Select Bibliography
General Works
Ferguson, J. Some Aspects of Bibliography. Edinburgh, 1900.
Peddie, R. A. A List of Bibliographical Books published since the foundation of the Bibliographical Society in 1893 (Bib. Soc. Transactions, vol. x., pp. 235-311). London, 1910.
Bigmore and Wyman. A Bibliography of Printing. With notes and illustrations, 2 vols. London, 1880.
Reed, T. B. A List of Books and Papers on Printers and Printing under the Countries and Towns to which they refer. (Bibliographical Society.) London, 1895.
Bibliographical Society. Transactions. London, 1893, etc.
Edinburgh Bibliographical Society. Transactions. Edinburgh, 1896, etc.
Le Bibliographe Moderne. Paris, 1897, etc.
Bibliographica. 3 vols. London, 1895-7.
Centrallblatt für Bibliothekswesen. Leipzig, 1888, etc.
The Library. London, 1889, etc.
Zeitschrift für Bücherfreunde. Bielefeld, 1897, etc.
Brunet, J. C. Dictionnaire de Géographie ancienne et moderne à l’usage du libraire et de l’amateur de livre. Par un Bibliophile. Paris, 1870.
With notes on the introduction of printing into the places named.
Crane, W. Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New. Second edition. London, 1901.
Duff, E. G. Early Printed Books. (Books about Books.) London, 1893. 8vo.
Humphreys, H. N. Masterpieces of the Early Printers and Engravers: Series of facsimiles from rare and curious books, remarkable for illustrative devices, beautiful borders, decorative initials, printers’ marks, and elaborate titlepages. Fol. London, 1870.
Kristeller, P. Kupferstich und Holzschnitt in vier Jahrhunderten. 4to. Berlin, 1905.
Lang, A. The Library. With a chapter on modern English illustrated books by Austin Dobson, London, 1881.
Lippmann, F. Druckschriften des xv. bis xviii. Jahrhunderts in getreuen Nachbildungen herausgegeben von der Direction der Reichsdruckerei unter Mitwirkung von Dr. F. Lippmann and Dr. R. Dohme. Fol. Berlin, 1884-7.
Morgan, J. P. Catalogue of Early Printed Books from the libraries of William Morris, Richard Bennett, etc., now forming portion of the library of J. P. Morgan. [By S. Aldrich, E. G. Duff, A. W. Pollard, R. Proctor.] 3 vols. Large 4to. London, 1907.
With many facsimiles.
Rouveyre, E. Connaissances nécessaires à un bibliophile. 10 vols. Paris, 1899.
I.—COLLECTORS AND COLLECTING
Elton, C. I. and M. A. The Great Book Collectors. London, 1893.
Fletcher, W. Y. English Book-Collectors. London, 1902.
Quaritch, B. Contributions towards a Dictionary of English Book Collectors. London, 1892-9.
Davenport, C. English Heraldic Book-Stamps. London, 1909.
With biographical notes.
Guigard, J. Nouvel Armorial du Bibliophile. Guide de l’amateur des livres armoriés. 2 tom. Paris, 1890.
With biographical notices of many French collectors.
Book Prices Current. London, 1893, etc.
American Book Prices Current. New York, 1895, etc.
Livingston, L. S. Auction Prices of Books. 1886-1904. 4 vols. New York, 1905.
Lawler, J. Book Auctions in England in the Seventeenth Century. London, 1898.
Roberts, W. Catalogues of English Book Sales. London, 1900.
—— Rare Books and their Prices. London, 1896.
Wheatley, H. B. Prices of Books: An inquiry into the changes in the price of books which have occurred in England at different periods. London, 1898.
Brunet, J. C. Manuel du libraire et de l’amateur de livres, contenant 1o un nouveau dictionnaire bibliographique, etc. Cinquième Édition. 6 vols. Paris, 1860-5.
Graesse, J. G. T. Trésor de livres rares et précieux: ou Nouveau Dictionnaire bibliographique. 7 vols. Dresde, 1859-69.
These two books mark the close of the fashion of General Collecting.
