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LoWNDES. rSame Title.] New Edition, Revised, Corrected
and Enlarged, Sy Henry G. Bohn. 6 vols., 8vo, pp. 2746.
lA"do,,: H,,,,, G. B,h". 1857-69.
I.ued in eleven parb, each of which conwDI lOme preliminary, explanatory, or
exculpatory notice by Mr. Bohn. It is much to be regretted that the earlier part
of the work doea not inc:1ude the aame ratio of additioDl as the later, and bookcollecton,
in general, would have been pleaaed to pay a higher price for a handsoOler
book. Mr. Bohnta name u editor did not appear on the fint title to Vol. I. Power
remarks" A good guide to Mr. Bohn'a varioUl reprinta and' Librariea,' and the
appendix is a carefully-compiled lilt of the publicationa of the Book-printing Clubs,
the private pressea, auch u Strawberry Hill, Lee Priory, &c., and the rare reprinta of
Collier, Halliwell, Maidment, Turnbull, and othen. T_ BibliDgr.-.', Maul it
a work which, for want of a better, no Engliah book-lover can do without. The 6nt
edition has the advantage of Mr. Bohn'a, being printed in more legible type." Later
issues bear the name of BJI f!I DalJy u publiahen. In 1869, two hundred and 6fty
copies were printed on large paper, in 6 vola., cr. 8vo. The atatement that one
hundred copies were printed on larle paper, which appean on that number of copiea
which were sent to America, is, to aay the leut, an abbreviation of the truth. Mr.
Bohn'a eleven prefatory notices, which to some extent explain the nature and extent
of his labors, have been omitted in the large paper copies, both editions being in
other respects exactly the aame. There is no subatitute for T. Bibliograplur', M4nua/;
undertaken originally to supply an obvious desideratum felt by all readers and
book-buyers, it forms at once a key to the riches of English literature for the student,
and a guide in the formation of a library for the collector. In ita present enlarged
form it comprises noticea of upwards of one hundred thoU8and distinct books published
in Great Britain and Ireland, but it is susceptible of much improvement.
LOWNDES. The British Librarian, or Book Collector's Guide
to the formation of a Library, in all Branches of Literature, ..•
With Prices, Critical Notes, References, and an Index of Authors
and Subjects •••• By William T. Lowndes. 8vo, 1320
columns. LIndon: Whittaker and Co. 1839-42.
Eleven parts; comprising "Religion and ita HiItory, .. being all that were published.
It is a valuable Bibliography of Theological Literature; ita completioD WII prevented
by the death of the author.
LOWNDES. Shakespeare and his Commentators, from Lowndes'
Bibliographer's Manual. 8vo. Portrait. lA"tU". 1 831.
Fifty-two copiea printed-not for sale. This... reproduced with additions II
below:
LOWNDES. A Bibliographical Account of the Works of
Shakespeare, including every known Edition, Translation, and
Commentary. By Henry G. Bohn. Printed off separately from
his enlarged edition of the Bibliographer'S Manual, with some
Additions. Sm.4to, pp. (4), 2253-2368. iA"dIm. 1868.
The additions contain lista of the early quartos in the library of the MAnfula of
Bute, also that of Mr. James Lenox of New York. &e a/Sf) Sabin'a .A.uritall Bi/Niopolist,
June, 1870.
[LUCOMBE (Philip).] A Concise Historr. of the Origin and
Progress of the Art of Printing; ••. Complied from those who