A Bibliography of Bibliography; Or, a Handy Book About Books Which Relate to Books

by Joseph Sabin

Larkin (E. and S.) Catalogue of Books, for Sale by E. and S. Larkin, N^o. 47, Cornhill, Boston, consisting of the most esteemed Authors, and arranged under the following Heads, viz. Law, Divinity, Surgery, Physic, Chemistry, Anatomy, History, Biography, Voyages, Travels, Memoirs, Lives, Novels, Romances, Poetry, Dramatics, Miscellanies, Agriculture, Mathematics, Philosophy, Trade and Commerce, Classical and School Books. 12mo, pp. 92.

Boston: Printed for E. and S. Larkin.

Le Long (J.) Bibliotheca Sacra, post J. Le Long ct C. F. Boerneri iteratas curas ordine disposita, emendata, suppleta, continuata ab A. G. Masch. 4 vols., 4to, pp. (2), cxxxii, 465, (1); xvi, 226; 352; xx, (2), 754, 192.

Halæ. 1778-90.

Dr. Dibdin justly terms this work a "Standard authority on matters of Biblical Literature." There is scarcely an edition of the Bible extant in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, or Polyglots, but it is accurately described, and all textual, as well as typographical variations, pointed out; it is perhaps the most perfect Manual of Biblical Bibliography extant. The first edition was Parisiis. 1709. 2 vols., 8vo.

Le Long. Bibliothèque Historique de la France, contenant le Catalogue des Ouvrages, imprimés & manuscrits, qui traitent ... de ce Royaume; ... augmentée par M. Fevret De Fontette. 5 vols., folio, pp. (2), xxxiv, (2), 926; (4), vi, (6), 892; (2), vii, (1), 850, cvii; (4), xvi, 536, 285; viii, 771.

Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Jean-Thomas Herissant. 1768-78.

This is perhaps the most laborious and most able bibliographical work which has ever appeared. It is scarcely possible to find a volume or a manuscript in any way connected with French history which is not fully described, and it frequently gives curious details respecting English historians. Brunet remarks "Cet ouvrage et un des travaux les plus essentiels qu'ait produit la science bibliographique, et il doit se trouver dans tous les Bibliothèques."

Lenglet du Fresnoy (N.) Méthode pour étudier l'Histoire: avec un Catalogue des principaux Historiens, et des Remarques sur la bonté de leur Ouvrages, et sur le choix des meilleures Editions. Par Lenglet du Fresnoy. 4 vols., 4to. Maps, &c. Paris. 1729. + Nouvelle Edition, Augmentée.... Paris: Gandouin. 1735. Supplément. 5 vols., 4to.

Paris: Rollin fils & De Bure l'aîné. 1740.