JOHNSTONE (James Fowler Kellas) and Alexander Webster Robertson:

Bibliographia Aberdonensis Being an Account of Books relating to or printed in the Shires of Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine or written by natives or residents or by officers graduates or alumni of the Universities of Aberdeen.

Aberdeen, Printed for the Third Spalding Club, 1929, 1930. FIRST EDITION. 2 volumes. 4to,pp. xii, 316, 15 [16 blank]; xxxv [xxxvi blank], [317] - 695 [696 Errata], frontispiece in each volume, illustrations of title-pages in both volumes, original cloth (slightly faded). Johnstone and Robertson died before this work was completed, and the Secretary of the Third Spalding Club, W. Douglas Simpson, finished the task.

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Book number: 3640

Catalogue: Bibliography

Keywords: bibliography Scottish prose

[WALPOLE (Horace)]:

A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, With Lists of their Works. In Two Volumes. The Second Edition, corrected and enlarged.

London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley..., 1759. 2 volumes. 8vo, 183 x 115 mms., pp. [vi], viii, [2], 247 [248 blank, 249 - 251 Index, 252 blank' [ii], 250 [251 -256 Index], engraved frontispiece and engraved plate of music opposite page 202 in volume 1, attractively bound in contemporary red sheepskin, spines ornately gilt to a thistle motif in compartments, olive morocco labels; joints a bit rubbed and worn but sound, slight chips to tops of spines, corners slightly worn, but an attractive set, with the contemporary ownership inscription on recto of leaf preceding frontispiece in volume 1, "P[hilip]. Griffin St. Edmund Hall Oxon" and a similar inscription in volume 2. Walpole published his Catalogue in 1758, and in the same year sold the copyright to Dodsley, who published 2000 copies of this edition.

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Book number: 6779

Catalogue: Bibliography

Keywords: bibliography binding prose

[WALPOLE (Horace)]:

A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, With Lists of their Works. In Two Volumes. The Second Edition, corrected and enlarged.

London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley..., 1759. 2 volumes. 8vo, 173 x 102 mms., pp. [vi], viii, [2], 247 [248 blank, 249 - 251 Index, 252 blank' [ii], 250 [251 -256 Index], engraved frontispiece and engraved plate of music after page [248] in volume 1, contemporary calf, spines lettered in gilt; lacks labels, but a good set. Walpole published his Catalogue in 1758, and in the same year sold the copyright to Dodsley, who published 2000 copies of this edition. The reviewer of the first edition in The Critical Review for 1758 objected to some of Walpole's political assessments and assertions, but adds "The execution of the performance before us, we must own, is agreeable and entertaining, animated with pertinent and humourous reflections, and enlivened with some curious anecdotes not commonly known. The author, however, is not free from mistakes, inaccuracies and quaint conceits, which are often mistaken for wit."

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Book number: 7918

Catalogue: Bibliography

Keywords: bibliography biography prose