Bibliotheca Spenceriana, or a Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century, and of Many Valuable First Editions, in the Library ... K. G., &C. &C. &C, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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'of the importance of having such books carefully collated. N O pains, therefore, have been spared in ascertaining the number of the leaves, and the order of the signatures. The latter attempt has never before, to my knowledge, been accomplished in regard to foreign publications. But notwithstanding every effort to be accurate, I am far from supposing that the work is faultless in these particulars. It may however boast of a comparatively near approach to accuracys In respect to the description of the con dition of each copy, it may be safely affirmed that such description is equally honest and particular. A Collection of Books, so splen did and uncommon as is the present, will not easily have its lustre dimmed by the unavoidable introduction of a few indifferent copies. In regard to those Editions where the names of printers, the places, and the dates are omitted, all that can be reasonably expected is, to state probable conjectures. The study OF bibliography in this country is perhaps in its infancy; but it is vol. I. B.
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'of the importance of having such books carefully collated. N O pains, therefore, have been spared in ascertaining the number of the leaves, and the order of the signatures. The latter attempt has never before, to my knowledge, been accomplished in regard to foreign publications. But notwithstanding every effort to be accurate, I am far from supposing that the work is faultless in these particulars. It may however boast of a comparatively near approach to accuracys In respect to the description of the con dition of each copy, it may be safely affirmed that such description is equally honest and particular. A Collection of Books, so splen did and uncommon as is the present, will not easily have its lustre dimmed by the unavoidable introduction of a few indifferent copies. In regard to those Editions where the names of printers, the places, and the dates are omitted, all that can be reasonably expected is, to state probable conjectures. The study OF bibliography in this country is perhaps in its infancy; but it is vol. I. B.
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