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  • Pellechet (Marie Léontine Catherine), 1840-1900; Polain (Marie-Louis Félix Alphonse), 1866-1933; Baumeister (Ursula); Charon-Parent (Annie), born 1950; Coq (Dominique), born 1948; Coron (Antoine), born 1948; Labarre (Albert), 1927-2010, compilers

    Paris, Alphonse Picard et Fils, 1897-1909
    Three volumes (27 cm), I (1897): xiii, 602 pp. Entries 1-2386. II (1905): xviii, 593 pp. Entries 2387-3888. III (1909): viii, 653 (4) pp. Entries 3889-5394. Uniformly bound in contemporary half-morocco. - Pellechet-Polain is an incompleted union catalogue of incunabula in French libraries. The remainder of the alphabet (authors Gregorius IX - Zutphania, entry nos. 5395-11,887) was not issued until 1970 (in 23 volumes, a facsimile of Louis Polain’s manuscript). ¶ Leather decaying, joints cracked, but still sound.

    Offered with Bibliothèque nationale (France), Catalogue des incunables. Tome 2: H - Z et Hebraica. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1981-1985. Four volumes (27 cm), as issued, in publisher’s printed wrappers. - The BnF’s “Catalogue des incunables” is an authoritative guide to one of the three great collections of fifteenth-century printed books (approximately 8500 editions in 12,000 copies). The editors commenced with the letter H, since the Library’s copies of authors A-G were recorded by Pellechet & Polain. They afterwards turned to the earlier part of the alphabet, and three more fascicules (Tome 1, Fasc. 1-3) have been published 1992-2006; those fascicules can be supplied on request. ¶ Fine copies.

  • Ministero dell'Educazione Nazionale (Italy)
    Guarnaschelli (Teresa Maria), 1893-1953; Valenziani (Enrichetta)

    Rome, La Libreria dello stato, 1943-1981
    Four volumes only, of six (30.5 cm), I (1943): xix (1), 295 (3) pp., XXVII leaves of illustrations (Tav.XVIII folding). II (1948): viii, 246 pp., XXX leaves of illustrations. V (1972): ix, 335 pp., LXVII leaves of illustrations. VI (1981): 498 (2) pp., XXXVIII leaves of illustrations. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Incomplete set, lacking Volume 3: G-L, Indice e cataloghi, nuova serie, 1, no. 3 (Rome 1954); and Volume 4: M-R, Indice e cataloghi, nuova serie, 1, no. 4 (Rome 1965). ¶ Minor shelf wear; otherwise good, unmarked copies.
  • Michel (Suzanne Paul), 1904-1979; Michel (Paul-Henri), 1894-1964

    Paris, Éditions du Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique, 1967-1984
    Eight volumes (27 cm), I (A-B, 1967): 241 pp. II (C-D, 1968): 192 pp. III (E-F, 1970): 78 pp. IV (G-K, 1972): 134 pp. V (L-M, 1975): 210 pp. VI (N-P, 1976): 157 pp. VII (Q-S, 1980): 161 pp. VIII (T-Z; Supplément, 1984): 243 pp. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Rare first editions. A second edition of authors A-B was published by L.S. Olschki 1970-1979, after which the project was abandoned. ¶ Some light shelf wear, but overall a fine set.
  • Ascarelli (Fernanda), 1903-1994

    Milan, Editrice Etimar, 1972
    (31 cm), (8) 359 (5) pp. Publisher’s red rexine binding. - Locates about 5500 copies in fourteen Roman libraries; “Si troveranno anche indicazioni di biblioteche di altre città italiane e straniere: è materiale venutomi per caso tra le mani o trovato nei cataloghi consultati nel corso delle ricerche e, per la rarità degli esemplari, ho ritenuto utile segnalarlo” (from the compiler’s preface). ¶ Binding beginning to crack along upper joint; clean, free of marks.
  • Moreau (Brigitte), 1930-1994

    Paris (vols. III-IV: Abbeville), Imprimerie Municipale (vols. III-IV: F. Paillart; vol. V: Musées), 1972-2004
    Five volumes (24-25 cm), I (Imprints 1501-1510, 1972): 425 pp. II (Imprints 1511-1520, 1977): 701 pp. III (Imprints 1521-1530, 1985): 681 pp. IV (Imprints 1531-1535, 1992): 471 (5) pp. V (Imprints 1536-1540, 2005): 605 pp. Volumes I-II uniformly bound in collector’s green quarter-morocco, top edges gilt, volume III in publisher’s green cloth, volumes IV-V in publisher’s printed wrappers. - All volumes published to date of an inventory of Parisian sixteenth-century book production, based on the researches of Philippe Renouard (1862-1934), edited (vols. I-IV) by Brigitte Moreau (1930-1994), assisted (vol. III) by Annie Laskowski, and edited latterly (vol. V) by Geneviève Guilleminot-Chrétien. The detailed entries include a listing of all known copies (abbreviations are given for over 130 libraries in France and over 400 in other countries). Each volume has two indexes: one of authors, editors, translators, etc.; the other of printers and publishers, including co-publishers from towns elsewhere. ¶ Excellent set.
  • Michel (Suzanne Paul), 1904-1979; Michel (Paul-Henri), 1894-1964

    Paris, CNRS, 1972-1984
    Four volumes (27 cm), I (A-B, 1967): 241 pp. II (C-D, 1968): 192 pp. IV (G-K, 1972): 134 pp. V (L-M, 1975): 210 pp. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Incomplete set (volumes 1, 2, 4, 5 only, of eight). All volumes are now out-of-print (www.cnrseditions.fr/). ¶ Good copies.
  • Goff (Frederick R.), 1916-1982

