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Thomson's (Th.) History of the Royal Society of London, to the end of the 18th century. 4to. London, 1812.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, from their commencement in 1665 to 1800; abridged, with notes and biographic illustrations, by C. Hutton, G. Shaw, and R. Pearson. 18 vols. 4to. London, 1809.

Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. 5 vols. 8vo. Warrington, 1785-98.

Essays, by a Society of Gentlemen at Exeter. 8vo. Exeter, 1796. Mémoires de l'Institut National des Sciences et des Arts; viz. sciences mathématiques et physiques, 1792-1806, 7 vols.; sciences morales et politiques, 1792-1803, 5 vols. ; littérature et beaux arts, et mémoires présentées à l'Institut par divers savans, et lus dans ses assemblées, 1792-1805, 5 vols. 17 vols. 4to. Paris, 1792-1810. Mémoires Littéraires, et l'Histoire de l'Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, depuis son établissement jusqu'à 1793: avec le tableau général des ouvrages contenus dans ce recueil. 50 vols. 4to. Paris, 1736, &c. :

Mémoires Littéraires, et l'Histoire de l'Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres; nouvelle série, publiée par l'Institut. Vols. I. to VIII. 4to. Paris, 1815-28.

Transactions of the Asiatic Society instituted in Bengal. (Asiatic Researches, Indian History.)

Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal; with index. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1802, &c.

Quarterly Review; with index. 8vo. London, 1809, &c.

Gentleman's Magazine (a selection of curious articles from the), classed under their proper heads, by P. Bliss. 4 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1809. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. 8vo. Edinb. 1817, &c.

Foreign Quarterly Review. 8vo. London, 1828, &c.

Giornale de' Letterati d' Italia. 8 vols. 12mo. Venezia, 1710-11.

Bibliography.

Achard (C. F.), Cours Elémentaire de Bibliographie. 3 vols. 8vo. Marseille, 1806-7.

Horne's (T. H.) Introduction to the Study of Bibliography; to which is prefixed, a memoir on the public libraries of the ancients. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1814.

History of Printing.

Cotton's (Henry) Typographical Gazetteer. 8vo. 8vo. Oxford, 1825. Astle's (Thos.) Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing. (Hist. of Writing.)

Dibdin (T. F.) on the Origin of Printing. (Ames's Typog. Antiq. Vol. I.) Lambinet (P.), Origine de l'Imprimerie, d'après les titres authentiques. 2 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1810.

Lichtenberger (J. Frid.) Initia Typographica illustr. 4to. Argent, 1811.

Meerman (G.), de l'Invention de l'Imprimerie; ou, analyse de deux ouvrages publiées sur cette matière par M. Jansen; suivi d'une notice chronologique et raisonnée des livres, avec et sans date, avant l'année 1501, dans les Pays Bas, par M. Visier, augmentée par l'éditeur. 8vo. Paris, 1809.

Schoepflini (J. D.) Vindicia Typographicæ. 4to. Argent. 1760. Fischer (Gott.), Essai sur les Monumens Typographiques de Jean Guttenberg. 4to. Mayence, 1802.

Née de la Rochelle (J. F.), Eloge Historique de Jean Guttenberg, premier inventeur de l'art typographique à Mayence. 8vo. Paris, 1811.

Camus (A. G.), Notice d'un Livre imprimé à Bamberg en 1462. 4to. Paris, 1799.

Maittaire (M.) Annales Typographici, ab artis inventæ origine ad annum 1664; cum indice. 5 vols. in 9, 4to. Hage Comit. et Londini, 1719-51.

Maittaire (M.) Annales Typographici; supplementum adornavit M. Denis. 2 vols. 4to. Vienna, 1789.

Panzer (G. W.) Annales Typographici, ab artis inventæ origine ad annum 1536; continuati post Maittairii, Denisii, aliorumque doctiss. virorum curas. 11 vols. 4to. Norimberga, 1793-1803.

Santander (C. de la Serna), Mémoire sur l'Origine et le premier Usage des Signatures et des Chiffres dans l'art Typographique. 8vo. Bruxel. 1806. (Catalogue de Santander, Vol. V.)

Santander (C. de la Serna), Observations sur le Filigrane du Papier des Livres imprimés dans le 15ème siècle. (Cat. de Santander, Vol. V.) Singer's (S. W.) Researches into the History of Playing Cards; with illustrations on the origin of printing and engraving on wood. 4to. London, 1816.

Ged (Biographical Memoirs of W.), including an account of his progress in the art of block-printing [compiled by J. Nichols]. 8vo. Lond.

1781.

An account of the first attempt at stereotype printing.

Caxton (Wyllyam), Life of; in which is given an account of the rise and progress of the art of pryntyng in England till 1493, by John Lewis. 8vo. London, 1737.

