Repertoire Bibliographique Universel Contenant La Notice Raisonnee Des Bibliographies

by Gabriel Peignot

$1,750 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

xx, 514 pp. 8vo, cont. sheep-backed marbled boards, spine nicely gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: A.A. Renouard, 1812. First edition of this invaluable book, still of great use. “The first bibliography of bibliographies with critical commentaries, listing selected subject bibliographies and public and private catalogues.”–Grolier Club, Bibliography, 120. Archer Taylor considered Peignot’s critical list of nearly 500 private

• Binding: Leather

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