MARTINO PUBLISHING
Willems-Wroth
Willems, M & G. Berghman. LES ELZEVIER. HISTOIRE ET ANNALES
TYPOGRA-PHIQUES... WITH RARE 1897 SUPPLEMENT. $110.
Cloth, Octavo. pp. cclix.607+xvii.173. Brussels, 1880 & Stockholm, 1897.
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 1,600 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 scholarship. Willems is perhaps
the most famous bibliographer of the Elzevier publishing firm. His bibliography
describes 2186 titles and is a valuable companion to the Rahir catalogue we
are also reprinting. Our edition will also include the rare supplement compiled
by G. Berghman in 1885. Another 577
titles are included. This supplement has not been made available in earlier
reprints of Willems. Besterman 5161.
Wilson,
Lt.-Col Sir Arnold T. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PERSIA. $65.
Cloth,
Octavo. pp.x.254. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1930.
Wilson’s
aim was to compile a bibliography of printed works in the principal European
languages dealing with Persia, and to some extent, with territories bordering
on the Persian Gulf. Wilson observes a strictly alphabetical order to the entries.
Wilson’s goal was to provide a list in convenient form for the use of the student
of Persia and things Persian. In all 7,500 books and articles are listed, making
this the most comprehensive bibliography on the subject in Besterman.
1230.
Wilson, John . The Lost Solar System of the Ancients Discovered. $110.00
Octavo. Two volumes bound in one. Diagrams. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1856.
A fundamental and rare work on Ancient Cosmology, Astronomy, and Geometry. Chapters on: Gravitation Near the Earth's Surface; Hyperbolic Series; Tower of Belus; Pyramid of Cheops; Pyramid of Cephrenes; American Teocallis; Rectangular Enclosure at Medinet-abou, Thebes; Druidical Remains in Anglesea and Scotland; Stone Circle at Stennis; Monuments in Ceylon; Enclosure of the Sacred Bo Tree; Temples in Lower Egypt; Sebennytus; Tanis, Pagoda of Seringham; Babylon and much more.
Winearls, Joan. THE MAPPING OF UPPER CANADA 1780-1867: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED MAPS. $120.
Cloth.
Quarto. Toronto: University of Toronto
Press, 1991. First edition, 976 pp. Illustrated with plates. 4to, printed cloth,
fine, as new, issued.
This indispensable and massive reference work thoroughly describes
over 7300 maps, surveys, plans, and charts of Upper Canada and Canada West from
the beginnings of settlement to the confederation of Canada in 1867.
Each entry includes a physical description down to the watermark, its
contents, associated documents, other editions, and copies located. The descriptions
are extensive and the volume is fully indexed by name, subject, and title. This
will prove useful to Librarians, Map Dealers, Genealogists, Historians and Local
History buffs alike. In Print at $175.00!
Wing, Donald Compiler. SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND ..........1641-1700.
$250.
Large Octavo. Three vol. xvii.562 + xi.520 + xi.521.
For the Index Society by Columbia University Press, 1945-1951.
Donald Wing’s Short-Title Catalogue 1641-1700 with
its some 50,000 listings represents one of the greatest single-handed achievements
in the annals of bibliography. Wing’s
three volume set came out between 1945-1951, and was quickly recognized as the
premier reference tool available to scholars, librarians, and students of the
late seventeenth century. Besterman
5124-5125.
Winlock, Herbert Eustis. The Slain Soldiers Of Neb-Hep-Et-Re` Mentu-Hotpe.
Hardbound. Cloth. Quarto. English. vii, 40 p. illus., XX pl. (incl. plans) on 10 leaves.
In the season of 1925-26 the expedition of the Metropolitan Museum found at Der el-Bahri a catacomb containing some sixty bodies of soldierswho had been slain in battle. A first summary account of this find appeared in the expedition's annual Bulletin, but in the present volume we welcome a detailed record of this remarkable find. That these soldiers marched in the army of that Mentuhotpe who finally brought the royal house of Heracleopolis down in ruin and extended his sway over all Egypt is proved not only by their burial in the precinct of his own funerary temple--a signal honor-but also by ink markings on the linen wrapping their bodies. Winlock shows from the nature of their wounds that these men fell in an assault on a fortress, possibly, as he suggests, Heracleopolis itself; the somewhat gruesome photographs on pls. I 1-12 show that some of the corpses lay out long enough to be torn by vultures before being recovered for burial. Some interesting points emerge in connexion with the military equipment of the period. A few of the leather bracers or wrist-guards worn by archers to protect their left wrists from being flayed by the bowstring have been preserved and are shown on pl. 4 (one actually in place on the wrist) ;they are much smaller than that worn by King Tutcankhamnn (two different aspects, Nina de G. Davies, Ancient Egyptian Paintings, pls. 77-8), which appears to have encased the wrist and extended right up the forearm. The arrows from the wounds were, as often, tipped with ebony, but curiously enough were all devoid of the chiselshaped flint head usually found with contemporary arrows; two fragments of bow-staves showing the methods of attaching the bow-string appear on pl. 5. None of the weapons borne by these soldiers were buried with them, so presumably they were either looted by the enemy or returned to store. A chapteris devoted to the linen wrappings with their ink-written marks and proper names, there are appendixes dealing with bone-measurements and body-wrappings, and useful indices. Altogether this isa study of importance to those interested in Egyptian military affairs.
