I indicate the libraries where the rare books cited below may be found by the following abbreviations: CU (University of California, Berkeley); DLC (Library of Congress); ICN (The Newberry Library, Chicago); MH (Harvard University Library); NN (New York Public Library). Books for which no locations are given will be found in most large libraries. I have not tried to record all the copies owned in the United States.

Besterman, Theodore. A World Bibliography of Bibliographies. London, 1939-1940. Pp. xxiv, 588; [iv], 644. 2d ed.; London, 1947-1949. Pp. xxviii, cols. 1450; [i], cols. 1451-3196; [i], cols. 3197-4111. 3d ed.; Geneva, 1955-. The author index in the third volume of the second edition is printed in three columns. The second edition is cited as Besterman.

Reviewed: Vilhelm Grundtvig, "En Verdensbibliografi over Bibliografier," Nordisk tidskrift fÖr bokvÄsen, XXVII (1940), 58-65; Marc Jaryc, Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, XXXVI (1942), 321-324.

Beughem, Cornelius a. Bibliotheca bibliothecarum. Never published.

Bibliographia bibliographica, I (1898)-VII (1904). Bibliographia universalis, Contribution No. 31. Brussels: Institut Internationale de Bibliographie, 1900-1906.

For a collation see Besterman, I, cols. 324-325 (only vols. I-VI). The first five volumes were issued with a new titlepage as Bibliotheca bibliographica universalis ... 1898-1902 (Brussels, 1904. DLC).

Bibliographic Index. A Cumulative Bibliography of Bibliographies. 1937-1942. New York, 1945. Pp. [xxxiii], 1780. Printed in two columns.

——. —— 1943-1946. New York, 1948. Pp. [xx], 831. Printed in two columns.

The Bibliographic Index appears in quarterly issues, which are cumulated in annual volumes. The first annual volume was that for 1937 and was issued in 1938. The annual volumes are cumulated in volumes of irregular extant. For a collation see Besterman, I, cols. 328-329.

Reviewed: H. B. Van Hoesen, The Library Quarterly, X (1940), 272-274.

Bibliographie des Bibliotheks- und Buchwesens. "Beihefte zum Zentralblatt fÜr Bibliothekswesen," XXIX and subsequent issues (not continuously numbered). Bearbeitet von Albert Hortzschansky. Leipzig, 1905-1925.

There were no annual issues for 1913-1921. It was continued by the Internationale Bibliographie des Buch- und Bibliothekswesens (which see). For a collation see Besterman, I, cols. 325-326.

Bohatta, Hanns, Walter Funke, and Franz Hodes. Internationale Bibliographie der Bibliographien. Frankfurt a.M., 1939-1950. Pp. 652.

Reviewed: Theodore Besterman, The Library, 4th Ser., XXII (1943), 49-52.

Bolduanus, Paul. Bibliotheca philosophica. Jena, 1616. Pp. [xxiv], 647, [viii]. ICN; Library of Archer Taylor (enlargement of microfilm).

Collison, Robert L. Bibliographies Subject and National. A Guide to their contents, arrangement and use. London, 1951. Pp. xii, 172.

Courtney, W. P. A Register of National Bibliography, with a selection of the chief bibliographical books and articles printed in other countries. London, 1905-1912. Pp. viii, 314; [iv], 315-631; v, 340.

Delandine, Antoine FranÇois. BibliothÈque de Lyon. Catalogue des livres qu'elle renferme dans la classe des belles-lettres. I (Paris, 1816).

Contains (pp. 108-176) "Bibliographie spÉciale et chronologique des principaux ouvrages sur l'origine et l'histoire de l'imprimerie, les bibliothÈques, et les premiers essais de l'art typographique dans les diverses villes de l'Europe."

Not seen; cited from Petzholdt, p. 444.

Dudinck, Jodocus a. Bibliothecariographia. Enumeratio omnium autorum, operumque, quae sub titulo Bibliothecae, catalogi, indicis, nomenclatoris, athenarum etc. prodierunt. Cologne, 1643.

A bibliographical ghost.

Durey de Noinville, J. B. Dissertation sur les bibliothÈques. Paris, 1758. Pp. 156, [3]. ICN; MH; Library of Archer Taylor.

