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BIBLIOGRAPHT. CXXXV
STEVENS. American Bibliographer. Parts I. and II. [All
published.] Rl. 8vo, pp. vii, 96• 3 Plates. Chiswiclt. 1854.
One hundred copies only printed for subscribers; very 8carce. Se, Report ••• of
the Smithsonian Institution for 1849, for a prospectus of a similar work.
STEVENS. Historical Nuggets Bibliotheca Americana or a
Descriptive Account of my Collection of Rare Books relating to
America Henry Stevens GMB FSA 2 vols., fcap 8vo, pp. xii,
436 ; (2), 437-8°5.
London: Printtd by Whittingham and Wilkins ••• MDCCCLXII
"Printed in the best style of the Chiawick Press, regardless of time, it comprises
2.934 titles given in full, with the collation and price of each work. Jt was intended
as far as it went to be a manual for collectors of this expensive class of books. But
it did not go very far, containing as it does, not a selection, but only 8uch books as
the author happened to possess at that time. It was intended to supply the deficiencies
by additional volumes, but these have never appeared, and probably never will in this
form"'-Autlzor. A few copies were issued in 1858 with a different title. Se, Petzholdt,
p. 81'-.
[STEVENS.] Bibliotheca Americana. A Catalogue of Books
relating to the History and Literature of America. •.. Sold by
Puttick and Simpson. 8vo, pp. vi, 273.
London. March, M.DCCC.LXI.
Also on large paper, d. 8vo. This catalogue contains '-415 Iota, with collations,
etc., and will be useful to the collector. It is, in fact, an abridgment of Stevens'
Historical Nuggetl, although the latter was not published till 186,-. It is one of the
moat carefully prepared auction catalogues ever issued.
STEVENS. Bibliotheca Historica ; or, a Catalogue of ••• Books
and Manuscripts relating chie8y to the History and Literature of
North and South America; among which is included the larger
proportion of the extraordinary Library of the late Henry Stevens,
Sr., of Barnet, Vt. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by
Henry Stevens •••• 8vo, pp. xv, (I), 234, (I). Boston. 1870.
Beautifully printed and profusely annotated. One of the few bibliographical worb
which combines amusement with profit and instruction.
STEVENS. Catalogue of My English Library collected and
described by Henry Stevens .••• Fcap 8vo, pp. xi, 107. London:
Printed by C. Whittingham. NOfJ. 1853. For Private Distribution.
Contains the titles of the best editions of the principal standard authors sufficient
to form a library of about 6000 voluJJlt's. The contents of the several volumes of
the chief polygraphic works are given; also the dates of birth and death of most of
the deceased authors.
STEVENS. The Humboldt Library A Catalogue of the Library
of Alexander von Humboldt With a Bibliographical and
Biographical Memoir by Henry Stevens .•. . 8vo, pp. xii, 79 I.
Portrait. London: Henry SttfJens ..• 1863.
All the copies we have seen of this are marked proof, and the introduction ia
unfinished. Also on large paper, rl. 8vo.