APPENDIX VII. SOME WORKS OF REFERENCE.
I have set down here chiefly those works which I find to be of constant use in cataloguing. One occasionally needs many more, even for a short investigation. A complete and systematic view of bibliographical literature is given in Petzholdt’s “Bibliotheca bibliographica. Leipzig, 1866,” and many of the more modern works may be found in Vallée’s Bibliographie des bibliographies, Paris, 1883, and supplement, 1887. Powers’ “Handy-book about books. London, 1870,” contains a useful list, which is reprinted, with additions, in Sabin’s “American bibliopolist.” C: H. Hull’s “Help’s for cataloguers in finding full names” in the Library journal, Jan., 1889, gives an excellent classified list with descriptive notes. {129}
- BALLHORN. Grammatography. Lond., 1861. O. 7s. 6d.
- BRUNET. Manuel. 5e éd. Paris, 1860–65. 6 v. O. 120 fr., and Supplement. Par Deschamps et Brunet. Paris, 1878–80. 2 v. O.
- HŒFER. Nouvelle biographie générale. Paris, 1852–66. 46 v. O. 184 fr.
- HORNE. Introd. to bibliography. Lond., 1814. 2 v. O. Antiq. 18s.
- JOECHER. Allgem. Gelehrten-Lexikon. Lpz., 1850–51. 4 v., Q., and Fortsetzung. Bremen, 1784–1819. 6 v. Q. Antiq. 40 fl.
- LAROUSSE. Dictionnaire universel. Paris, 1866–89. 15 v. and 2 suppl. O. 635 fr.
- MEN of the time. 12th ed. Lond., 1887. D. 15s.
- MICHAELIS. Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der gebräuchlichsten Taufnamen. Berl., 1856. O. 15 Ngr.
- OETTINGER. Moniteur des dates. Dresde, 1866–68. 6 v. Q. 35 Thlr. Supplément. Lpz., 1873–82. 3 v. Q. 90 M.
- ROSSE. Index of dates. Lond., Bohn, 1858. 2 v. O. $2.50.
- SANDERS. Celebrities of the Century. Lond., 1887. O. 21s.
- THOMAS. Universal dict. of biography and mythology. Phila., 1870. 2 v. O. $22, or 1 v. $15.
- TOWNSEND. Manual of dates. 5th ed. Lond., 1877. O. 18s.
- VAPEREAU. Dict. des contemporains. 5e éd. Paris, 1880. O. 25 fr.
The catalogues of the following libraries: ADVOCATES’, ASTOR, BOSTON ATHENÆUM, BRITISH MUSEUM, PEABODY INSTITUTE (Baltimore), are the most useful.
- AMERICAN.
- ALLIBONE. Dict. of Eng. literature. Phila., 1858–71. 3v. O. $22.50.
- CUSHING. Anonyms. Camb., 1889. 2 pts. [A–Main]. O.
- CUSHING. Initials and pseudonyms. N. Y., 1885. O., and 2d series. N. Y., 1888. O.
- DRAKE. Dict. of Amer. biog. Rev. ed. Bost., 1875. O. $6.
- HARRISSE. Biblioth. Amer. vetustissima; works rel. to Amer. pub. 1492–1551. N. Y., 1866. O. $20.
- LEYPOLDT. American catalogue; books in print July 1, 1876. N. Y., 1880–81. 2 v. F.—1876–84. N. Y., 1885. 2 v. F.
- SABIN. Dict. of books rel. to Amer. N. Y., 1868, etc. Q. $5 per vol.
- SPRAGUE. Annals of the American pulpit. N. Y., 1857–69. 9 v. O. $36.
- THOMAS. History of printing in America. 2d ed. Albany, 1874. 2 v. O. $8
The following may sometimes be of use: ROORBACH’S Biblioth. Amer., 1820–61. 4 v. O., and KELLY’S Amer. catalogue, 1861–71. N. Y., 1866–71. 2 v. O; and the general catalogues of colleges. {130}
ANONYMS AND PSEUDONYMS.
The most useful books are mentioned under their respective languages, American (CUSHING), English (HALKETT and LAING), French (BARBIER and QUÉRARD). A list of new discoveries is published each month in the Library Journal.
- ART.
- MEYER. Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon. 2. Aufl. von Nagler’s Künstler-Lexikon. 1.–3. Bd.: A–Bez. Lpz., 1872–85. O.
- NAGLER. Die Monogrammisten. München, 1858–79. 5 v. O.
- POLLEN. Universal catal. of books on art. Lond., 1858–77. 2 v. and suppl. sq. O. 29s.
- THIES. Catalogue of the engravings bequeathed to Harvard College by F. C. Gray. Camb., 1869. Q.
- BELGIAN.
- BRUSSELS. ACAD. ROY. DE BELGIQUE. Biographie nationale [A-H]. Brux., 1866–87. 9 v. O.
