British Museum, Department of Printed Books
Rhodes (Dennis E.), 1923-2020, compiler
Short-title catalogue of books printed in Italy and of Italian books printed in other countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum § Supplement
London, British Museum, 1958; 1986
Two volumes (23 cm), I (1958): viii, 992 pp. II (1986): 152 pp. Publisher’s blue cloth. - First editions, first printings of both volumes. Author catalogue listing roughly 25,000 different editions printed in Italy or in the Italian language outside Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries, with an invaluable “Index of Printers and Publishers”. ¶ Fine copy.