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[OLDYS (William).] The British Librarian: Exhibiting a
Compendious Review or Abstract Of our most Scarce, Useful,
and Valuable Books in all Sciences, as well in Manuscript as in
Print: With many Characters, Historical and Critical, of the
A uthors, their Antagonists, etc. In a Manner never before
attempted, And Useful to all Readers. With a complete Index
.•. 8vo, pp. (6), vii, (I), 402.
London: Printed for 1: Osborne. M.DCC.XXXVIII.
cc TAe BritisA Lihrarian is a work of no common occurrence or mean value. It it
rigidly correct.'·-DIBDIN. First published in six numbers, January to June, J737.
Some copies have separate titles to the six parts.
OLDYS. Copious and Exact Catalogue of Pamphlets in the
Harleian Library. 4to. 39 Nos. [n. p. n. d.]
This contains an account of 548 of the rarest and moat curious tracts, with a
moat excellent analysis of their contents.
O'REILLY (E.) Chronological Account of nearly four hundred
Irish Writers, commencing with the earliest account of Irish
History, and carried down to 1750, with a descriptive Catalogue
of such of their Works as are still extant. By Edward O'Reilly.
4to. Dublin. 1820.
Included in "Transactions of the Iberno-Celtic Society."
The Origin of Printing. In two Essays; I. The Substance
of Dr. Middleton's Dissertation on the Origin of Printing in
England. II. Mr. Meerman's Account of the Invention of the
Art at Harleim, and its Progress to Mentz. With Occasional
Remarks; and an Appendix. The Second Edition: with some
Improvements. [By William Bowyer.] 8vo, pp. xvi, 300.
London: W. Bowyer and J. Nichols. 1776.
ORME (W.) Bibliotheca Biblica; a Select List of Books on
Sacred Literature, with Notices Biographical, Critical and Bibliographical.
By William Orme. 8vo, pp. xi, 49 I.
Edinburgh. 1824.
A useful book of reference in the more important departments of Biblical Lit- .
erature, such as Polyglots, editions of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures, Concordances,
Lexicons, and Introductions to the Bible; works relating to its Geography,
Chronology, and Antiquities; its Translations and Commentaries, Hermeneutics,
Philology, &c.
OTTLEY (W. Y.) An Inquiry concerning the Invention of
Printing; in which the Systems of Meerman, Heinecken, Santander,
and Koning are Reviewed; including also Notices of the
early use of Wood-Engraving in Europe, the Block Books, etc.
By the late William Young Ottley, Esq ...• With an Introduc-