Ferguson, John. Some Aspects of Bibliography. Edinburgh, 1900. Pp. [8], 102, [2].

Gesner, Conrad. Pandectae sive partitionum universalium ... libri XXI. Zurich, 1548. Fols, [vi], 375. CU (photostat); DLC; ICN (lacking the section on law); MH (two copies); NN.

Godet, Marcel. See Index bibliographicus.

Hoecker, Rudolf. See Internationale Bibliographie.

Hortzschansky, Adelbert. See Bibliographie des Bibliotheks- und Buchwesens.

Index bibliographicus. RÉpertoire international des sources de bibliographie courante (pÉriodiques et institutions). Ed. Marcel Godet. Geneva, 1925. Pp. xvi, 233. 2d ed. by Marcel Godet and Joris Vorstius. Berlin, 1931. Pp. xxiii, 420. 3d ed., with the subtitle Directory of Current Periodical Abstracts and Bibliographies, by Theodore Besterman. 2 v.; Paris: Unesco, 1952. Pp. xi, 52; pp. xi, 72.

For collations of the first two editions see Besterman, I, col. 327.

Internationale Bibliographie des Buch- und Bibliothekswesens mit besonderer BerÜcksichtigung der Bibliographie. Bearbeitet von Rudolf Hoecker und Joris Vorstius. Neue Folge, I (1926)-XIII (1940).

For collation see Besterman, I, col. 326 (vols. I-X only).

Internationaler Jahresbericht der Bibliographie, I-XI. Ed. Joris Vorstius. Leipzig, 1930-1940.

For collation see Besterman, I, cols. 327-328 (vols. I-X only).

Josephson, Aksel G. S. "Bibliographies of Bibliographies," The Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of America, II (1910), 21-24, 53-56; III (1911), 23-24, 50-53; IV (1912), 23-27; Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, VII (1912-1913), 33-40, 115-124.

A revised, re-arranged, and enlarged edition of the following.

——. Bibliographies of Bibliographies, chronologically arranged with occasional notes and an index. "Bibliographical Society of Chicago. Contributions to Bibliography," No. 1. Chicago, 1901. Pp. 45.

KrÜsike, Johannes Christophorus. Vindemiarum litterarium specimen. I. quo de re libraria universe agitur. Accedit appendix de scriptis rei bibliothecariae adfectis. II. quo index scriptorum exhibetur, qui de libris, illorumque scriptione, commentati sunt. Hamburg, 1727-1731. Pp. 40; [6], 64.

Cited from Josephson, "Bibliographies," The Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of America, II (1910), 23; Vilhelm Grundtvig, Centralblatt fÜr Bibliothekswesen, XX (1903), 435. Although Josephson refers to a copy in the United States, I have been unable to find it. Petzholdt's comment (p. 443) shows that he misunderstands the nature of this book. It is necessarily a very slight work because it is a supplement to Johannes Andreas Schmid (Schmidt) and J. J. Mader, De bibliothecis atque virorum clarissimorum libelli et commentationes (Helmstadt, 1702-1705). For the contents of Schmid-Mader, which was the standard eighteenth-century treatise on library science, see Peignot, RÉpertoire, pp. 34-35. Petzholdt does not mention it.

LabbÉ, Philip. Bibliotheca bibliothecarum. Paris, 1664. Pp. [32], 394. CU; ICN. Rouen, 1672. Pp. [32], 398. ICN. Rouen, 1678. Pp. 32, 398, 27. MH; Library of Archer Taylor. Leipzig, 1682. Pp. [72], 671, 38. ICN; Library of Archer Taylor.

Josephson suggests ("Bibliographies," II, 21-22) probably correctly that the 1678 edition consists of the sheets of the 1672 edition with a new title page and John Selden's numismatic bibliography.

——. Novae bibliothecae specimen. Paris, 1653. CU (positive microfilm); ICN (positive microfilm); NN.