II.—BLOCK-BOOKS
Sotheby, S. L. Principia typographica. The block-books issued in Holland, Flanders, and Germany during the fifteenth century, etc. 3 vols. Fol. London, 1858.
Schreiber, W. L. Livres xylographiques et xylo-chirographiques. Fac-similés des livres xylographiques. (Manuel de l’amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au xve siècle, tomes 4, 7, 8.) 8vo and fol. Leipzig, 1895, 1900, 1902.
Pilinski, A. Monuments de la xylographie... reproduits en fac-similé sur les exemplaires de la Bibliothèque Nationale, précédés des notices par Gustave Pawlowski. Fol. Paris, 1882-3.
| 1. Apocalypse. | 4. Ars Moriendi. |
| 2. Bible des Pauvres. | 5. Oraison Dominicale. |
| 3. Ars Memorandi. | 6. Cantica Canticorum. |
Biblia Pauperum. Biblia pauperum. Nach dem Einzigen in 50 Darstellungen herausgegeben von P. Heitz, W. L. Schreiber. 4to. Strassburg, 1903.
Cust, L. H. The Master E. S. and the Ars Moriendi. 4to. Oxford, 1898.
III. and IV.—THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING—HOLLAND AND MAINZ
Grolier Club. A description of the Early Printed Books owned by the Grolier Club, with a brief account of their printers and the history of typography in the fifteenth century. Fol. New York, 1895.
Quotes numerous early references to the invention of printing, and gives some facsimiles.
Enschedé, C. Laurens Jansz. Coster de uitvinder van de boekdrukkunst. Haarlem, 1904.
—— Technisch onderzoek naar de uitvinding van de boekdrukkunst. Haarlem, 1901.
Hessels, J. H. Gutenberg: Was He the Inventor of Printing? London, 1882.
—— Haarlem the Birthplace of Printing, not Mentz. London, 1887.
—— Article “Typography” in the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Gutenberg Gesellschaft. Veröffentlichungen. Mainz, 1902, etc. 4to.
| I. | Zedler, G. Die älteste Gutenbergtype. 1902. |
| II. | Schwenke, P. Die Donat- und Kalendertype. 1903. |
| III. | Das Mainzer Fragment vom Weltgericht. Der Canon Missae vom Jahre. 1458. |
| IV. | Zedler. Das Mainzer Catholicon. |
| V-VI. | Das Mainzer Fragment vom Weltgericht. Die Type B42 im Missale von 1493. Die Missaldrucke P. und Joh. Schöffers. Die Bucheranzeigen P. Schöffers. |
| VIII-IX. | Seymour de Ricci. Catalogue raisonné des premières impressions de Mayence (1445-67). |
Dziatzko, C. Was wissen wir von dem Leben und der Person Joh. Gutenbergs? [1895.]
—— Gutenberg’s früheste Druckerpraxis auf Grund einer... Vergleichung des 42-zeiligen und 36-zeilgen Bibel. (Sammlung, No. 4.) 1890.
Hessels, J. H. Gutenberg: Was He the Inventor of Printing? London, 1882.
—— The So-called Gutenberg Documents. (Reprinted from The Library.) London, 1912.
V.—OTHER INCUNABULA
Panzer, G. W. Annales Typographici ab artis inventæ origine ad annum MD. (ad annum MDXXXVI). 11 vols. 4to. Norimbergæ, 1793-1803.
Hain, L. Repertorium Bibliographicum, in quo libri omnes ab arte typographica inventa usque ad annum MD. typis expressi ordine alphabetico vel simpliciter enumerantur vel adcuratius recensentur. Stuttgartiæ et Tubingæ, 1826.
—— Indices uberrimi operâ C. Burger. Lipsiæ, 1891.
Copinger, W. A. Supplement to Hain’s Repertorium Bibliographicum. (Index by Konrad Burger.) 3 vols. London, 1895-1902.
Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii Copingeri Repertorium Bibliographicum. Additiones et emendationes. 7 pt. Monachii, 1905-11.
Pellechet, M. L. C. Catalogue général des Incunables des bibliothèques publiques de France. [Continued by M. L. Polain.] Vols. i.-iii. Paris, 1897, etc.
