A few copies printed on large paper. Contains numerous engravings from early MSS., facsimiles of types, bookbinding etc. This important work was in preparation thirteen years. Neither France nor Germany can boast of a work treating the subjects with a similar comprehensiveness, and in England the work has certainly had no predecessor. "Of the industry bestowed upon this extensive compilation, and of the marvellous condensation of fact it supplies, it is difficult to speak in terms of proper commendation; even to the most accomplished bibliographer it cannot rail to be of great service, but how much more so to the tyro, or ordinary bibliographer."—Brownson's Review.
Edwards. A Comparative Table of the Principal Schemes for the Classification of Libraries, &c. Folio.
Manchester. 1855.
Edwards. Free Town Libraries: their Formation, Management, and History, in Britain, France, Germany, and America. Together with Notices of Book Collectors, and of the respective places of deposit of their surviving collections. 8vo.
London. 1869.
Edwards. A Statistical View of the Principal Libraries in Europe and America. 8vo.
London. 1848.
Printed for private circulation.
Edwards (J.) A Catalogue of the valuable Library of James Edwards, Esq., containing a splendid assemblage of Early Printed Books, chiefly upon vellum, ... Manuscripts, ... 8vo.
[London.] 1815.