The tenth appendix (pp. 389-428) is entitled "Supplementorum Novae bibliothecae, sive speciminis antiquarum lectionum, coronis libraria. Hoc est, Bibliotheca bibliothecarum & Catalogus catalogorum, nomenclatorum, indicum, elenchorum &c. quibus scriptores in quavis arte ac professione praecipui & libri ferme omnes, partim editi, partim inediti, representantur."

Josephson seems to have confused this book with LabbÉ, Nova bibliotheca MSS. librorum (Paris, 1657); see his "Bibliographies," II, 21.

——. Sexdecim librorum initia. Paris, 1662, 1664. CU, ICN. Microfilms of both editions in both libraries.

This work consists of the first eight pages of ten bibliographies on which LabbÉ was working and description of six more. The pagination is necessarily not continuous.

Literarisches Beiblatt zur Zeitschrift (later: zum Jahrbuch) des Deutschen Vereins fÜr Buchwesen und Schrifttum, I-XIII. Leipzig, 1924-1936.

For a collation see Besterman, I, cols. 326-327.

MalclÈs, L.-N. Les Sources du travail bibliographique. I: Bibliographies gÉnÉrales. Geneva, 1950. Pp. xvi, 364. II: Bibliographies spÉcialisÉes (sciences humaines). Geneva, 1952. Pp. 954.

Reviewed: Joris Vorstius, Zentralblatt fÜr Bibliothekswesen, LXV (1951), 460-463 (volume I).

MoËtte, Charles. Bibliotheca alphabetica. A lost manuscript.

Namur, [Jean] Pie. Bibliographie palÉographico-diplomatico-bibliographique gÉnÉrale ou RÉpertoire systÉmatique indiquant 1^o tous les ouvrages relatifs À la palÉographie; À la diplomatique; À l'histoire de l'imprimerie et de la libraire; À la bibliographie; aux biobibliographies et À l'histoire des bibliothÈques; 2^o la notice des recueils pÉriodiques, littÉraires et critiques de diffÉrents pays. LiÉge, 1838. Pp. xxvii, 226, [2]; vi, 306.

Die neu-erÖffnete Bibliothec, worinnen der studirenden Jugend und deren curieusen Liebhabern guter Unterricht von Bibliothequen, nebenst bequemer Anleitung dieselben anzulegen, wohl zu unterhalten, und nÜtzlich zu gebrauchen, an die Hand gegeben wird. Welchen angefÜgt die vornehmsten Bibliothequen in Europa und was Reisende vornehmlich bey deren Besichtigung zu beobachten haben. Hamburg, 1702. DLC; ICN. Hamburg, 1704. Library of Archer Taylor. Hamburg, 1711. CU. The Harvard copy is Theil 2 of Der geÖffnete Ritterplatz (Hamburg, 1705-1706). The pagination of all copies is the same: pp. [x], 298.

Peignot, Gabriel. RÉpertoire bibliographique universel, contenant la notice raisonnÉe des bibliographies spÉciales publiÉes jusqu'À ce jour, et d'un grand nombre d'autres ouvrages de bibliographie, relatifs À l'histoire littÉraire, et À toutes les parties de la bibliologie. Paris, 1812. Pp. xx, 514.

Petzholdt, Julius. Bibliotheca bibliographica. Kritisches Verzeichnis der das Gesammtgebeit der Bibliographie betreffenden Litteratur des In- und Auslandes in systematischer Ordnung. Leipzig, 1866. Pp. xii, 939.

Psaume, Etienne. Dictionnaire bibliographique, ou Nouveau manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres. 2 v. Paris, 1824.

See "Appendice de l'Essai sur la bibliographie," I, 216-264.

Sabin, Joseph. A Bibliography of Bibliographies, or a handy book about books which relate to books. Being an alphabetical catalogue of the most important works descriptive of the literature of Great Britain and America, and more than a few relative to France and Germany. New York, 1877. Pp. cl, i.e. 150.

This was published as a supplement to the American Bibliopolist, VII (1875)-IX (1877).

San JosÉ, Michael de (Michael a S. Joseph). Bibliographia critica. Madrid, 1740-1742. 3 v. DLC; ICN; Library of Archer Taylor.

See the articles beginning with the word bibliotheca, I, 472-533.