Proctor, R. An Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum, with notes of those in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 2 vols. London, 1898.
British Museum. Catalogue of Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century, now in the British Museum. Vols. i-ii. [Block-books and Germany, Mainz-Trier.] 4to. London, 1908, etc.
Providence, R.I. Annmary Brown Memorial. Catalogue of Books mostly from the Presses of the First Printers, showing the progress of printing with movable metal types through the second half of the Fifteenth Century. Collected by Rush C. Hawkins. Catalogued by A. W. Pollard. 4to. Oxford, 1910.
Burger, K. Monumenta Germaniae et Italiae typographica. Deutsche und italienische Inkunabeln in getreuen Nachbildungen. Parts 1-8. Fol. Berlin, 1892, etc.
Gesellschaft für Typenkunde des 15. Jahrhunderts. Veröffentlichungen. Fol. Uppsala, 1907, etc.
Type Facsimile Society. Publications. (1900-4 edited by R. Proctor; 1904-8 by G. Dunn.) 4to. Oxford, 1900, etc.
Woolley Photographs. Woolley Photographs. Photographs of fifteenth century types of the exact size of the originals, designed to supplement published examples, with references to Robert Proctor’s Index of Books in the British Museum and Bodleian Library. [Edited by George Dunn, with a list of the 500 photographs.] Fol. Woolley, 1899-1905.
Haebler, K. Typenrepertorium der Wiegendrucke. 3 vols. Leipzig, 1905, etc. 8vo.
This supplies the measurement and some guide to the characteristics of every recorded fifteenth century type, with helps to the identification of the printers of unsigned books by means of the different forms of M, Qu, etc.
Bernard, A. J. De l’Origine et des Débuts de l’Imprimerie en Europe. 2 vols. Paris, 1853.
Valuable for its numerous references to notes and dates in individual copies.
Hawkins, Rush C. Titles of the First Books from the Earliest Presses established in different Cities, Towns, and Monasteries in Europe, before the end of the Fifteenth Century. With brief notes upon their printers. 4to. New York, 1884.
Claudin, A. Histoire de l’imprimerie en France. Vols. i.-iii. 4to. Paris, 1900, etc.
Thierry-Poux, O. Premiers monuments de l’imprimerie en France au xve siècle. [40 sheets of facsimiles.] Fol. Paris, 1890.
Holtrop, J. W. Monuments typographiques des Pays-Bas au quinzième siècle. [130 plates of facsimiles.] Fol. La Haye, 1868.
Campbell, M. F. A. G. Annales de la Typographie Néerlandaise au xve siècle. (With four supplements.) La Haye, 1874 (1878-90).
Fumagalli, G. Lexicon typographicum Italiae. Dictionnaire géographique d’Italie pour servir à l’histoire de l’imprimerie dans ce pays. Florence, 1905.
Haebler, K. Bibliografia iberica del siglo 15. La Haya, 1904.
—— The Early Printers of Spain and Portugal. [Bibliog. Soc. Illust. Monographs, 4.] 4to. London, 1897.
—— Typographie ibérique du xve siècle. Reproduction en fac-similé de tous les caractères typographiques employés en Espagne et en Portugal jusqu’à 1500. Fol. La Haye, 1902.
VI.—THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINTED BOOK
Pollard, A. W. An Essay on Colophons. With specimens and translations, by A. W. Pollard, and an introduction by R. Garnett (Caxton Club). Chicago, 1905.
—— Last Words on the History of the Titlepage. 4to. London, 1890.
Roberts, W. Printers’ Marks: A Chapter in the History of Typography. London, 1893.
Büchermarken. Die Büchermarken oder Buchdrucker und Verlegerzeichen. 4to. Strassburg, 1892, etc.
1. Elsässische Büchermarken bis Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts. Herausgeg. von P. Heitz, 1892.
2. Die Italienischen Buchdrucker-und Verlegerzeichen bis 1525. Herausgeg. von P. Kristeller, 1893.
3. Die Basler Büchermarken bis Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts. Herausgeg. von P. Heitz, 1895.
4. Die Frankfurter Drucker und Verlegerzeichen bis Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts. Herausgeg. von P. Heitz, 1896.
