by PEIGNOT, Gabriel
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 library catalogues to be "very important'" (p. 187) (and I agree; I have considered it one of my chief guides for more than thirty years). Minor foxing but a fine copy. With the Kuhnholtz-Lordat bookplate. ❧ Taylor, Book Catalogues, pp. 186-87 & 209. (Inventory #: 2816)