    Millwood, NY, Kraus Reprint Co., 1973
    (28.5 cm), lxiii (3), 798 pp. Publisher’s cloth binding. - Brief entries for nearly 13,000 editions. A reprint of Goff’s personal copy of the Third Census (New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 1964), in which he had recorded copies seen in the auction sale rooms and book trade (with their prices). “The best and handiest single work of reference for everyone concerned with 15th-century printing, from novices, scholars in other fields, or smaller booksellers, to the great dealers, the great collectors, or incunabulists in great libraries. Here, in one volume and one moment, we find standard forms for authors’ and printers’ names, correct titles and contents of books, reliable assignments of press and date, notices of other descriptions, and references to articles and monographs” (from a review by George D. Painter of the Third Census, in The Book Collector, Autumn 1965, pp.373-377). Frederick R. Goff, “The Preparation of the ‘Third Census of Incunabula in American Libraries’” in The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, volume 64 (1970), pp.275-281. ¶ Light shelf wear; otherwise a very good, unmarked copy.
  • Munby (Alan Noel Latimer), 1913-1974; Coral (Leonore), 1939-2005

    London, Mansell, 1977
    (28.5 cm), xxv, [1], 146 pp., frontispiece. Publisher’s orange cloth binding (no dust jacket issued). - Some 2000 entries, accompanied by an index of consignors and another of auctioneers and booksellers. A by-product of the author’s dissertation, “Music in English Auction sales, 1676-1750”, written under the direction of Thurston Dart at King’s College, University of London (1974). ¶ Light marks on upper cover of binding; otherwise a very good copy.
  • Polain (Marie-Louis Félix Alphonse), 1866-1933

    Brussels, Fl. Tulkens, 1978
    Five volumes (29 cm), I (A-C): lvi (1), xxx, 772 pp. II (D-K): iv, 748 pp. III (L-S): iv, 794 pp. IV (T-Z, Tables): iv, 646 pp. V (Supplément): x, 615 (2) pp. Uniform publisher’s brown cloth. - Reimpression of the 1932 edition, with a new preface by Georges Colin, and a supplementary volume of “Additions et corrections” (about 700 incunabula not included in the 1932 catalogue). Published in an edition of 50 copies “sur papier Ingres MBM Arches” and 500 copies “sur papier Hyacint”. ¶ Fine, unmarked copy.
  • Pollard (Alfred W.), 1859-1944; Redgrave (Gilbert Richard), 1844-1941
    Jackson (William Alexander), 1905-1964; Ferguson (Frederic Sutherland), 1878-1967; Pantzer (Katharine Ferriday), 1930-2005; Rider (Philip R.)

    London, Bibliographical Society, 1976-1991
    Three volumes (32 cm), I (1986): liii, 620 pp. II (1976): I-Z. xi, 494 pp. III (Indexes, 1991): xix, 405 pp. Publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. - Second edition, revised and enlarged. “The most meticulous and definitive extended work of bibliography, in any language and on any subject, ever achieved” (Arthur Freeman, “The complete New STC” in The Times Literary Supplement, 13 February 1987, p.170). Sold to members of the Bibliographical Society (price £200), or currently obtainable from the Society’s agent Oak Knoll Books (price $795; Order Nr. 60371; www.oakknoll.com). ¶ A few handling marks on dust jackets; a fine set.
  • Bezzel (lrmgard), 1931-2001
    Bayerischen Staatlichen Bibliotheken

    Stuttgart, Anton Hiersemann Verlag, 1979
    (28 × 19 cm), xi, 565 pp. Publisher’s cloth. - 3898 volumes, comprising 1825 titles and approximately 1200 editions, were personally examined by the compiler; her search was conducted in 73 Bavarian libraries, among them the library of the humanist Christoph II Scheurl (1481-1542) of Fischbach, still intact in possession of the family. A striking feature of Bezzel’s census is her emphasis on recording provenance, and her book has much to contribute to the study of the way in which the Erasmus texts were disseminated. “A book which handles well, contains important information and deserves a place in the library of every ‘humanist’” (from the detailed review by Elly Cockx-Indestege, listing additions and corrections, in Quaerendo, volume 10, 1980, pp.345-350). ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy.
  • Van Thienen (Gerard A.), born 1939

    Nieuwkoop, B. de Graaf, 1983
    Two volumes (24.5 cm), I (Catalogue): (6) viii, 698 pp. II (Indexes & Concordances): (6) 374 pp. Uniform publisher’s blue cloth (no dust jackets issued). - Census registering 4759 editions (7940 copies) preserved in 85 libraries in The Netherlands. “An admirable addition to the shelf of essential catalogues of incunables” (from a review by Nicolas Barker, in The Book Collector, Spring 1985, pp.114-115). The genesis of the publication is recounted in Quaerendo, volume 5, pp.85-87. Publisher’s retail price €174 (www.brill.com; link). ¶ Fine, unmarked copy.
  • Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle Biblioteche Italiane

    Rome, ICCU, 1985-1996
    Five volumes (30-31.5 cm), volume I/a (1985): xviii, 333 pp. I/b (1990): xvi, 365 (5) pp., 12 plates (some in colour). II (1989): xvi, 375 (1) pp., 12 plates. III (1993): xvii, 357 pp., 12 plates. IV (1996): xxiii, 327 pp., each volume with frontispiece in colour. Publisher’s printed wrappers (vol. A) and cloth (vols. A-Ce). - Includes all works printed in Italy in the sixteenth century, or in Italian printed elsewhere. The first volume (authors “A”) is present in both first (1985) and second (1990) editions. Two further volumes have appeared: V (authors “D”), in 2005 (ISBN 9788871071138); and VI (authors “E-F”), in 2007 (ISBN 9788871071251). ¶ Very good copies.
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