Winsor, Justin; Phillips, Lee Philip; Kohl, J. G. THE KOHL COLLECTION {NOW IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS} OF MAPS RELATING TO AMERICA. $55.
Cloth. Oversized Octavo.
pp.189pp. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904.
Keyguide to Information Sources in Cartography, #117.
When Johann Georg Kohl (1808-1878) came to the United States in 1854, he brought
with him an important collection of facsimile drawings of maps relating to the
discovery and exploration of the New World. The product of years of research
in European libraries and archives, Kohl's drawings represented the most comprehensive
collection of cartographic reproductions existing in America at that time. In
1856 Congress commissioned Kohl to duplicate his drawings for a proposed catalog
of early maps of America. These remained in the custody of the Department of
State until their transfer to the Library in 1903. A catalog, compiled by Justin
Winsor in 1886 and reprinted with an index in 1904, describes 474 Kohl facsimiles
now in the Library of Congress.
In all 474 early maps of American are described, many with useful annotations
and comments. An author list is also provided, as is a general index. Reprinted
from Bibliographical Contributions to the Library of Harvard University, no.
19.
Wise, Thomas J. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITING IN PROSE AND VERSE OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. $65.
Cloth, Octavo. pp.[iii].xv.271. Privately Printed, 1916.
Wordsworth is
perhaps the best known of the British Romantic Poets, and is one of the most
influential writers of his generation. This important bibliography of Wordsworth
is one of the scarcer of Wise’s many author bibliographies. The work is valuable
for the exhaustive treatment that each book receives. Wise provides full title,
full collation, detailed discussion of the contents, and extensive annotations
discussing the history of the printing of each work. Wise also discusses the
rarity of each book, and whether it was printed in Wordsworth’s lifetime or
not. Besides the principal books, the
bibliography also discusses contributions to periodicals, collected works, and
related works of Wordsworthiana. In all nearly 200 works are meticulously described.
The first edition of this work is quite scarce, being limited to 100 copies.
Illustrated. Besterman 6571.
Winstanley, Lilian . MACBETH, KING LEAR & CONTEMPORARY HISTORY : Being A Study Of The Relations Of The Play Of Macbeth To The Personal History Of James I, The Darnley Murder, And The St. Bartholomew Massacre, And Also Of King Lear As Symbolic Mythology. $55.00
Oversized octavo. 4 p. l., 228 p. Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press, 1922 . Winstanley argues that Shakespeare's four major tragedies are really detailed allegories about recent events in England, Scotland and Italy. She draws out similarities between fictional characters and their alleged real life prototypes.
Wolff,
Robert Lee. NINETEENTH-CENTURY FICTION: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE FORMED BY ROBERT
LEE WOLFF. $175.
ISBN 1-57898-034-8. Octavo. 5 volumes bound in 2. Illustrated. 1614 pages. New York : Garland Publishing, 1981-1986.
1993 Reprint of this standard bibliography. Set of five bound into two volumes. This is a major bibliographical work of an unrivalled collection of English Novels and shorter fiction assembled over more than forty years. Wolff's aim was to own a copy of every novel published from 1837-1901. The collection contains over four times the number of title as Sadler's work. Full bibliographic descriptions and collations are given for each item except for those listed by Sadleir, which are cross-referenced
Wood, Arnold. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE COMPLETE ANGLER OF IZAAK
WALTON AND CHARLES COTTON. Being a Chronologically Arranged List of the Several
Editions and Reprints, From the First Edition MDCLII until the Year MCM. $65.
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. pp.ix.207. New York: Charles Scribner's 1900.
1593-1683, English writer. He wrote one of the most famous books in the English
language, The Compleat Angler; or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation. The first
edition appeared in 1653, and it was reissued frequently with additional material;
the last edition in Walton's lifetime appeared in 1676.
The book not only describes the technique of angling, it draws a picture of
peace and simple virtue that was Walton's protest against the civil wars taking
place at the time.
He also wrote several biographies, including ones of John Donne (1640), Sir
Henry Wotton (1651), and George Herbert (1670), all of who were his friends.
Wood's bibliography is quite scarce, appearing in 1900 in an edition of only
120 copies. To our knowledge it has not been reprinted.
The great benefit of Wood's bibliography is an illustration of the title page
provided for each edition of Walton's classic work. Full collations are provided
for each title. Extremely hard-to-find. Besterman 6481.
