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The greater number of these occupy the cases at the inner end 

 of every alternate' desk, labelled BB.A. to BB.T. Others are 

 placed in the Circles or in the presses numbered 2035 to 2038. 

 The arrangement of the books in these cases and presses will be 

 found in the Table of the Arrangement of the Books iji the Beference 

 Library (p. 50), or in the Plan of the Ground Floor of the Beading 

 Boom, a reduced copy of which faces the title-page of this book. 



The following is a selected list of the principal general biblio- 

 graphies of all subjects and of the general national literature of 

 the principal countries of Europe and America : — 



BiBLIOGEAPHIfiS OP BiBLIOGEAPHY. 



Sabin (J.) Bibliography of Bibliography. 1877. 



Vallee (L.) Bibliographie des Bibliographies. 1883-1887. 



Stein (H.) Manuel de Bibliographie G^nerale. 1897. 



JosEPHSON (A. G. S.) Bibliographies of Bibhographies chrono- 

 logically arranged. 1905. 



CouETNEY (W. P.) A Eegister of National Bibliography. With 

 a selection of the chief bibUographical books and articles 

 printed in other countries. 3 vol. 1905-1912. 



Geneeal Bibliogeaphies. 



Geoegi (T.) AUgemeines Europaisches Biicher-Lexikon. 8 pt. 

 1742-1758, 



Printed in tabular form. Pts. I.-IV. consist of Latin and 

 German books to 1739 ; Pt. V. of French books to 1749 ; 

 Pts. VL-VIII. Latin and German books continued to 1757. 



Beunet (J. C.) Manuel du Libraire et de I'Amateur des Livres. 

 6 tom. 1860-1865. 



■ Supplement. 3 tom. 1878-1880. 



Chiefly rare and valuable books ; Greek and Latin classics, 

 French, German, Italian and a few English books. Vol. VI. 

 consists of a Table M^thodique, or classified list of books 

 (many of v^ich do not appear in the earlier volumes) on 

 all subjects. The classification is complex and difficult. 

 A copy of the volume with a manuscript index of subjects 

 is kept at the Central Desk. Vol. III. of the Supplement 

 is entitled Dictionnaire de G6ographie. It contains the 

 Latinized forms of imprints with their French equivalents, 

 and notes on the date of the introduction of printing in each 

 country and town, 



Paeis, Bibliotheqice Nationale. Catalogue general des Livres 

 imprimes. 1897, etc. 



