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1. Dictionnaire bibliographique, historique, et critique, des livres rares, precieux, singuliers, curieux, estimés, et recherchés : qui n'ont aucun prix fixe, tant des auteurs connus, que de ceux qui ne le sont pas, soit manuscrits, avant et depuis l'invention de l'imprimerie, soit imprimés, et qui ont paru successivement de nos jours, en françois, grec, latin, italien, espagnol, anglois, &c. : avec leur valuer réduite à une juste appréciation, suivant les prix auxquels ils ont été portés dans les ventes publiques, depuis la fin du XVII siècle jusqu'à présent : auxquels on a ajouté des observations et des notes pour faciliter la connoissance exacte & certaine des editions originales, & des remarques pour les distinguer des editions contrefaites : suivi d'un Essai de bibliographie, où il est traité de la connoissance & de l'amour des livres, de leurs divers degrés de rareté, &c, &c. : ouvrage utile et nécessaire a tous littérateurs, bibliographes, bibliophiles, & à tous ceux qui veulent exercer, avec quelques connoissances, la librairie ancienne & moderne ...

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Creator:
Duclos, R
Date:
1790
Physical Description:
3 v. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The library of William Andrews Clark, jr. Modern English literature, collated and compiled by Robert Ernest Cowan and William Andrews Clark, jr. ...

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Creator:
Clark, William Andrews, 1877-1934
Date:
1920-1928
Physical Description:
4 v. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Catalogue of the splendid and valuable library of the late John Rennie, esq. ... : which will be sold by auction by Mr. Evans at his house, no. 93, Pall Mall, on Monday July 13, and four following days.

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Creator:
Evans, R. H. (Robert Harding), 1777-1857
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
2 volumes 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The library of William Andrews Clark, jr. The Kelmscott and Doves presses, in two parts : part I, Kelmscott press : part II, The Doves press / collated and compiled by Robert Ernest Cowan ; assisted by Cora Edgerton Sanders and Harrison Post ; with an introduction by Alfred W. Pollard.

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Creator:
Clark, William Andrews, 1877-1934
Date:
1921
Physical Description:
xxxvii, 123, [2] p. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The library of William Andrews Clark, Jr. Early English literature, 1519-1700, collated and compiled by Robert Ernest Cowan and William Andrews Clark, jr. ...

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Creator:
Clark, William Andrews, 1877-1934
Date:
1920-25
Physical Description:
4 v. mounted front. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Bibliographie instructive: ou, Traite de la connoissance des livres rares et singuliers ... Par Guillaume-François De Bure, le jeune ...

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Creator:
Bure, Guillaume-François de, 1731-1782
Date:
1763-1768
Physical Description:
7 v. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The Hamilton Palace libraries. Catalogue of ... the Beckford Library, removed from Hamilton Palace ... sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ...

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Creator:
Beckford, William, 1760-1844
Date:
[1882-1883]
Physical Description:
4 v. fronts. 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Dictionnaire bibliographique, historique, et critique, des livres rares, precieux, singuliers, curieux, estimés, et recherchés : qui n'ont aucun prix fixe, tant des auteurs connus, que de ceux qui ne le sont pas, soit manuscrits, avant et depuis l'invention de l'imprimerie, soit imprimés, et qui ont paru successivement de nos jours, en françois, grec, latin, italien, espagnol, anglois, etc. : avec leur valuer réduite à une juste appréciation, suivant les prix auxquels ils ont été portés dans les ventes publiques, depuis la fin du XVII siècle jusqu'à présent : auxquels on a ajouté des observations et des notes pour faciliter la connoissance exacte et certaine des éditions originales, et des remarques pour les distinguer des editions contrefaites : ouvrage utile et nécessaire a tous littérateurs, bibliographes, bibliophiles, et à tous ceux qui veulent exercer, avec quelques connoissances, la librairie ancienne et moderne : supplement ...

