New York: Charles B. Norton. 1853.
This useful work is the index to twelve British and sixty-three American Reviews and Magazines. It is now very scarce. The author is preparing a supplement under the auspices of the Library Association.
Power (J.) A Handy-Book About Books, for Book-Lovers, Book-Buyers, and Book-Sellers. Attempted by John Power. 8vo, pp. xiv, (2), 217, (1). 8 Plates.
London: John Wilson. 1870.
Contains a large amount of information on bibliography and typography, together with a chronological table, a bookseller's directory, a collection of useful receipts, a dictionary of terms, and other useful information of a miscellaneous character, interesting to book-collectors. The bibliographical portion is referred to in our preface.
The Present State of the Republick of Letters. [Edited by Andrew Reid.] 18 vols., 8vo.
London. 1728-36.
Gives a general view of the state of learning throughout Europe, and contains accounts of the most valuable books then published, with abstracts, memoirs of authors, and other miscellaneous matter relative to literature.
Pritzel (G. A.) Thesaurus literaturae botanicae omnium gentium inde a rerum botanicarum initiis ad nostra usque tempora, quindecim millia operum recensens. Curavit G. A. Pritzel. 4to, pp. (2), viii, 547.
Lipsiae: Brockhaus. 1851.