wroth, Lawrence C. “Mr. Ralph Howls to Melpomene,” 216-223 Year book, 49, 97 Zenger, John Peter, 207-209