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Creator:
Brunet, Jacques-Charles, 1780-1867
Date:
1802
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 511 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A general catalogue of books / offered to the public at the affixed prices by Bernard Quaritch.

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Creator:
Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Date:
1880
Physical Description:
x, 2395 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 23 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

10. A bibliography of military books up to 1642. With an introd. by Charles Oman.

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Creator:
Cockle, Maurice J. D. (Maurice James Draffen)
Date:
[1957]
Physical Description:
xi, 267 p. illus., ports., maps, facsims. 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

11. A guide to the exhibition in the King's Library illustrating the history of printing, music-printing and book-binding.

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Creator:
British Museum. King's Library
Date:
1939
Physical Description:
vii, 163 p. front., plates, facsims. (incl. music) 22 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

12. The Britwell handlist; or, Short-title catalogue of the principal volumes from the time of Caxton to the year 1800 formerly in the library of Britwell court, Buckinghamshire.

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Creator:
Christie-Miller, Sydney Richardson, 1874-1931
Date:
1933
Physical Description:
2 v. fronts. (ports.) facsims. 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

13. A bibliographical and critical account of the rarest books in the English language, alphabetically arranged, which during the last fifty years have come under the observation of J. Payne Collier, F.S.A.

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Creator:
Collier, John Payne, 1789-1883
Date:
1866
Physical Description:
4 v. 21 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

14. A catalog of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.

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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Date:
[1842]
Physical Description:
xxiv, 250 p. front. (port.) illus. 28 x 28 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

15. A short-title list, compiled by Lucy Eugenia Osborne.

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Creator:
Chapin Library
Date:
London,
Physical Description:
viii, 595 p., 1 l. front. (port.) 27 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

16. Ex Libris Jean R. Perrette : important travel, exploration and cartography : Christie's, Tuesday 5 April 2016 at 10:00 am (Lots 1-276) and at 2:00 pm (Lots 277-519) Rockefeller Plaza.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc.
Date:
2016
Physical Description:
493 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

17. An Oak Spring Herbaria : herbs and herbals from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries : a selection of the rare books, manuscripts and works of art in the collection of Rachel Lambert Mellon / Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi & Tony Willis ; edited with a description of the American herbals by Mark Argetsinger ; [translated from the Italian by Lisa Chien].

An Oak Spring Herbaria : herbs and herbals from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries : a selection of the rare books, manuscripts and works of art in the collection of Rachel Lambert Mellon / Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi & Tony Willis ; edited with a description of the American herbals by Mark Argetsinger ; [translated from the Italian by Lisa Chien].
Creator:
Tongiorgi Tomasi, Lucia
Date:
2009
Physical Description:
lviii, 394 : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

18. A catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland and Ireland : and of English books printed abroad, 1484-1800. Issued as a supplement to a current series of English literature catalogues.

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Creator:
Maggs Bros
Date:
1944
Physical Description:
120 p. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

19. Check-list or brief catalogue of the library of Henry E. Huntington (English literature to 1640) Comp. under the direction of George Watson Cole.

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Creator:
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
Date:
1919
Physical Description:
482 p. 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

20. Trésor de livres rares et précieux; ou, Nouveau dictionnaire bibliographique contenant plus de cent mille articles de livres rares, curieux et recherchés, d'ouvrages de luxe, etc. avec les signes connus pour distinguer les éditions originales des contrefaçons qui en ont été faites, des notes sur la rareté et le mérite des livres cites et les prix que ces livres ont atteints dans les ventes les plus fameuses, et qu'ils conservent encore dans les magasins des bouquinistes les plus renommés de l'Europe, par Jean George Théodore Graesse.

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Creator:
Grässe, Johann Georg Theodor, 1814-1885
Date:
1922
Physical Description:
7 v. in 8. 31 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

21. Fifty-five books printed before 1525 representing the works of England's first printers; an exhibition from the collection of Paul Mellon, January 17-March 3, 1968.