Typographical Antiquities, or the history of printing in England, Scotland, and Ireland; containing memoirs of our ancient printers, and a register of the books printed by them: begun by Joseph Ames; considerably augmented by W. Herbert; and now greatly enlarged, with copious notes, &c. by T. F. Dibdin. 4 vols. 4to. largest paper. London, 1809-19.

Decree of the Starre-Chamber concerning Printing, 11th July, 1637. 4to. London, 1637.

This famous decree is an epoch in English literary history, being that on which all others were founded until 1662.

Milton's (John) Areopagitica; a speech for the liberty of unlicensed printing to the Parliament of England. (Prose Works, 4to. and 8vo. Vol. I.)

Greswell's (W. Parr) Annals of Parisian Typography; containing an account of the earliest typographical establishments in Paris, and notes and illustrations of the most remarkable productions of the Parisian Gothic press. 8vo. London, 1818.

[Audefridi (J. B.)] Catalogus Historico-Criticus Romanarum editionum sæculi XV. 4to. Roma, 1783.

Federici (Fortunato), Annali della Tipografia Volpi-Cominiana, colle Notizie intorno la vita e gli studj de' Fratelli Volpi. 8vo. Padova, nel Seminario, 1809.

Renouard (Ant. Aug.), Annales de l'Imprimerie des Aldes. 3 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1803-12.

[Adry], Notice sur les Imprimeurs de la Famille des Elzeviers. 8vo. Paris, 1806.

Thomas's (J.) History of Printing in America; with a biography of printers, and an account of newspapers: to which is prefixed a concise view of the discovery and progress of the art in other parts of the world. 2 vols. 8vo. Worcester (America), 1810.

General Bibliographers.

Barbier (A. A.) et N. L. M. Desessarts, Nouvelle Bibliothèque d'un Homme de Goût; contenant des jugemens tirés des journaux et des critiques sur les meilleurs ouvrages. 5 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1808-10. Beloe's (William) Anecdotes of Literature and scarce Books. 6 vols. 8vo. London, 1807-12.

Brunet (J. C.), Manuel du Libraire et de l'Amateur de Livres, contenant un nouveau dictionnaire bibliographique et catalogue raisonné; reimprimé, augmenté de plus de deux mille articles et d'un grand nombre de notes. 4 vols. 8vo. Bruxelles, 1821.

Clement (D.), Bibliothèque Curieuse, historique et critique; ou, catalogue raisonné des livres difficile à trouver. A to H, all published. 9 vols. 4to. Gottingen et Leipsic, 1750-60.

Debure (Guil. Fr.), Bibliographie Instructive, ou traité de la connoissance des livres rares et singuliers. 7 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1763–68. Dibdin's (T. F.) Library Companion; or the young man's guide and the old man's comfort in the choice of a library. 2 vols. in one, royal 8vo. London, 1824.

Dibdin's (T. F.) Bibliomania, or book-madness; containing the history, symptoms, and cure of this fatal disease. 8vo. first edition. Lond. 1809. Dibdin's (T. F.) Bibliomania; a bibliographical romance. 8vo. Lond. 1811.

Dibdin's (T. F.) Bibliographical Decameron; or, ten days' pleasant discourse upon illuminated manuscripts and subjects connected with early engraving, typography, and bibliography. 3 vols. imp. 8vo. London, 1817.

Dibdin's (T. F.) Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany. 3 vols. in 4, imp. 8vo. Lond. 1821. [Dibdin's (T. F.)] Bibliophobia. 8vo. A presentation copy from the author. London, 1832.

Fournier (Fr. Ing.), Dictionnaire portatif de Bibliographie. 8vo. Paris,

Peignot (G.), Dictionnaire Raisonné de Bibliologie. 3 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1802.

Peignot (G.), Dictionnaire Critique, Littéraire, et Bibliographique, des Livres condamnées au feu, supprimés, ou censurés. 2 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1806.

Peignot (G.), Répertoire Bibliographique Universel, contenant la notice raisonnée des bibliographies spéciales. 8vo. Paris, 1812.

National and Professional Bibliographers.

Watt's (Robt.) Bibliotheca Britannica; or, a general index to British and foreign literature [both according to authors and subjects]. 4 vols. 4to. Edinburgh, 1824.

Lowndes' (W. T.) Bibliographer's Manual; being an account of rare, curious, and useful books, published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland with bibliographical and critical notices, collations of the rarer works, &c. 4 vols. 8vo. London, 1828-32. Brydges' (Sir E.) Censura Literaria; containing titles, abstracts, and opinions of old English books. 10 vols. 8vo. London, 1806-9. Brydges' (Sir E.) and Joseph Haslewood's British Bibliographer. 4 vols. 8vo. London, 1810-13.

Brydges' (Sir E.) Restituta; or, titles, extracts, and characters of old books in English literature revived. 4 vols. 8vo. London, 1814. Oldy's (Wm.) British Librarian; or, abstract of old English books in all sciences, as well in MS. as in print. 8vo. London, 1738.

