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Bennett, Whitman. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN 19^th CENTURY COLOR PLATE BOOKS. $45.                       

8vo. [Xxii], 140 pp. New York, 1949. ISBN 1-888262-14-1.  

Bennett’s Guide includes American works having at least three colored plates (including frontispiece) when issued by the Publisher, dated not earlier than 1800 or later than 1900. Though selective it contains a very significant proportion of the items for the period it covers. All items are annotated, with the level of annotation concomitant with the works importance. We also reprint the 1950 supplement.

Bentley, G.E. Jr.  BLAKE BOOKS. $135.

Cloth, Octavo.  xii, 1079pp.  Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1977.

In Blake Books, Professor Bentley has revised and considerably expanded A Blake Bibliography (1964) by G.E. Bentley Jr., and M.K. Nurmi, so that the second edition is virtually a new work some three times the length of the first.  Many of the entries in this work have been revised, including an entire section on Blake’s commercial engravings, and hundreds of new biographical and critical works have been rewritten and brought up to date. The largest addition is the census, history and description of every copy of each of Blake’s literary works, in manuscript or in print examined from Auckland to Edinburgh. Blake Books is thus both a descriptive bibliography of works by Blake and an annotated checklist of all printed references to him (1757-1863) our edition includes new preface and addendum done expecilly for theis edition by G.E. Bentley and all significant works about him (1863-1973). Copies of the original edition are not easy to find. Second hand copies sell for approximately $250.  Over 3000 items are meticulously described.  Includes a new preface and postscript by G.E. Bentley. Published by Arrangement with Oxford University Press.

Bentley, Harry C. & Ruth S. Leonard. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS ON ACCOUNTING BY AMERICAN AUTHORS. $95.00

Oversized octavo.  Two volumes bound in one.  197; 408 pages.  Harry C Bentley;  Ruth S Leonard; Boston,

The present work s a complete bibliography of works on accounting by American authors which were copyrighted prior to 1901.  It may be called a 19th century bibliography because, with the exception of two works by Mitchell and Cobb, it is restricted to works published during the one hundred years before 1900.
The distinction of being the pioneer American authority falls to William Mitchell, and his work heads the list of titles.  These are the only two authors to have published in the 18th century in the United States.
The second volume was published in 1935 and covers books printed from 1901 to the date of publication.
A standard work in the field.  Besterman 121 Cites 1500 works for this bibliography.  Each listing provides full title, author, place of publication, date, pagination and frequently an annotation.

Beraldi, Henri. Les Graveurs Du Xix Siècle; Guide De L'amateur D'estampes Modernes. $475.00

Hardbound. Octavo. 12 volumes bound in three. French. Circa 3000 pages. Paris, L. Conquet, 1885-1892

This is one of the most comprehensive print catalogues for nineteenth century prints. Originally published in 12 volumes, this reprint edition formats the original 12 volumes into 3 stout volumes. Beraldi provides biographical information and a list of prints executed by each artist. Over 3000 pages. Reprint does not reproduce the original illustrations that were contributed by living artists at the time. Hundreds of artists covered. Material is arranged alphabetically by artist, with the twelve volumes having the following content: I. Abbema-Belhatte. II. Bellangé-Bovinet. III. Bracquemond IV. Brascassat-Chéret. V. Cherrier-Dien VI. Doré-Gavard. VII. Gavarni-Guérard. VIII. Guérin-Lacoste IX. Laemlein-Mécou. X. Meissonier-Piguet XI. Pillement-Saint-Évre XII. Saint-Marcel-Zwinger. Inventory # 1267

 Berlin Catalogue. KATALOG DER ORNAMENTSTICH-SAMMLUNG DER STAATLICHEN KUNSTBIBLIOTHEK BERLIN. INTRODUCTION BY HERMANN SCHMITZ.   $85.  

8vo. Two volumes bound in one. 782 pp. Berlin, 1936-1939. ISBN 1-888262-23-0.  

Generally referred to as the Berlin Catalogue, this work is arguably the most important bibliography of books on the decorative arts. According to Arntzen & Rainwater, it is “indispensable for reference with prints, decorative arts and early architecture boos.” The Berlin Catalogue is a classified bibliography of 5,343 illustrated books with prints dealing with ornament, architecture, handicrafts, interior decoration, plastic arts, painting, calligraphy and printing arts. Arnzten & Rainwater P63.  