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Creator:
Mellon, Paul
Date:
1968
Physical Description:
xiii, 62, [10] p. illus. 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

22. Catalogus librorum in Bibliotheca Norvicensi. A Catalogue of the books in the library of the city of Norwich in the year M.D.CCC.LXXXIII. Compiled by Frederic Kitton for the corporation.

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Creator:
Norwich (England). Public Libraries
Date:
1883
Physical Description:
xv, 129 p. 28 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

23. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres, supplément : contenant 1 ̊ un complément du Dictionnaire bibliographique de M. J.-Ch. Brunet ... 2 ̊ la table raisonnée des articles au nambre d'environ 10,000, décrits au présent supplément / Par MM. P. Deschamps et G. Brunet.

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Creator:
Brunet, Jacques-Charles, 1780-1867
Date:
[1878-1880]
Physical Description:
2 v. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

24. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres : contenant 1o, Un nouveau dictionnaire bibliographique ... 2o, Une table en forme de catalogue raisonné ... / par Jacques-Charles Brunet.

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Creator:
Brunet, Jacques-Charles, 1780-1867
Date:
1860-1865
Physical Description:
6 volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Reference Library

25. [Catalogue of the Libri library] ... Which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, auctioneers ...

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Creator:
Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869
Date:
[1859-64]
Physical Description:
6 v. in 5. plates (part fold.) fold. maps, facsims. 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

26. Adventures in Americana, 1492-1897 : The romance of voyage and discovery from Spain to the Indies, the Spanish Main, and North America; inland to the Ohio country; on toward the Mississippi; through to California; over Chilkoot Pass to the gold fields of Alaska. Being a selection of books from the library of Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis, Minnesota. With a preface by Dr. Wilberforce Eames.

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Creator:
Jones, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian), 1861-1928
Date:
1928
Physical Description:
2 v. : facsims. (some col.) ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

27. Catalogue of the library at Chatsworth ...

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Creator:
Dukes of Devonshire. Library (Chatsworth)
Date:
1879
Physical Description:
4 v. illus. 27 x 17 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

28. Catalogue of the famous library of printed books, illuminated manuscripts, autograph letters and engravings / collected by Henry Huth, and since maintained and augmented by his son, Alfred H. Huth. The printed books and illuminated manuscripts ... sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, auctioneers ...

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Creator:
Huth, Henry, 1815-1878
Date:
[1911-20]
Physical Description:
9 v. plates (part col., part fold.) facsims. (part fold.) 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. The Betjeman Library : a catalogue of the library of Sir John Betjeman : printed books, manuscripts, letters, books with autograph notes & annotations.

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Creator:
Hamish Riley-Smith (Firm)
Date:
1996
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations, facsimiles ; 30 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Steve Parks.

30. Le livre illustré au XVe si ̀ecle.

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Creator:
Leo S. Olschki (Firm)
Date:
1926
Physical Description:
xl, 80 p. illus. (1 col.) ccxx pl. on 111 l. (part col.; incl. front.) 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

31. The Rosenwald Collection; a catalogue of illustrated books and manuscripts of books from celebrated presses, and of bindings and maps, 1150-1950, the gift of Lessing J. Rosemwald to the Library of Congress.

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Creator:
Library of Congress. Rosenwald Collection
Date:
1954
Physical Description:
vi, 292 p. front. 27 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

32. Catalogue of books and documents at Milton's cottage [electronic resource].

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Date:
[2008]
Physical Description:
1 CD-ROM : color ; 4 3/4 in.
Collection:
Reference Library
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ms. Gael Crouch.

33. Sale catalogue of Dr. Johnson's library, with an essay by A. Edward Newton.

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Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Date:
[c1925]
Physical Description:
11 p. : facsim., 28 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

34. Die deutsche Bücherillustration der Gothik und Frührenaissance (1460-1530).

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Creator:
Muther, Richard, 1860-1909
Date:
1922
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. illus. (incl. facsims.) 38 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library