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Focillon, Henri. GIOVANNI-BATTISTA PIRANESI: ESSAI DE CATALOGUE RAISONNE DE SON OEUVRE. $40.

8vo. 74 pp. Cloth. Paris, 1918. ISBN 1-57898-007-0.

Still a basic reference on Piranesi.

 

 

Ford, Worthington Chauncey. BROADSIDES, BALLADS & C. PRINTED IN MASSACHUSETTS, 1639-1800.$75.

Cloth, 8vo, XVI, 483 pp. [Boston]: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1922. ISBN 1-57898-065-8.

This is by far the most extensive and comprehensive bibliography of the early broadsides and ballads printed in Massachussets. In all 3,450 printed items are covered. The annotations are quite useful.

 

 

 

Fordham, Herbert George. JOHN CARY. Engraver, Map, Chart and Print Seller and Globe Maker 1754-1835
A Bibliography. $70.
Cloth. Octavo. xxxiv.140. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1925.

Cary was a well-known English cartographer. He began as an engraver in London and became a publisher and land surveyor (c.1783). His New and Correct English Atlas appeared in 1787, followed by county atlases, and the New Universal Atlas of 1808. In 1794 he undertook a road survey of England and Wales, published as Cary's New Itinerary (1798). Cary is best known for his atlases and particularly for his New Universal Atlas, which appeared in several editions.
Fordham is rightfully considered one of the century's foremost students of cartography. He is the author of several other important works in the history of Cartography. In all 300 works are meticulously described. This title has always been hard to find. Though once reprinted, all copies are uncommon. Besterman 1169.

 

Fordham, Herbert George. STUDIES IN CARTO-BIBLIOGRAPHY BRITISH AND FRENCH, AND IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ITINERARIES AND ROAD-BOOKS. $60.00

Oversized Octavo. Book vii, [2] p., 1 l., [3]-180 p. front. (map) 1 illus., 2 facsimiles.  Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1914

Sir George Fordham was born in 1859 and produced many publications describing the maps and road books of the British Isles and France and donated his personal road book collection to the Royal Geographical Society. The Society triennially awards the Sir George Fordham Award for Cartobibliography, a ‘term introduced by him for the cataloguing of maps on systematic plan'.
This useful cartography covers the following:
--British and Irish Itineraries and road books.
--Descriptive List of the Maps of the Great Level of the Fens 1604-100
--John Cary, Engraver, Map-Seller…
--An Itinerary of the sixteenth Century: La Guide des Chemins d'Angleterre
--A Bibliography of Works of Reference relating to British and French Topography and Cartography
--An Introduction to the Study of the Cartography of the English and Welsh Counties
--Index list of maps of Hertfordshire, 1579-1900.

 

 

 

 

 

Fordham, Herbert George. SOME NOTABLE SURVEYORS & MAP-MAKERS OF THE SIXTEENTH, SEVENTEENTH, & EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES AND THEIR WORK; A STUDY IN THE HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY. $60.00

Oversized Octavo. xii, 99 p. front. illus. (maps) 2 pl., port., facsim. Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press, 1929

Sir George Fordham was born in 1859 and produced many publications describing the maps and road books of the British Isles and France and donated his personal road book collection to the Royal Geographical Society. The Society triennially awards the Sir George Fordham Award for Cartobibliography, a ‘term introduced by him for the cataloguing of maps on systematic plan'

This book provides an outline of the development and progress of the art and science of cartography during the long period which precedes the modern systematic surveys organized by the Governments of the countries of Europe and the American Continent. He begins with the work of Christopher Saxton, a work he regards as laying the foundation of the conception of modern cartography. He also covers the famous French cartographer Nicolas Sanson. Another chapter looks at the foundation of exact and scientific survey by successive members of the Cassini family, and also to the work of the British Ordnance Survey. Many others are covered as well. A list of Works of reference have been added and an index is supplied.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foster, Fred William. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SKATING. $50.00

Cloth. Small Octavo. 136 p. London : B.W. Warhurst, 1898.

This work has the distinction of being the first any only English language bibliography on Skating, as well as being the only bibliography on Roller skating. This work is quite scarce. We could find no copies for sale on the internet, and only 9 holdings in institutional libraries. The material is organized by subject and divided as follows:
-Skee Running
-Bone, Blunt Iron etc, Skating
-Blade Skating
-Skate Sailing
-Roller Skating
-Artificial Blade Floors
-Skating Music

Each printed item is arranged chronologically within each subject. For each title Foster provides full author, full title, edition size, publisher information and pagination. An index is provided. One Thousand items described in all. Besterman 5762.

