The British Librarian

8vo. London: Printed for T. Osborne..., 1738. 8vo, [ii], vii [xii, contents], 402 pp. Contemporary calf, backstrip consolidated and upper hinge with slight splitting but quite firm, a good sound copy. § First edition of the first Library Manual in English and one of the earliest (if not the earliest) books in English on old and rare books.… Read more about this item

London: T. Osborne, 1738. Book. Good. Leather. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. In 1737 William Oldys, who was later librarian to the Earl of Oxford, published anonymously The British Librarian, in six monthly numbers from January to June, 1737. Among the works discussed are Hakluyt's Voyages, Froissart's Chronicles, Caxton's translation of Virgil's Aeneid, Sir Thomas More's… Read more about this item

London: Printed for T. Osborne, 1738. [2], vii, [5], 402pp. With a later engraved portrait of the author bound in. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, recently rebacked, preserving contemporary backstrip. Heavily rubbed. Scattered spotting. The collected edition, with an added index, of English antiquary William Oldys' (1696-1761) bibliographical periodical. Only six issues appeared before the publication was discontinued,… Read more about this item

London: Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1738.. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. [iv], viii, 402pp. []1, A4, b2, B4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Fff4. Contemporary calf, repaired. ESTC T147996; Lowndes 1723.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

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