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BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



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de U Franc*.' an account of works both printed Mid manuscript on 

 French hUtory, the hurt edition of which, publiolied at Paris in 

 1708-1778, U in fire volume* folio. The ' Bibliotheca Historica' of 

 Mou*el. published at Leipzig in 1782-1804, in twenty-two volume*, 8vo, 

 is much more extenaive in iU deiign, comprehending both historical 

 and geographical work* relating to all countries and m all languages. 

 Other work* of this clam are the Bibliotheca Maptia Rabbinic* r of 

 Julius Bartoloccius, 4 voU fol. Rome, 1675, with the supplement of 

 1 '- .1. Imbonatux, fol. Rome, 1694; the 'Scriptoram Ecclesiasticorum 

 ia Litoraria ' of Cave, 2 vols. fol. Oxford, 1740 ; Luke Wiulding'g 

 tores Ordinis Miuorum/ fol. Rome, 1650 (a highly esteemed and 

 scarce work) ; Ribadeneiro'i ' Bibliotheca Scriptorum Societatis Jesu/ 

 fol. Rome, 1676; Le Long's 'Bibliotheca Sacra' (an account of the 

 editions of the Scriptures, and of the versions of them iu various 

 language*), 2 vols. fol. Par., 1723; the ' Bibliotheca Seriptomi 

 rum et Recentiorum' of J. J. Manget, 4 vol*. fol. Geneva, 1731 ; the 

 Rev. T. H. Home's ' Manual of Biblical Bibliography/ 1839 ; the 

 4 Bibliotheca Mathematica' of Murhnrd, 6 vols. 8vo, Leipz. 1797-1805; 

 the ' Bibliographic Astronomique ' of La Land, 4to, Pan*, 1803 ; the 

 Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works relating to English 

 Topography,' by Mr. Upcott, 3 vols. 8vo, 1818, one of the most accurate 

 of this description of publications ; De Morgan's ' Notices of Arith- 

 metical Books and Authors,' 8vo, 1847; Darling's ' Cyclopaedia Biblio- 

 graphica, a Library Manual of Theological and General Literature, and 

 Guide to Books/ 1857-58, a work of great value ; and ' Bibliographic 

 Biognphique ; ou, Dictionnaire de 26,000 Ouvrages relatifa a I'll 

 de la Vie des Homines Gildbres/ par Edouard Marie Oettinger, Leipzig, 

 1850. 



Another subdivision of this class of bibliographical works consists of 

 catalogues of all such books as have been published up to a certain 

 date posterior to the invention of printing, or of those that have 

 appeared in some particular age, or that have issued from some 

 particular press. Among the moat remarkable of these are Maittnire'a 

 ' Annales Typographicic ab artis invento origine/ 5 vols. 4to, of \\ -Inch 

 the first was published in 1719 at the Hague, and the lost at London in 

 1741 (to this should be added the supplement by Denis, 2 vols. 4to, 

 Vienna, 1789); Panzer's 'Annales Typographical ab artis inventjc 

 origine/ 11 vols. 4to, Nuremberg, 1793-1803, ill which work, founded 

 upon the preceding, the list of books is brought down to the year 

 1536 ; Ames's ' Typographical Antiquities, being an Historical Account 

 of Printing in England from 1471 to 1600,' of which a new and 

 enlarged edition was issued, in 4 vols. 4to, by the Rev. T. F. Dilidin in 

 1810-12 ; Maittnire's ' Historia Stephanoruni,' 2 vols. 8vo, London, 1709; 

 Maittaire's ' Historia Typographorum Aliquot Parisieuium/ 2 vols. 8vo, 

 London, 1717; and Renouard's 'Annales de I'lmprimerie des Aide/ 

 2 vols. 8vo, Paris, 1803. 



To these works are to be added many others, which proceed upon a 

 principle of selection. Such are the following: A. Beyer's ' Memorial 

 Historieo-criticie Librorum Rariorum/ 8vo, Dread, et Leipz. 1784; 