Reuss's (J. D.) Alphabetical Register of all the Living Authors in Great Britain, Ireland, and the United States of North America; with a catalogue of their publications, from 1770 to 1803. 2 vols. 8vo. Berlin, 1804.

Savage's (James) Librarian; [being an account of libraries, MSS., scarce, valuable, and useful books, &c.] 3 vols. 8vo. London, 1808-9.

Juvigny (M. Rigoley de), les Bibliothèques Françoises de la Croix du Maine, et de Du Verdier; nouvelle édition, augmentée d'un discours sur les progrès des lettres en France, et des remarques historiques, critiques, et littéraires, de M. de la Monnaye, et de M. le Pres. Bouhier, et de M. Falconet. 6 vols. 4to. Paris, 1772–3.

Querard (J. M.), la France Littéraire; ou, dictionnaire bibliographique des savants, historiens, et gens de lettres de la France, ainsi que des littéraires étrangères qui ont écrit en François. A to L. 4 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1830.

Haym (Nic. Fr.), Biblioteca Italiana, ossia Notizia de' Libri rari Italiani. 4 vols. in 2, 8vo. Milano, 1803.

Fontanini (Giusto), Biblioteca dell' Eloquenza Italiana, con le Annotaz. del Signor Apost. Zeno [distribuiti in varie classi]. 2 vols. 4to. Venezia, 1753.

Antonio (Nic.) Bibliotheca Hispana Vetus et Nova ad annum 1684, curante P. Bayerio, qui prologum, &c. adjecit. 4 vols. folio. Matriti, 1783-88.

Le Long (J.) Bibliotheca Sacra. (Sacred Philology.)

Orme's (W.) Bibliotheca Biblica. (Sacred Philology.)

Trittenhem (J. de) de Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis. (Hist. of Religion.) Dupin's (L. E.) History of Ecclesiastical Writers. (Hist. of Religion.) Camus, Bibliothèque Choisie des Livres de Droit. (Jurisprudence.) Dryander (Jona) Catalogus Bibliothecæ Historico-Naturalis Josephi Banks, Baronetti. 5 vols. 8vo. London, 1798-1800.

Gronovii (L. T.) Bibliotheca Regni Animalis atque Lapidei. (Nat. Hist.) [Bocage (Barbie du)], Notice [Bibliographique] des Ouvrages de M. d'Anville, précédée de son éloge [par Dacier]. 8vo. Paris,

1802.

Richarderie (G. B. de la), Bibliothèque Universelle de Voyages. (Travels.)
Struvii (B. G.) Bibliotheca Historica, aucta à C. J. Budero et J. G.
Meuselio. (Universal History.)

Rawlinson's (T.) English Topographer.
Gough's (R.) British Topography.
Upcott's (W.) English Topography.

(English Topography.)

Britton's (J.) English Topography.

Nicolson's (Bp.) Historical Libraries. (English History.)

Lhuyd (E.) Antiquâ Britanniæ Linguâ Scriptorum, qui non impressi sunt, Catalogus. (Archæologia.)

Wanleii (Hump.) Librorum Vet. Septent. qui in Angliæ Bibliothecis extant, nec non multorum vet. cod. septent. alibi extantium Catalogus historico-criticus. (Hickesii Thesaurus, Vol. II.)

M'Arthur's (John) Brief Notices of Books which treat of the Celtic, Gaelic, Irish, and Welsh Languages, Antiquities, Manners, and Customs; also, of Gaelic and Irish MSS. still existing in Great Britain and Ireland. (Translation of Cæsarotte on Ossian.)

O'Reilly's Chronological Account of Irish Writers; with a catalogue of their works. (Irish History.)

Le Long (J.), Bibliothèque Historique de la France. (French Hist.) Hoare's (Sir R. C.) Catalogue of Italian History and Topography. (Italian History.)

Bibliotheca Americana. (American History.)

Robertson's (W.) Catalogue of Spanish Works illustrative of America. (History of America.)

Moule's (T.) Bibliotheca Heraldica Magnæ Britanniæ. (Heraldry.) Marsden's (W.) Catalogue of Dictionaries, Vocabularies, Grammars, and Alphabets. 4to. London, privately printed, 1796.

[Ritson's (Jos.)] Bibliographica Poetica; a catalogue of English poets of the 12th to the 16th centuries: with a short account of their works. 8vo. London, 1802.

[Griffith's (A. F.)] Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or, a descriptive catalogue of early English poetry in the possession of Longman and Co.: illustrated by occasional extracts, and remarks critical and biographical. Royal 8vo. London, 1815.

Dibdin's (T. F.) Introduction to the Knowledge of rare and valuable Editions of Greek and Roman Classics; together with an account of Polyglot, Hebrew, and Greek Bibles, and the Greek and Latin Fathers. Large paper, 2 vols. imp. 8vo. Lond. 1827.

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