Berghman, Gustaf Schlegel. CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ DES IMPRESSIONS ELZEVIRIENNES.  $80.

Cloth. Octavo. xxxii.391. Paris & Stockholm: Nordiska Bokhandeln & Honoré Champion, 1911.

The name of Elzevier is a famous one in the history of Dutch printing and publishing.  Between its foundation in 1585 and its close in 1712, the House of Elzevier issued over 1600 separate works.  Most of these were in Latin, and comprised editions of the classics, theology, history and medicine, though there were also a number of French dramatic and literary works, and several books written by contemporary European scholars.  The Elzeviers were first class publishers and through their influence they exercised a considerable influence upon contemporary scholarship. Berghman’s scarce catalogue of the works of the Elzevier Press is more comprehensive than even Willems’ famous bibliography.  Willems describes 2186 printed books, Berghman 2340.  Berghman also provides very useful annotations and descriptions.  The bibliography is quite scarce.  To the best of our knowledge the title has not previously been available in reprint.  Besterman 5168.

Bernoni, Domenica. DEI TORRESANI, BLADO E RAGAZZONI CELEBRI STAMPATORI A VENEZIA EROMA NEL XV EXVI SECOLO; COGLI ELENCHI ANNOTATI DELLE RISPETTIVE EDIZIONI. $75.          

       Cloth. Octavo. viii.403.  Milano: Hoepli, 1890.

Andrea Torresano (1451-1529) is an important figure in the history of printing, and an associate of Aldus Manutius.  When the latter came to Venice, the centre of the publishing industry, he became partners with Torresano, who was already an established printer. Andrea provided the expertise and material resources to the new company formed by the two printers.  There were quite a few printers in the Torresano. Besides Andrea there was Francesco, Federico, Gerolamo, Andrea Jr, and Bernardo.  In all the family produced 430 works. Antonio Blado, the greatest printer at Rome in the sixteenth century, is well known for his italic type acquired by Arrighi. Blado’s larger italic is Arrighi’s second font. Blado is perhaps most famous for his first editions of Machiavelli’s works printed at Rome in 1531 and 1532. In all Blado and his successors produced 323 works described by Bernoni. Bernoni also describes 16 works by Ragazzoni.  In all 769 works are described.  Besterman 5149.

Bitting, Katherine (Compiler). GASTRONOMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY.  $75.

8vo. 718 pp. Cloth. Illustrated. ISBN 1-888262-38-9.  San Francisco, 1939. Reprint 1994.

Bitting’s work is a comprehensive bibliography of some 6,000 works covering the 15th to the 20th centuries. There is detailed bibliographic information for each entry, with some annotations. Sheehy EHI 18.

Black, George F.    A GYPSY BIBLIOGRAPHY.    $65.

Hardbound. Cloth, Octavo.  viii.226. Quaritch:  London, 1914.    

This second and enlarged edition of A Gypsy Bibliography includes 4577 titles.  A provisional bibliography was published and distributed in 1909 with the hopes of soliciting feedback and new entries from other bibliographers and experts. Black's work is by far the most comprehensive work on the subject cited in Besterman.  The arrangement of the work is alphabetical.  The work was originally published as Monograph No. 1 of The Gypsy Lore Society.  The original edition is quite scarce. Besterman 2594.

Black, George F. Compiled by. ETHIOPICA & AMHARICA: A LIST OF WORKS IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LYBRARY. $45.

 Cloth. Octavo.  vi. 87.  New York:  New York Public Library, 1928

The attention of European scholars was first drawn to the Ethiopic language in 1513 when Potken published in Rome his edition of the Psalter.  This, the first book printed in Europe in the Ethiopic language and character, contains, in addition to the Psalter, the Song of Solomon and certain Biblical hymns and prayers. The editio princeps of the Ethiopic New Testament, in two volumes, Rome, 1548-1549, was the next major printing landmark.  Four years later appeared the Chaldeae sev Aethiopicae linguae institutions by Marianus Victorius, Rome 1552 [reprinted in 1630], the first grammar of the language published.  Our first accurate knowledge of the Ethiopic is due to the labors of the distinguished scholar Hiob Ludolf, whose lexicon and grammar laid the foundation of the scientific study of the language. These, and other landmark books in the literary history of the region, are cited in this useful bibliography.  In all approximately 1400 works on the subject are cited, with occasional annotations.