- DANISH.
- BRICKA. Dansk. biog. Lex. 1. Bind [A–Bea]. Kopenh., 1887. O.
- BOTANY.
- PAXTON. Botanical dictionary. New ed. London, 1868. O. 25s.
- DUTCH.
- KOBUS and RIVECOURT. Biog. handwoordenboek. Zutphen, 1854–61. 3 v. O. About $4.
- Convenient; for fuller details use
- AA. Biog. woordenboek. Haarlem, 1852–78. 21 v. O.
- ENGLISH.
- ALLIBONE. Dict. of Eng. literature. Phila., 1858–71. 3 v. O. $22.50.
- A continuation is in preparation.
- BURKE. Dormant and extinct peerages. New ed. Lond., 1866. O. 42s.
- BURKE. Landed gentry. 7th ed. Lond., 1886. 2 v. O.
- BURKE. Peerage and baronetage. 51st ed. Lond., 1888. O. 38s.
- COLLIER. Bibliog. account of the rarest works in English. Lond., 1868. 2 v. O., or N. Y., 1868. 2 v. O. $16.
- DARLING. Cyclopædia bibliog.: Authors. Lond., 1854. O. 52s. 6d.
- Chiefly English theol. works. {131}
- DOYLE. Official baronage of England. Lond., 1886. O. 8º. 105s.
- HALKETT and LAING. Dict. of the anon. and pseudon. lit. of Gr. Britain. Edin., 1882–88. 4 v. O. 168s.
- HAYDN. Book of dignities. Lond., 1851. O. 25s.
- LOWNDES. Bibliog. manual of Eng. literature. New ed., enl. by H. G. Bohn. Lond., 1857–64. 6 v. D. 33s.
- NICOLAS. Historic peerage. Lond., 1857. O. 30s.
- STEPHEN. Dict. of national biography. Vol. 1–20: A–Garner. Lond., 1885–89. 20 v. O.
- THOMAS. Handbook of fictitious names; by Olphar Hamst [pseud.]. Lond., 1868. O. 7s. 6d.
- WALFORD. County families. New ed. Lond., 1888. O. 50s.
- WARD. Men of the reign. Lond., 1885. D. 15s.
- WATT. Bibliotheca Britannica. Edin., 1824. 4 v. Q. Antiq. £4 15s.
The following may sometimes be of use: LOW’S English catalogue, 1835–80. Lond., 1864–82. 3 v. O. 117s., and LOW’S [Subject] index to the British catalogue, 1837–80. Lond., 1858–84. 3 v. O. 86s.
Crockford’s Clerical directory, the Medical directory of Great Britain, the Army list, and similar registers afford assistance.
- FRENCH.
- BARBIER. Ouvrages anonymes. 3e éd. Paris, 1872–79. 4 v. O. 60 fr.
- LORENZ. Catal. gén. de la librairie française, depuis 1840. Paris, 1867–88. 11 v. O. 330 fr.
- POTIQUET. L’Institut National de France. Paris, 1871. O. 8 fr.
- QUÉRARD. La France littéraire. Paris, 1827–39. 10 v. O. 120 fr.
- QUÉRARD. Supercheries littéraires. 2e éd. Paris, 1869–70. 3 v. O. 60 fr.
- QUÉRARD and others. La littérature française contemporaine. Paris, 1842–57. 6 v. O. 96 fr.
- GEOGRAPHY.
- THOMAS and BALDWIN. Lippincott’s gazetteer. New ed. Phila., 1882, l. O. $12.
- GERMAN.
- HEINSIUS. Allgem. Bücher-Lexikon; Verzeichniss aller von 1700 bis 1879 erschienenen Bücher. Lpz., 1812–82. 16 v. Q.
- KAYSER. Vollständ. Bücher-Lexikon, 1750–1886. Lpz., 1834–87. 24 v. Q. About $60, but now reduced to 140 marks.
The following are also often useful The Brockhaus’ Konversations-Lexikon, 13. Anfl., Lpz., 1882, etc.; Pierer’s Universal-Lexikon; the Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, Lpz., 1875–89, which has reached R in its 28th vol.; Zedler’s Grosses vollst. Univ.-Lex. 1732–54, 68 v. fº (for 17th and 18th century writers); and Wurzbach’s Biog. Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. Wien, 1856–86. 54 v. O. {132}
- GREEK AND ROMAN.
- SMITH. Dict. of Gr. and Rom. biography and mythology. Lond., 1849. 3 v. O. 115s. 6d., or Bost. $30.
For subject-cataloguing, the Dictionary of the Bible, the Dict. of Greek and Roman antiquities, and the Dict. of Greek and Roman geography are of prime importance.
- HEBREW.
- BRITISH MUSEUM. Catal. of Hebr. books. Lond., 1867. O. 25s.