 

 

 

Frati, Carlo & Sorbelli, Albano . DIZIONARIO BIO-BIBLIOGRAFICO DEI BIBLIOTECARI E BIBLIOFILI ITALIANI DAL SEC. XIV AL XIX . $85.00

Oversized Octavo.  2 p. l., [iii]-viii, 705 p., 1 l. Firenze, L.S. Olschki, 1933.

Carlo Frati's Dizionario covers book collectors, librarians and most anyone who was involved in book and manuscripts collecting from the Renaissance to the 19th century, among them numerous famous scholars, especially from the 18th century (for example, Antonio Muratori and Girolamo Tiraboschi), who also held library offices. Here, too, the primary literature is given less emphasis than secondary literature, which derives from the most remote sources. An index of place names refers to the libraries described in the articles.
Originally published in 1933, Frati's work remains on standard work on this subject. The treatment is exhaustive with exhaustive references to related works.  There are approximately 6000 citations to other works.  Besterman 921.

 

Friedenwald, Harry.   JEWISH LUMINARIES IN MEDICAL HISTORY.  $60.

 Hardbound. Cloth, Octavo.  viii.199. Baltimore:  John Hopkins Press, 1946 .

Dr. Harry Friedenwald was a prominent collector and had probably the best collection of books dealing with the history of Jewish medicine. The bibliography is divided into two parts.  The first lists the writings of individual physicians and publications concerning them.  The second contains the more general works bearing on the subjects dealt with. In all 1750 works are described.  There are also brief biographies of the medical men cited. Though once reprinted in 1967, edition is currently available. Besterman 3284.

 

 

 

Friedl, Friedrich et al. TYPOGRAPHY. AN ENCYCLOPEDIC SURVEY OF TYPE DESIGN AND TECHNIQUES THROUGHOUT HISTORY. $40.

Dust Jacket., Large Quarto. 592pp. Over 2000 beautiful colored illustrations. Black Dog & Leventhal, 1998.   

Throughout history, the written word and typography have been integral to the development of human culture. Typography is to the written word what articulation is to spoken word; neither is conceivable without the other. Now, for the first time, its fascinating history has been assembled into one volume. This is the ultimate reference for typography aficionados and art lovers alike. Typography is the first ever-comprehensive survey of the Western world's entire alphabetic culture. It chronicles in detail the story of type design, development, fashions, and techniques starting with the present day and going back to the origins of the written word. It describes the development of the tools-from the hand-ax to the computer-and presents over 700 typographers, type designers, calligraphers, and artists, as well as schools, institutions, teachers, and theorists. With over 2,000 illustrations in color and black-&-white, this book is the first and only dictionary of the designed word.

 

 

 

Fuller, George W. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKPLATE LITERATURE. $45.

Cloth, 8vo. Pp.151. Public Library Spokane, 1926.  ISBN 1-57898-098-5.

This rare bibliography describes books, brochures and periodical sets dealing exclusively, or nearly so, with bookplates. All the books described in this bibliography were examined either by Fuller, or by the two associates who helped compile the bibliography.

 

 

Fulton, John F.& Madeline E. Stanton (Compiled by). THE CENTENNIAL OF SURGICAL ANESTHESIA.  $55.

 Cloth, Octavo. xv, 102 pages. New York: Henry Schuman, 1946. ISBN 1-57898-122-0. 

This important Catalogue was put together in 1946 for a centennial exhibit at the Yale School of Medicine on the early history of surgical anesthesia. All aspects of the history of anesthesia are covered, including sleeping potions, mesmerism, hypnotism, carbon dioxide and ether. Each printed item contains a full title description, full collation, a contents summary and very valuable notes. There are also cross-references to other scholarly works. Not in Besterman.

 

 

Fumagalli, Giuseppe. LEXICON TYPOGRAPHICUM ITALIAE. DICTIONNAIRIE GEOGRAPHIQUE D’ITALIE POUR SERVIR A L’HISTORIE DE L’IMPRIMERIE DANS CE PAYS. $85.

Cloth, 8vo. 587Pp. Illustrated. Florence: Olschki, 1904. ISBN 1-57898-101-8.

This invaluable reference describes the origins of printing in each locality in Italy. Fumagalli describes when printing began in the city or town.