Wood, Casey A. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LITERATURE OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY BASED CHIEFLY ON THE TITLES IN THE BLACKER LIBRARY OF ZOOLOGY, THE EMMA SHEARER WOOD LIBRARY OF ORNITHOLOGY, THE BIBLIOTHECA OSLERIANA AND OTHER LIBRARIES OF MCGILL UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL . $80.00
Oversized Quarto. xix, 643, [1] p. ill. London: Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1931
Casey A. Wood was born in Ontario in 1856. Born of American parents in Wellington, educated in Canada and Europe, and after his professional career in England the United States, visiting and residing in any part of the world he chose, Dr. Wood was an international figure.
This useful bibliography is divided into three sections. Nineteen chapters preceding the actual catalogue of publications in this work evidence a comprehensive knowledge of the history and purport of zoological literature. Section A reviews the literature of Vertebrate zoology, so far as it is represented in McGill libraries, from the earliest times to 1930. Section B furnishes a convenient, short-title index of the same literature arranged geographically and in chronologic order. Section C, the largest of the three, is a partially annotated catalogue of the printed books, periodicals, original drawings and manuscripts in the Blacker and other zoological collections of McGill, to which have been added important other holdings. In all 15,000 items are described, many with useful annotations. Besterman 6406.
Work, Monroe (Compiled by). A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE NEGRO IN AFRICA AND AMERICA. $75.
Cloth,
8vo.xxiii. 698pp. New York: Wilson,
1928. ISBN 1-57898-079-8.
Work
was Director of Records and Research at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. It took Work over 20 years to complete his
bibliography. The purpose of the book “..is to furnish an accurate and comprehensive handbook of the titles and authors
of valuable books, pamphlets and articles...on the Negro in Africa and America” [Introduction, xi]. This most important
bibliography lists over 10,000 items on all aspects of Black life. It is still very important for older material
on Blacks.
Wright, John. EARLY BIBLES OF AMERICA: BEING A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF BIBLES PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO AND CANADA.
$80.00
Oversized Octavo. Book xv, 483 p. frontispiece, facsimiles. New York: T. Whittaker. 1894.
This is a useful annotated bibliography covering most of the important early bibles in American, and to a lesser extent, bibles in Mexico and Canada. The book is divided into chapters:
The Eliot Bible, Saur Bible, Aitken Bible, First Douay Version, Thomas Bible, Collins Bible, First Bible in New York, First Translated Septuagint, First Hebrew Bible, First Translated Peshito Syriac Version, Early Greek Bibles, Webster Amended Bible, Early German Bibles, Early Paragraph Bibles, First Stereotyped Editions, Special Editions, Some Notable Title pages, Some Notable editions, Curious Versions, Engravings of Early Bibles, Bibles and Bible Societies, The Bible Among the Indian Tribes, The Bible in Mexico, The Bible in Canada and Various editions.
Profusely illustrated. This is the third revised and enlarged edition, not to be confused with earlier editions that that give a more summary treatment of the bibles. Previous editions cite only 50 bibles. The 1894 edition cites 2000. Besterman 764.
Wright, John. Early Prayer Books of America; Being A Descriptive Account Of Prayer Books Published In The United States, Mexico And Canada. $65.00
Hardbound. Octavo. English. xv, 492 p. front., 1 illus., pl., facsims. St. Paul, Minn., Priv. Print. [Press of Evans & Bissell], 1896.
Covers prayer books of Mexico, early prayer books of the Roman Catholic Church among the Indian Tribes, Prayer books of the Church of England and the American Episcopal Church among the Indian tribes, early standard prayer books of the American Episcopal Church, the Moravian Prayer book, the prayer book of the Reformed Dutch Church, of the French Protestant, the Pres and much more. A basic work. Illustrated. 1000 early prayer books are described. Besterman 3576. Inventory # 1274
Wroth, Lawrence Counselman. THE EARLY CARTOGRAPHY OF THE PACIFIC. $75.
Octavo.pp. 87-268 + 22 Facsimiles. New York: Bibliographical
Society of America, 1944.
Ristow calls this “an excellent study of those maps
from Ptolemy to 1798 important in the development of the cartography of the
Pacific area, with facsimiles of 22 of the 104 maps described”. Ristow 393.
The work was originally published as Volume Thirty-Eight of the Papers of
the Bibliographycal Society of America. Along with a narrative history of
the cartography of the region, Wroth provides a very useful cartography describing
in great detail the hundred or so important maps included. There are also useful
annotations and cross-references to other important cartographies and bibliographies.
Ristow, Guide to the History of Cartography #393.
In these essays Wroth provides short bibliographical essays concerning such
topics as "The Search for an Infallible Method of Determining Longitude,"
"Prime Meridians of Earlier Days," "Edward Wright, His Book and
Map," "The Question of Position Finding," "The Book of Sailing
Directions," "Charts of the Ancient World," "The Mariner's
Instruments," and many others.
Never previously reprinted, this is an uncommon and useful bibliographical essay
on the subject. Contains reproductions of instruments and title pages.