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257. Gatch, Milton McC. THE LIBRARY OF LEANDER VAN ESS AND THE EARLIEST
AMERICAN COLLECTIONS OF REFORMATION PAMPHLETS. BSA Occasional Publications,
No.1. New York: The Bibliographical Society of America, 2007, 4to., stiff paper wrappers. x, 202 pages.
ISBN 9780914930181. $50.00 $37.50
Gatch traces the remarkable history of the Leander van Ess collection purchased by the Union Theological
Seminary in 1838, the first and largest collection of these religious tracts to arrive in America. He notes how they
were originally obtained by van Ess, a Catholic priest, translator of the Bible, and a former Benedictine monk, who
built an impressive personal collection of books and manuscripts when monastic libraries were being dispersed
during the Napoleonic wars. Gatch has also identified a significant group of pamphlets assembled at Wittenberg
during the 1520s, Luther's most creative period. Never before accurately described, the surviving pamphlets from
this collection are listed here in the order of van Ess's own catalogue, with a set of indexes to authors and printers,
and with concordances to major bibliographical resources. Gatch reviews the history Reformation pamphlet
collecting in the United States from these earliest efforts up to the beginning of the twentieth century. An extensive
bibliography and a detailed index of the introductory essays are included. Distributed for the Bibliographical
Society of America. [Order No. 93560]
258. Tanselle, G. Thomas. THE LIFE AND WORK OF FREDSON BOWERS. Checklist and Chronology
by Martin C. Battestin. Charlottesville, VA: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia,
2003, 8vo., cloth. 218 pages. ISBN 1883631106. $50.00 $37.50
First edition, second printing. Foreword by David L. Vander Meulen. Widely acclaimed account of the remarkable
career of Fredson Bowers, whose life (1905-1991) spanned the twentieth century and who came to symbolize the
fields of analytical and descriptive bibliography, textual criticism, and scholarly editing. [Order No. 53830]
259. Farnham, Eliza W. LIFE IN PRAIRIE LAND. Nieuwkoop: HES & DE GRAAF, 1972, small 8vo,
cloth. xxxii, 408 pages. ISBN 9789060043035. $50.00 $37.50
Facsimile of the 1855 edition published in New York with a new introduction by Madeleine B. Stern. With portrait.
Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No. 103649]
260. Simmons, J.S.C. and Be Van Ginneken-Van De Kasteele. LIKHACHEV'S WATERMARKS, AN
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VERSION. XV. Amsterdam: The Paper Publications Society, 1994, 4to.,
cloth. ii,396; 70 pages and 436 plates showing many watermarks. $250.00 $187.50
Two volumes. First edition. The last publication of the Paper Publications Society. The original of this monumental
work was issued in Russian in only 150 copies. This English language edition has been edited and includes
information not in the original edition. 98% of the watermarks described are not Russian watermarks but rather
are European watermarks. A number are not in Briquet. [Order No. 70707]
261. (Philippine Islands) Griffin, A.P.C.A LIST OF BOOKS (WITH REFERENCES TO PERIOD-
ICALS) ON THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. With Chronological
List of Maps in the Library of Congress by P. Lee Phillips. Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing,
2004, 8vo., cloth. xv, 397 pages. ISBN 1578984297. $55.00 $41.25
Reprint of the 1903 first edition published by the Library of Congress (Besterman 4786). This work contains two
titles, the first is a List of all the books in the Library of Congress on the Philippine Islands, giving a classified list of
books and of articles in transactions of learned societies, with sections devoted to works on the American
Occupation, United States Government documents and articles in periodicals chronologically arranged. The
information provided is extensive and includes author/title, place of publication, publisher, date of publication,
pagination, size and often a description of contents and a brief annotation. 400 books are described. The second
title included in this volume is a List of Maps, Charts and Views of The Philippine Islands in the Library of
Congress. About 860 maps and views are described. There is an author index to the list of maps as well as a
geographical index to the list. [Order No. 89012]
262. (Maps) Phillips, Philip Lee. LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. Four volumes. (Mansfield Centre: Martino
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