Fumagalli, Giuseppe. BIBLIOGRAFIA ETIOPICA. Catalogo Descrittivo e Ragionato degli Scritti Publicati dalla Invenzione della Stampa fino a tutto il 1891 intorno alla Etiopia e Regioni Limitrofe. $70.

Cloth. Oversized Octavo. pp.iii-xi.288. Language Italian. Milano: Hoepli, 1893.

Fumagalli is the best-known Italian bibliography of his period. He is the author of several important bibliographies of Italian history. His bibliography of Ethiopia is the most comprehensive of those listed in Besterman. In all 2758 printed items are cited. The notes are very useful, comprising full title, size, pagination and useful annotations.
This reference is very hard to find. To our knowledge this title has not been reprinted, and remains a standard work to this day.
Italy had a particular interest in Ethiopia. Like most European powers in the late 19th century, Italy was determined to secure territories in Africa. Italy was focusing its desires particularly on Ethiopia. The Treaty of Uccialli was negotiated between Ethiopia and Italy in 1890. Two copies, one in Amharic and one in Italian, were prepared. On the Italian version of the treaty, Francesco Crispi, prime minister of Italy, announced to all European nations that Ethiopia had become a territory belonging to Italy. On the Amharic version, the treaty gave Menelik II the right to ask Italy for help in times of need, but it didn't say anything about Ethiopia becoming a territory of Italy. When Menelik II discovered the misunderstanding, he immediately wrote to Britain's Queen Victoria, to the ruler of Germany, and to the president of France insisting that Ethiopia was still an independent nation. In 1893, Menelik II denounced the treaty and by 1895 Ethiopia and Italy were at war. On March 1896 Menelik's troops crushed the Italian army at Adwa, Ethiopia. Later, Italy did recognize Ethiopia as an independent nation. Besterman 2067.

Fumagalli, Giuseppe; Pietro Amat di S Filippo. Bibliografia Degli Scritti Italiani O Stampati In Italia Sopra Cristoforo Colombo, La Scoperta Del Nuovo Mondo, E I Viaggi Degli Italiani In America. $110.00

Quarto. Italian Book Pp.. iii-xxi.219. Roma, Auspice Il Ministero Della Pubblica Istruzione, 1893.

A standard work and extremely scarce study on the explorations of Columbus, dealing principally with the bibliographical history of the publications on Colombus and his voyages, as well as the Italian contribution to the discovery of the New World. In all 1400 publications are described. Besterman 317.

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Funck, M. Le Livre Belge A Gravures: Guide De L'amateur De Livres Illustres Imprimes En Belgique Avant Le Xviii Siecle.

$ 75.00

Reprint of the Original edition. Oversized octavo. xiii, 428 p. ill. Paris, Oest, 1925. The only book on the subject listed in Besterman and still a standard work 80 years after publication. Funck describes 750 illustrated books published in Belgium before the 18th century. This is also a history of engraved books printed in Belgium since the renaissance. Text in French. Profusely illustrated. Besterman 3008.

Furchheim, Friedrich. BIBLIOGRAPHIE DER INSEL CAPRI. $60.

Cloth. Octavo. pp.vii.176. Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1916

Part of the territory of Neapolis [Ancient Naples], Capri was a political dependent of the city until the arrival of Octavian - the future Emperor Augustus. Strabo recounts that in the years following the battle of Actium (31 BC), Octavian was so enchanted with Capri that he gave the Neapolitans the island of Ischia in exchange for his favorite island, making this latter his private property and beginning large-scale building work.
However, although the island of Capri remained the Emperor's favorite destination until his death in 14 AD, it never became his home.
With the death of Tiberius (37 AD), the ancient historians lost interest in Capri, even though the island continued to be home to imposing aristocratic villas for the whole of the 1st century AD. As from the beginning of the 2nd century AD, news of the island became rare with the only event of major importance being the exile to Capri of the wife and sister (Crispina and Lucilla, respectively) of Emperor Commodus in 182 AD.
The 3rd century AD was a dark period for Capri, characterized by a considerable fall in the standard of living of the island community and notable social and cultural transformation (especially the slow spread of Christianity).
Despite having fallen to ruin following centuries of neglect and plundering, the island's monuments began to become an important tourist attraction in the 18th century. In fact, Capri's success as a tourist resort began with the acknowledgement and enhancement of its ancient monuments.
Furchheim's work is a standard work on the subject in the best [Second & Revised] edition of 1916. In all 1500 works are described. Besterman 1135.

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