 J. Vogt's ' Catalogus Historico-Criticus Librorum Rariorum.' 8vo, 

 Haiub. 1753, and again, improved, in 1793; 8. Engel'a 'Bibliotheca 

 ^Icctiiwiuia, sen Catalogus Libronim in omni generc scientinruni raris- 

 ximorum, cum notis bibliographicis/ 8vo, Bern. 1743; D.Clement's 

 ' Bibliotheque Curieuse, ou Catalogue Raiaonud des Livrcs rores et 

 difficiles h trouver/ 9 vols. 4to, Gottingen, 1750-60. This extensive 

 work, in which the titles of the books ore arranged alphabetically, 

 comes down only to the letter H, having been stopped at that point by 

 the death of the author. De Euro's ' Bibliographic Instructive, ou 

 Traite de la Connoissance des Livres rares et singuliers, contenant un 

 Catalogue Kaisonnd de hi plus grande partie de ces livres precieuz qui 



2 vols. 8vo, under the title of a supplement to his ' Bibliographic ; ' and 

 in 1 782 a tenth volume was added to the work, being an index to the 

 anonymous books mentioned in it, which were not included in the 

 original index. Of the original seven volumes, the first is occupied 

 with theology, the second with jurisprudence and the sciences and arts, 

 tli.' tliinl and fourth with the belles lettres, the fifth and sixth with 

 history, and the last with a general index to the whole, in which the 

 books are Hniund according to the names of the authors. Probably M. . 

 publication has contributed so much to make the study of bibliography 

 jxijuiUr as this elegant and judicious performance. Even at the | 

 day it may he recommended as the most attractive manual of biblio- 

 graphical knowledge that has yet been produced. Xotwithhtanding 

 ierablc deficiencies, and also some inaccuracies, the student will 

 collect from it, more readily than from any other source, a luum 1. . I-.- 

 of the titles and best editions of most, not only of the rarest but ..I-.. 

 of the.moHt important works that had issued from the press up to the 

 time of it* appearance. It is astonishing what an extent of ground 

 the author contrive* to go over in his limited space. The articles 

 v. hi. -li he describes amount to above 6000 in number ; and, in regard 

 to many of them, very ample details are giv, n. i >.,,,. ,nt'.- 'Diction- 

 naire Typographique, Historiquc, et Critique, des Livrea rares, estiuies, 

 et recherche* ell tous genre*/ 2 vol*. 8vo, Paris, 1/68 ; J. J. Bawer's 

 ' Bibliotheca Libronim Rariorum Universal!*/ 7 vols. 8vo, 1770-91 ; 

 K. X. Ijiirc'n ' Index Libronim ab Inventa Ty|x>graphia ad annum 

 1 >o, cum noti*,' 2 vols. 8vo, 1791 ; Dr. Adam Clarke's ' Bibliographical 



of the most curious and useful book*, in Latin, Greek, 

 Hebrew, Arabic, and other Eastern language*/ 6 vol*. 12ino. 1803, 

 with a Supplement, containing an account of English translations of 

 the classic* and theological writer*, published under the title of the 

 ' Bibliographical Miscellany,' in 2 void. 12mo, in 1S06; 8. Santander's 

 ' Dictionnaire Bibliographique choisi du Quinziciue Siecle/ 8 volt. Svo, 

 1805 ; Brunei's ' Manuel du Libraire, et de 1' Amateur de* Livres/ 2nd 

 edit., 4 vols. 8vo, 1814, a very useful work, of which a new and enlarged 

 edition i said (1859) to be in course of preparation by the autli..i ; 

 Dibdin's ' Library Companion/ 2 vols. 8vo, London, 1 

 ' English Gentleman's Library Manual/ 8vo, 1827 ; Lowndes's ' Biblio- 

 grapher's Manual of English Literature,' 4 vols. 8vo, London, 1834, of 

 which a new and enlarged edition was published in 1858 ; Ventouillac's 

 ' French Librarian/ 8vo, 1S29 ; the ' Bibliotheca Historica Selects ' of 

 B. B. G. Struviuc, 8vo, 1705, and greatly augmented by C. G. Buder, 

 2 vols. 8vo, 1740 ; the catalogue of the principal historical writers 

 appended to the Abbd Lenglet du Fresnoy's ' Methode pour Windier 

 I'Histoire/ 6 vol*. 4to, Paris, 1729-40, or that forming the second volume 

 of the English translation of part of the same work, by Dr. Richard 

 Rawlinson, 2 vols. 8vo, London, 1730; Archbishop XicolaonV 

 torical Libraries of England, Scotland, and Ireland/ 4to, 177(3; the 

 ' Lettres sur la Profession d'Avocat, et Bibliotheque choisi des Livrea 

 de Droit/ of M. Camus ; the catalogue of works relating to natural 

 philosophy and the mechanical arts, annexed to the late Dr. \ 

 ' Lectures on Natural Philosophy ; ' the late Dr. Mason Good's v 

 of Medicine,' 5 vols. 8vo, 1829 ; A. Baillet's ' Jugemens des .- 

 sur les Principaux Ouvrages des Auteurs.' augmentd par M. de hi 

 Monuoye, 8 vols. 4to, Amsterdam, 1724 ; tho ' Censura Lit. 

 of Sir Egerton Brydges, 10 vols. 8vo, 1806-09 ; Hartshome's ' K..,,k 

 Rarities in the University of Cambridge/ Svo, London. ]>_".'. I'nder 

 this head also may be noticed the learned and admirable work ..: 1 >. 