5. Spanische und Portugiesische Bücherzeichen des xv. und xvi. Jahrhunderts. Herausgeg. von. K. K. Haebler, 1898.
6. Kölner Büchermarken bis zum Anfang des xvii. Jahrhunderts. Herausgeg. von Dr. Zaretzky, 1898.
7. Genfer Buchdrucker, und Verlegerzeichen von xv. xvi. und xvii. Jahrhundert. Von P. Heitz, 1908.
Silvestre, L. C. Marques typographiques, ou recueil des monogrammes... des libraires et imprimeurs en France, depuis l’introduction de l’imprimerie jusqu’à la fin du xve siècle. Paris, 1853-67.
Jennings, O. Early Woodcut Initials. London, 1908.
VII.—EARLY GERMAN AND DUTCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Dodgson, C. Catalogue of early German and Flemish woodcuts preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Vols. i.-ii. London, 1903, 1911.
Muther, R. Die deutsche Bücherillustration der Gothik und Frührenaissance (1460-1530). 2 Bde. 4to. München, 1884.
Schreiber, W. L. Catalogue des incunables à figures imprimés en Allemagne, en Suisse en Autriche-Hongrie et en Scandinavie, avec des notes critiques et bibliographiques. (Manuel de l’amateur de la gravure sur bois et sur métal au xve siècle, tom. 5 & 6.) Leipzig, 1910.
Cockerell, S. C. Some German Woodcuts of the Fifteenth Century. 4to. Hammersmith, 1897.
Conway, Sir W. M. The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century. Cambridge, 1884.
VIII.—EARLY ITALIAN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Lippmann, F. The Art of Wood-Engraving in Italy in the Fifteenth Century. London, 1888.
Pollard, A. W. Italian Book-Illustrations, chiefly of the Fifteenth Century. (Portfolio monographs, 12.) London, 1894.
Kristeller, P. Early Florentine Woodcuts. With an annotated list of Florentine illustrated books. London, 1897.
Essling, Prince d’. Les Missels imprimés à Venise de 1481 à 1600. Description, illustration, bibliographie. Ouvrage orné de planches sur cuivre et de 250 gravures. Fol. Paris, 1894.
—— Études sur l’art de la gravure sur bois à Venise. Les livres à figures vénitiens de la fin du 15e siècle et du commencement du 16e. Fol. Paris, 1907, etc.
IX.—EARLY FRENCH AND SPANISH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
Murray, C. F. Catalogue of a collection of early French Books in the library of C. Fairfax Murray. Compiled by H. W. Davies. 4to. London, 1910.
Vindel, P. Bibliografia grafica: Reproduccion en facsimil de portadas, retratos, colofones y otras curiosidades útiles á los bibliófilos, que se hallan en obras únicas y libros preciosos ó raros. 2 tom. Madrid, 1910.
1224 facsimiles of titlepages, illustrations, etc., of Spanish books, unfortunately neither well selected, nor well arranged, but still useful.
X.—LATER FOREIGN BOOKS
Proctor, R. An index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. Part II. 1501-20. Germany. London, 1903.
Nijhoff, W. Bibliographie de la typographie néerlandaise des années 1500 à 1540. La Haye, 1901, etc.
—— L’art typographique dans les Pays-Bas, 1500-1540: Reproduction en fac-similé des caractères, typographiques, des marques d’imprimeurs, etc. Fol. La Haye, 1902, etc.
Renouard, A. A. Annales de l’imprimerie des Aldes, ou histoire des trois Manuces, et de leurs éditions. Troisième édition, avec notes de la famille des Juntes, etc. 3 vols. Paris, 1834.
—— Annales de l’imprimerie des Estiennes ou histoire de la famille des Estiennes et de ses éditions. 2e édition. Paris, 1843.
Rooses, Max. Christopher Plantin, imprimeur anversois. Biographie et documents. 2e édition. Fol. Anvers, 1896.