Spach, Israel. Nomenclator philosophorum et philologicorum. Hoc est: succincta recensio eorum, quo philosophiam omnesque eius partes quovis tempore idiomateve usque ad annum 1597 descripserunt, illustrarunt, & exornarunt, methodo artificiosa secundum locos communes ipsius philosophiae. Strassburg, 1598. ICN (microfilm); Library of Archer Taylor (enlargement of microfilm).

Spizelius, Theophilus (Gottlieb Spitzel). Sacra bibliothecarum illustrium arcana retecta, sive MSS. theologicorum, in praecipuis Europae bibliothecis extantium designatio; cum preliminari dissertatione, specimine novae bibliothecae universalis, et coronide philologica. Augsburg, 1668. Pp. [200], 384. CU; ICN; MH; Library of Archer Taylor.

Spitzel's comments (pp. 344-355) on LabbÉ's Bibliotheca bibliothecarum were reprinted in J. A. Schmidt and J. J. Mader, De bibliothecis nova accessio collectioni Maderianae (Helmstadt, 1703), pp. 181-183. The reprint does not include Spitzel's additions to LabbÉ.

Stein, Henri. Manuel de bibliographie gÉnÉrale (Bibliotheca bibliographica nova). Manuels de bibliographie historique, 2. Paris, 1897. Pp. xx, 805.

For reviews see H. C. Bolton and Charles Martel, Publisher's Weekly, LV (1899), 386-389; F. J. Teggert, Library Journal, XXIV (1899), 73-75; Charles Martel, BibliothÈque de l'École des chartes, 1899, pp. 521-525.

Sweertius, Franciscus (Francis Sweerts). Athenae Belgicae. Antwerp, 1628. Pp. 16, 727. DLC.

See "Syllabus eorum qui bibliothecas, elogia, effigies vitasq. virorum litteraria illustrium scripserunt et evulgarunt," pp. 56-58.

Teissier, Antoine. Catalogi auctorum qui librorum catalogos, indices, bibliothecas, virorum litteratorum elogia, vitas aut orationes funebres, scriptis consignarunt auctuarium ... sive ejusdem Catalogi pars altera. Geneva, 1705. Pp. [6], 368. ICN; MH; Library of Archer Taylor. Cited as Teissier, Auctuarium.

——. Catalogus auctorum qui librorum catalogos, indices, bibliothecas, virorum litteratorum elogia, vitas, aut orationes funebres, scriptis consignarunt. Geneva, 1686. Pp. [6], 559, 27, 3. ICN; MH; Library of Archer Taylor. Cited as Teissier, Catalogus.

Totok, Wilhelm and Rolf Weitzel. Handbuch der bibliographischen Nachschlagewerke. Frankfurt a.M., 1954. Pp. xxii, 258.

Unger, Johannes Godofredus. De libris bibliothecarum nomine notatis, ubi centum et triginta libri antiqui pariter atque et novi secundum seriem facultatum ac disciplinarum, intermixtis ultro citroque virorum judiciis, exhibentur, atque ad illustrandum historiam litterariam operose collecti recensentur disserit.... Leipzig, [1734]. Pp. 24. CU (microfilm); ICN (enlargement).

VallÉe, LÉon. Bibliographie des bibliographies. PremiÈre partie. Catalogue des bibliographies gÉnÉrales et particuliÈres, par ordre alphabÉtique d'auteurs.... SÉconde partie. RÉpertoire des mÊmes bibliographies par ordre alphabÉtique des matiÈres. Paris, 1883. Pp. vi, [2], 773, [1].

——. ——. SupplÉment. Paris, 1887. Pp. [2], 354.

For reviews see Phil. Min., Le Livre, IV (1883), 400-402, VIII (1887), 525-526; C. A. C[utter], Library Journal, VIII (1883), 104-105, XII (1887), 305; Henri Stein, Bulletin critique, V (1883), 265-269, IX (1888), 89-95; The Nation, XXXVI (June 21, 1883), 535-536; Zentralblatt fÜr Bibliothekswesen, I (1884), 35-36.

Vorstius, Joris. See Index bibliographicus; Internationale Bibliographie des Buch- und Bibliothekswesens; Internationaler Jahresbericht der Bibliographie.

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