One hundred copies only printed for subscribers; very scarce. See Report ... of the Smithsonian Institution for 1849, for a prospectus of a similar work.
Stevens. Historical Nuggets Bibliotheca Americana or a Descriptive Account of my Collection of Rare Books relating to America. Henry Stevens GMB FSA. 2 vols., fcap 8vo, pp. xii, 436; (2), 437-805.
London: Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins ... MDCCCLXII
"Printed in the best style of the Chiswick Press, regardless of time, it comprises 2934 titles given in full, with the collation and price of each work. It was intended as far as it went to be a manual for collectors of this expensive class of books. But it did not go very far, containing as it does, not a selection, but only such books as the author happened to possess at that time. It was intended to supply the deficiencies by additional volumes, but these have never appeared, and probably never will in this form."—Author. A few copies were issued in 1858 with a different title. See Petzholdt, p. 812.
[Stevens.] Bibliotheca Americana. A Catalogue of Books relating to the History and Literature of America.... Sold by Puttick and Simpson. 8vo, pp. vi, 273.
London. March, M.DCCC.LXI.
Also on large paper, rl. 8vo. This catalogue contains 2415 lots, with collations, etc., and will be useful to the collector. It is, in fact, an abridgment of Stevens' Historical Nuggets, although the latter was not published till 1862. It is one of the most carefully prepared auction catalogues ever issued.
Stevens. Bibliotheca Historica; or, a Catalogue of ... Books and Manuscripts relating chiefly to the History and Literature of North and South America; among which is included the larger proportion of the extraordinary Library of the late Henry Stevens, Sr., of Barnet, Vt. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Henry Stevens.... 8vo, pp. xv, (1), 234, (1).
Boston. 1870.
Beautifully printed and profusely annotated. One of the few bibliographical works which combines amusement with profit and instruction.