Willems, A. Les Elzevier. Histoire et annales typographiques. Bruxelles, etc., 1880.
Goldsmid, E. M. Bibliotheca curiosa. A complete catalogue of all the publications of the Elzevir presses. Edinburgh, 1888.
XI.—SIXTEENTH CENTURY ILLUSTRATIONS
Many of the books entered under VII, VIII, and IX relate also to this period.
Butsch, A. F. Die Bücherornamentik der Renaissance, eine Auswahl stylvoller Titeleinfassungen, Initialen, Leisten, Vignetten und Druckerzeichen hervoragender italienischer, deutscher, und französischer Officinen aus der Zeit der Frührenaissance. 4to. Leipzig, 1878.
XII.—ENGLISH PRINTING, 1476-1580
Hazlitt, W. C. Handbook to the Popular, Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain, from the Invention of Printing to the Restoration. London, 1867.
Hazlitt, W. C. Collections and Notes. Three series with supplements. London, 1876-89.
—— A General Index to Hazlitt’s Handbook and his Bibliographical Collections, 1867-1889. By G. T. Gray. London, 1893.
British Museum. Catalogue of Books in the Library of the British Museum printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Books in English printed abroad, to the year 1640. [Mainly by G. W. Eccles.] 3 vols. London, 1884.
Duff, E. G. Catalogue of Books in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Books in English printed abroad to the end of the year 1640. 4to. Manchester, 1895.
Sayle, C. E. Early English Printed Books in the University Library, Cambridge, 1475-1640. Cambridge, 1900-7.
The books are arranged under the printers.
Ames, J. Typographical Antiquities: Being an historical account of printing in England; with some memoirs of our antient printers, and a register of the books printed by them, 1471-1600. With an appendix concerning printing in Scotland and Ireland to the same time. 4to. London, 1749.
—— Considerably augmented.... By W. Herbert. 3 vols. 4to. London, 1785-90.
—— Greatly enlarged, with copious Notes and Engravings by T. F. Dibdin. Vols. i.-iv. 4to. London, 1810-19.
Duff, E. G. English Printing on Vellum to the end of 1600. (Bibliographical Society of Lancashire.) 4to. Aberdeen, 1902.
—— A Century of the English Book Trade: Short notices of all Printers, Stationers, Bookbinders, and others connected with it, 1457-1557. 4to. Bibliographical Society, London, 1905.
—— The Printers, Stationers, and Bookbinders of Westminster and London, 1476-1535. (Sandars Lectures.) Cambridge, 1896.
—— Early English Printing: A series of facsimiles of all the types used in England during the fifteenth century. Fol. London, 1896.
—— (and others.) Handlists of English Printers, 1501-1557. Parts 1-3. 4to. Bibliographical Society, London, 1896, etc.
Arber, E. A Transcript of the Registers of the Company of Stationers of London, 1554-1640. 5 vols. 4to. London, 1875-94.
Blades, W. The Life and Typography of William Caxton. 2 vols. 4to. London, 1861-3.
—— Biography and Typography of Caxton. London, 1882.
Duff, E. G. William Caxton. (Caxton Club of Chicago.) 4to. Chicago, 1905.
Ricci, Seymour de. A Census of Caxtons. (Bibliographical Society, Illust. Monographs, 15.) London, 1909.
Plomer, H. R. A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898. (English Bookman’s Library.) London, 1900.
Reed, T. B. History of the Old English Letter Foundries. 4to. London, 1887.
XIII.—EARLY PRINTING IN ENGLISH OUTSIDE LONDON
Allnutt, W. H. English Provincial Presses. (Bibliographica, Parts 5-7.) London, 1895.
Duff, E. G. The English Provincial Printers, Stationers, and Bookbinders to 1557. (Sandars Lectures.) Cambridge, 1912.
Bowes, R. A Catalogue of Books Printed at or relating to the University, Town and County of Cambridge, 1521-1893. Cambridge, 1894.
Madan, F. L. Oxford Books. Vol. 1. The Early Oxford Press: A Bibliography of Printing and Publishing at Oxford “1468-1640.”