- FUERST. Biblioth. Judaica. Lpz., 1849–63. 3 v. O. 14 Thlr.
- INCUNABULA.
- BERJEAU. Early German, Dutch, and English printers’ marks. Lond., 1866. O. 10s. 6d.
- HAIN. Repertorium bibliogr. Stuttg., 1826–38. 2 v. O. 20 Thlr.
- PANZER. Annales typogr., 1457–1536. Norimb., 1793–1803. 11 v. Q. Antiq. 42 Thlr.
- ITALIAN.
- GUBERNATIS. Dizionario biog. degli scrittori contemp. Firenze, 1879. l. O.
- MELZI. Diz. di opere anon. e pseud. Milano, 1848–59. 3 v. O. 30 fr.
- TIRABOSCHI. Storia della lit. ital. Milano, 1822–26. 16 v. O.
- LANGUAGE, PHILOLOGY.
- ECKSTEIN. Nomenclator philologicus. Lpz., 1871. S.
- VATER. Litteratur der Grammatiken, Lexika, u.s.w. 2. Aufl. Berl., 1847. O. 3 Thlr.
- LAW.
- BOUVIER. Law dictionary. 15th ed. Phila., 1884. 2 v. O.
- MEDIÆVAL.
- CHASSANT. Dict. des abréviations lat. et françaises. 3e éd. Paris, 1866. D. 6 fr.
- CHEVALIER, C. U. J. Répertoire des sources hist. du Moyen Age. Paris, 1877–86. O., and Suppl., 1888. O.
- FRANKLIN, A. Dict. des noms, surnoms, et pseudonymes latins, 1100–1530. Paris, 1875. O. 10 fr.
- GRAESSE. Orbis Latinus; Verzeichniss d. latein. Benennungen der Städte, u.s.w. Dresden, 1861. O. 1½ Thlr.
- POTTHAST. Biblioth. historica Medii Aevi. Berlin, 1862. O., and supplement, 1868. O. 9 Thlr.
- MEDICINE.
- DUNGLISON. Medical lexicon. N. Y., 1873. O. $6.50.
- U. S. SURGEON-GENERAL. Index-catalogue of the library. Vol. 1–10: A-Pfeutsch. Wash., 1880–89. 10 v. l. O. {133}
- MUSICIANS.
- FÉTIS. Biog. univ. des musiciens. 2e éd. augm. Paris, 1860–65. 8 v. O. 64 fr. Supplément. Paris, 1878–80. 2 v. O.
- GROVE. Dict. of music and musicians. Lond. and N. Y., 1879–87. 4 v. O.
- MENDEL. Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon fortg. von A: Reissman. 2e Ausg. Berl., 1880–82, 11 v. O, and Ergäuzungsband. Berl., 1883. O.
- PORTUGUESE.
- BARBOSA MACHADO. Bibliotheca lusitana. Lisboa, 1741–59. 4 v. F.
- SILVA. Dic. bibliog. portuguez. Lisboa, 1858–62. 7 v., and Suppl. 1867–70. 2 v. O.
- QUAKERS.
- SMITH. Biblioth. anti-Quakerana. Lond., 1873. O. 15s.
- SMITH. Descr. catal. of Friends’ books. Lond., 1867. 2 v. O.
- SCIENCE.
- POGGENDORF. Biog.-literar. Handwörterbuch zur Gesch. d. exacten Wissenschaften. Lpz., 1863. 2 v. O. 10⅔ Thlr.
- ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. Catal. of scientific papers, 1800–63. Lond., 1867–72. 6 v. Q. £6.
- SPANISH.
- ANTONIO. Bibliotheca Hispana vetus, ad a. C. MD. Matriti, 1788. 2 v. F. Antiq. 40 à 50 fr.
- ANTONIO. Same. Bibliotheca Hispana nova, 1500–1684. Matriti, 1783–88. 2 v. F. Antiq. 40 à 50 fr.
- BARRERA. Catal. bibliog. y biog. del teatro ant. esp. hasta med. del siglo 18. Madrid, 1860. l. O.
- BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. Catalogue of the Spanish and Portuguese books bequeathed by G. Ticknor; by J. L. Whitney. Boston, 1879. Q.
- LATASSA Y ORTIN. Bibl. ant. de los escritores aragoneses. Zaragoza, 1796. 2 v. Q.
- LATASSA Y ORTIN. Bib. nova, 1500–[1802]. Pamplona, 1798–1802. 6 v. Q.
- TICKNOR. Hist. of Span. lit. 4th ed. Bost., 1872. 3 v. l. O. $10.
- WOMEN.
- HALE. Woman’s record. N. Y., 1853. l. O. $5.
N. B.—An INDEX, in which the foregoing rules are given in full in an alphabetical arrangement, is in preparation.