FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR -- WILLER, Georg (c.1514-94). Catalogus novus nundinarum autumnalium Francofurti ad Moenum, anno M.D. LXXXXIX ... Verzeichnuss fast aller neuwer Bücher welche seyther der nechstverschienen Fastenmess ... in offentlichem Druck seyn aussgangen. Frankfurt: Nicolaus Basseus, 1589. 4° (194 x 149mm). (A little light spotting and browning.) Modern speckled paper boards, printed label on front cover. Provenance: Thore Virgin (1911 bookplate). -- WILLER, Georg. Catalogus novus nundinarum autumnalium Francofurti ad Moenum, anno M.D.LXXXXI ... Verzeichnuss fast aller neuwer Bücher. Frankfurt: Nicolaus Basseus, 1591. 4° (194 x 150mm). (A little light spotting and browning.) Modern speckled paper boards, printed label on front cover. -- WILLER, Georg. Catalogus novus nundinarum vernalium Francofurti ad Moenum, anno M.D.LXXXXII ... Verzeichnuss fast aller neuwer Bücher welche seyther der nechstverschienen Herbstmess ... in offentlichem Druck seyn aussgangen. Frankfurt: Nicolas Basseus, 1592. 4° (194 x 148mm). (A little light spotting and browning.) Modern speckled paper boards, printed paper label on front cover. Georg Willer, bookseller at Augsburg, was the first to issue a catalogue of newly published books which were available at the spring and autumn trade fair at Frankfurt. It was an attempt to list all new publications issued in Europe, and these Frankfurt book fair catalogues "represent the first international bibliography of a periodic character" (Folter and Breslauer, no. 24). The first catalogue appeared in 1564; catalogues of the bookfair in the 16th century are rare on the market. (3)