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POLLARD, Graham and Albert EHRMAN. The Distribution of Books by Catalogue from the Invention of Printing to A.D. 1800, based on Material in the Broxbourne Library. Cambridge: for the Roxburghe Club, 1965.
Large 4o (323 x 224 mm). Numerous plates. Original quarter red morocco, t.e.g.
FIRST EDITION, limited to 150 copies. The first book solely devoted to the history of the book catalogue. This book "remains unsurpassed, particularly for the period to 1700, its scope including catalogues from printers, booksellers and auctioneers, fair catalogues from Frankfurt and Leipzig, prospectuses, publishers' and others' catalogues in books, inventories of private, trade, and institutional collections, and printed catalogues of private and institutional libraries. Few books that have dealt with the history of catalogues have been more influential, and in many respects it remains to be fully exploited." McKitterick, "Book Catalogues: Their Varieties and Uses" in The Book Encompassed. Studies in Twentieth-Century Bibliography (1992, ed. by Peter Davison) p. 164.
Large 4
FIRST EDITION, limited to 150 copies. The first book solely devoted to the history of the book catalogue. This book "remains unsurpassed, particularly for the period to 1700, its scope including catalogues from printers, booksellers and auctioneers, fair catalogues from Frankfurt and Leipzig, prospectuses, publishers' and others' catalogues in books, inventories of private, trade, and institutional collections, and printed catalogues of private and institutional libraries. Few books that have dealt with the history of catalogues have been more influential, and in many respects it remains to be fully exploited." McKitterick, "Book Catalogues: Their Varieties and Uses" in The Book Encompassed. Studies in Twentieth-Century Bibliography (1992, ed. by Peter Davison) p. 164.