 G. Morhof, entitled ' Polyhistor Literarius, Philosopbicus, et Pra 

 first published in 1688, but the best edition of which is that of .1. A. 

 Fabricius, in 2 vols. 4to, 1747; the very erudite and elaborate ' UM.I- 

 niasticon Literarium ' of C. G. Sax, or Saxius, published at Utn 

 7 vols. Svo, from 1759 to 1790, with a supplementary volume which 

 appeared in 1803; and ' Tresor dc.t Livrea rares et prccieux/ on the 

 same plan as that of Brunet, but containing a vast addition of infonun- 

 tion regarding works in the languages of northern and eastern Europe, 

 Russian, Polish, Greek, &c., compiled by J. T. Griiese, of Dr. 

 which is being issued in parts, only four having l>een yet ' 

 published. ' The Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and 1 

 and American Authors living and deceased/ published also in 1859, ia 

 only partly bibliographical, as its 30,000 notices of authors and their 

 works, are critical and biographical; it has forty indexes of sub- 

 jects which are bibliographically useful, but it has no pretence to 

 completeness. 



There is one class of books, which, from a peculiarity by which they 

 are distinguished, has frequently been treated by itself in biblio- 

 graphical works; wo mean the class of books which have n..t tin- 

 names of their authors on the title juge. In lil'.io. Adrieu liaillet 

 published, not a very profound, but still a curious treatise upon books 

 of this description, under the title of ' Auteurs Deguisea sous de.- 

 e'trongers, empruntes, supposes, feints K plaisir, abrogea, chiffre*, r. n 

 verses, retournes ou change's d'une langage en uneautre;' win. 

 afterwards incorporated in the fifth volume of La Monnoye's edition uf 

 the ' Jugemens des Savans/ along with many annotations and . 

 tions. At the end of this dissertation, which is divided into four parts, 

 ia given a list of false names assumed by authors, with their iir 

 tat ion, as far as known, which extends to between sixty and seventy 

 columns. A few years before the publication of Baillet's work, namely. 

 in 1674, Vincent Placcius had printed a small tract in 4to. at Hamburg, 

 entitled ' De Scriptis et Scriptoribus Anonymis atque 1 ' 

 Syntagma.' In 1708 this work re-appeared under the siiptrint. nd< -m . 

 of the indefatigable Jo. Alb. Fabricius, and of Mat. Dre\ . 

 of Hamburg, enlarged to 2 vols. fol. by the insertion of much new 

 matter, and also by the addition of the following tracts upon the same 

 subject, which had been previously printed: ' De Noininum 

 lione/ by F. Gcisler, 16G9, and again in 1671 ; ' Conjecture 

 Adespotis, Piteudenigraphis, et Supposititiis,' by John ' >ai..l 



1686 ; and ' Disaertatio Epistolica ad Placcium, tjua Anonymorum et 

 Pseudonymorum farrago exhibitur/ by Jo. Mayer, 1689. To the whol.- 

 wu now given the title of ' Vincentii PI HIM Anonymorum 



ndonymorum.' To this should be added the Supplement pub- 

 lished iu 1 vol. folio, and also in -J in 1 7 I", l.y 



Jo. Ch. Mylius, in which is comprise.] an . eding Sup- 



original work, and tli" Mippleiin nt of Mylhi". together comprel,, n.l 

 between nine an.l ten thousand articles. 



But of all the works in this department of bibliography, by far lh.- 

 moat perfect and valuable ia the ' Dictionnaire des Am.m U 

 iloiiyiues' of the late M. li. i l.i.-r. .-..: .>! (lie private libraries, 



first of tli.- Kmp.-ioi- Na|>lcon, and aften lies X. of 1' 



The first two volumes of the Hint edition of tin woik 



a|>peared in 1806, and were followed by two more in 1809. The 

 publication of a second and greatly impro\e.l and i nlargcd i^liti 



