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HARTLEY, John. Catalogus universalis librorum, in omni facultate, linguaque insignium. & rarissimorum, non solum ex catalogis bibliothecarum Bodleianae, Lugduno-Batavae, Ultrajectinae, Barberinae, Thuanae, Cordesianae, Tellerianae, Slusianae, & Heinsianae, sed etiam ex omnibus sere aliis praelo impressis collectus. London: John Hartley, 1699.
8 volumes bound in 2. (167 x 111 mm). Contemporary calf (wear to joints and edges).
FIRST EDITION. This "Select universal bibliography" of c. 30,000 rare books by the London bookseller Hartley is divided into 9 parts, designated A,B,C,D, Dd, E, F, Ff, and G. It had, as it were, a bad press: Lowndes judged it "of no value or utility," and Besterman, less stridently, "a book somewhat obscurely arranged, of little value." However, a reissue was called for in 1701. Besterman 754 and 814. (2)
8 volumes bound in 2. (167 x 111 mm). Contemporary calf (wear to joints and edges).
FIRST EDITION. This "Select universal bibliography" of c. 30,000 rare books by the London bookseller Hartley is divided into 9 parts, designated A,B,C,D, Dd, E, F, Ff, and G. It had, as it were, a bad press: Lowndes judged it "of no value or utility," and Besterman, less stridently, "a book somewhat obscurely arranged, of little value." However, a reissue was called for in 1701. Besterman 754 and 814. (2)