—— —— Vol. 2. Oxford Literature, 1450-1640, and 1641-1650. Oxford, 1895, 1912.
—— A Chart of Oxford Printing, “1468”-1900. With notes and illustrations. 4to. Oxford, 1903.
—— A Brief Account of the University Press at Oxford. With illustrations, together with a chart of Oxford printing. 4to. Oxford, 1908.
Davies, R. A Memoir of the York Press. With notices of Authors, Printers, and Stationers in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Westminster, 1868.
Dobson, A. Horace Walpole: A Memoir. With an Appendix of Books Printed at the Strawberry Hill Press. New York, 1893.
Aldis, H. G. A List of Books Printed in Scotland before 1700, including those Printed furth of the realm for Scottish Booksellers. With brief notes on the Printers and Stationers. 4to. Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, Edinburgh, 1904.
Dickson, R., and Edmond, T. P. Annals of Scottish Printing: from the Introduction of the Art in 1507 to the beginning of the 17th Century. 4to. Cambridge, 1890.
Dix, E. R. McC. A List of Irish Towns and Dates of Earliest Printing in each. Second edition. Dublin, 1909.
—— The Earliest Dublin Printing. With list of books, etc., printed in Dublin prior to 1601. Dublin, 1901.
Gilbert, Sir J. T. Irish Bibliography. Two papers. With an introduction, notes, and appendices by E. R. McC. Dix. Dublin, 1904.
Watkins, G. T. Bibliography of Printing in America: Books, etc., relating to the history of printing in the New World. Boston, 1906.
Evans, C. American Bibliography.... A Chronological Dictionary of all books, pamphlets, and periodical publications printed in the United States from 1639 to 1820. 4to. Chicago, 1903, etc.
Thomas, J. The History of Printing in America. With a Biography of Printers, etc. Second edition. 2 vols. Albany, 1874.
Roden, R. F. The Cambridge Press, 1638-1692: A history of the first printing press in English America, together with a bibliographical list of the issues. New York, 1905.
XIV.—ENGLISH WOODCUT ILLUSTRATIONS
Chatto and Jackson. A Treatise on Wood Engravings: Historical and Practical. Second edition. London 1861.
Linton, W. J. The Masters of Wood-Engraving. Folio. London, 1889.
XV.—ENGRAVED BOOKS—ILLUSTRATIONS
Hind, A. M. A Short History of Engraving and Etching for the use of Collectors and Students. With full bibliography, classified list, and index of engravers. Second edition, revised. London, 1911.
Colvin, Sir S. Early Engraving and Engravers in England, 1545-1695. Fol. British Museum. London, 1905.
Hind, A. M. List of the Works of Native and Foreign Line-Engravers in England from Henry VIII to the Commonwealth. British Museum. London, 1905.
Cohen, H. Guide de l’amateur de livres à gravure du 18e siècle, 6e édition, augmentée par Seymour de Ricci. Paris, 1912.
Levine, J. Bibliography of the 18th Century Art and Illustrated Books. London, 1898.
Béraldi, J. H. Estampes et livres, 1872-1892. 4to. Paris, 1892.
A catalogue of the compiler’s own collection of French illustrated books.
XVI.—MODERN FINE PRINTING
Straus, R., and Dent, R. K. John Baskerville: A Memoir. 4to. Cambridge, 1907.
Goschen, Viscount. The Life and Times of Georg Joachim Goeschen, Publisher and Printer of Leipzig, 1752-1828. 2 vols. London, 1903.
Werelet, E. Études bibliographiques sur la famille des Didot, imprimeurs, etc., 1713-1864. (Extrait de l’Histoire du Livre en France.) Paris, 1864.
Warren, A. The Charles Whittinghams, Printers. (Grolier Club.) New York, 1896.
Morris, W. A Note by William Morris on his Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press. With a short description of the Press by S. C. Cockerell, and an annotated list of the books printed thereat. Hammersmith, 1898.
Ricketts. A Bibliography of the Books issued by Hacon and Ricketts. (The Vale Press.) London, 1904.
Steele, R. The Revival of Printing. London, 1912.