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	[ELLIS (SIR HENRY)] EDITOR. A Catalogue of Manuscripts, Formerly in the Possession of Francis Hargrave... now Deposited in the British Museum. Printed by G. Woodfall. 1818. First Edition, 4to, [iv],188pp., from the Birmingham Law Society, with stamps, library buckram. The collection of 499 manuscripts was purchased of the representatives of Francis Hargrave, together with his library of books, by a Vote of the House of Commons, passed July 1st, 1813. It consists almost exclusively of Law. GBP 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 138.75 US$ 207.63 \| JP¥ 18343] Book number: 19052 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	[ELLIS (SIR HENRY)] EDITOR. A Catalogue of Manuscripts, Formerly in the Possession of Francis Hargrave... now Deposited in the British Museum. Printed by G. Woodfall. 1818. First Edition, 4to, [iv],188pp., a British Library duplicate with a couple of their small faint stamps, orig. boards, upper cover detached, uncut. The collection of 499 manuscripts was purchased of the representatives of Francis Hargrave, together with his library of books, by a Vote of the House of Commons, passed July 1st, 1813. It consists almost exclusively of Law. GBP 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 138.75 US$ 207.63 \| JP¥ 18343] Book number: 24418 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BAESECKE (GEORG) Lichtdrucke nach Althochdeutschen Handschriften. Codd. Par. Lat. 7640, S. Gall 911, Aug. CXI Jun. 25, Lobcow. 434. Niemeyer, Halle. 1926. Folio, 8pp., 38 facsimile plates, loosely inserted in orig. portfolio, a nice copy. GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 94.5 US$ 141.19 \| JP¥ 12473] Book number: 21939 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	ELLIS (H.J.) & BICKLEY (F.B.) Index to the Charters and Rolls in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum. British Museum. 1900-12. 2 Vols., 4to, 944;904pp., ex-library, orig. cloth, small nicks to head and foot of spine. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 21373 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BROWN (CARLETON) A Register of Middle English Religious & Didactic Verse. Part 1: List of Manuscripts. [Part 2: Index of First Lines and Index of Subjects and Titles.] The Bibliographical Society, Oxford. 1916-20. First Edition, 2 vols., tables, orig. buckram-backed boards, uncut. Manuscripts are listed according to the library in which they are found. Includes religious and didactic verse written between 1200 and 1500. GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 94.5 US$ 141.19 \| JP¥ 12473] Book number: 19623 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BUTT (JOHN) Popeâ€™s Poetical Manuscripts. The British Academy. 1954. Large 8vo, 23-39pp., signed and dated by Dr Wright on upper cover, 6 plates (4 folding), orig. printed wrappers. From the Proceedings of The British Academy. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum). GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.58 \| JP¥ 2348] Book number: 17460 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	CASLEY (DAVID) A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the Kingâ€™s Library: An Appendix to the Catalogue of the Cottonian Library; Together with an Account of Books Burnt or Damaged by a Late Fire... and some Observations upon MSS... Printed for the Author. 1734. 4to, xxiv,360,[23]pp., from the Ripley Castle library (Ingilby family), signed Ingilby on title-page, 16 engraved plates (1 folding), cont. calf, corners rubbed, re-backed with the original gilt spine laid-down, new leather label. De Ricci p.54. The splendid catalogue of the Royal Library of the English monarch which was presented to the British Museum in 1757 by George II. Casley was deputy librarian of the Royal and Cottonian libraries and his account of the latter collection is especially interesting as he had done much to salvage the library from its potentially disastrous fire three years earlier in 1731. GBP 545.00 [Appr.: EURO 604.5 US$ 905.25 \| JP¥ 79975] Book number: 17335 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	CASLEY (DAVID) A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the Kingâ€™s Library: An Appendix to the Catalogue of the Cottonian Library; Together with an Account of Books Burnt or Damaged by a Late Fire... and some Observations upon MSS... Printed for the Author. 1734. 4to, xxiv,360,[23]pp., from the Birmingham Law Society, with stamps, 16 engraved plates (1 folding), some light spotting, cont. calf, rubbed, hinges cracked. De Ricci p.54. The splendid catalogue of the Royal Library of the English monarch which was presented to the British Museum in 1757 by George II. Casley was deputy librarian of the Royal and Cottonian libraries and his account of the latter collection is especially interesting as he had done much to salvage the library from its potentially disastrous fire three years earlier in 1731. GBP 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 327.25 US$ 490 \| JP¥ 43289] Book number: 19050 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	COCKERELL (SYDNEY C.) Old Testament Miniatures. A Medieval Picture Book with 283 Paintings from The Creation to The Story of David. Preface by John Plummer. Phaidon Press Ltd. 1970. First Edition, folio, 208pp., 46 full-page coloured plates, orig. cloth. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 \| JP¥ 6603] Book number: 20813 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	HARLEIAN COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, Purchased by Authority of Parliament, for the use of the Public; and Preserved in the British Museum. Printed by Dryden Leach. 1759. First Edition, 2 vols., folio, half-titles, 2 fine engraved portraits of Harley, [ii],16,21-29pp., 2 leaves (numbered 9-10 & vii-viii respectively), [515] leaves; [ii],[455] leaves, a couple of old small neat stamps, cont. vellum, title in gilt on spine, a very nice set. Harley was one of the greatest collectors of his day. He began collecting in about 1705 and by the time of his death in 1724 he had built up a magnificent library containing over 40,000 books and 6,000 manuscripts. In this he was greatly assisted by his librarian, Humphrey Wanley, whose diary for the years 1715-26 contains much interesting detail about the growth of the library. Harley's collection passed on his death to his son Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, who continued to add to it during his lifetime. Like his father he was a keen collector and was a ready and often over-generous buyer. By the time of his death he had increased the library to a total of over 50,000 books, 41,000 prints, 350,000 pamphlets, and 7,639 manuscript volumes. The books, prints, and pamphlets were bought in 1742 by Thomas Osborne the bookseller for Â£13,000. The manuscripts were sold to the nation in 1753 for Â£10,000, and now form the Harleian Collection in the British Library.This catalogue was begun in 1708, by Humphrey Wanley, and on his death in 1726, after an interval of some years, it was resumed by Mr. Casley, continued by Mr. Hockley, and completed by the succeeding librarians of the British Museum. GBP 1245.00 [Appr.: EURO 1380.75 US$ 2067.95 \| JP¥ 182695] Book number: 15627 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	HARLEIAN COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, Purchased by Authority of Parliament, for the use of the Public; and Preserved in the British Museum. Printed by Dryden Leach. 1759. First Edition, 2 vols., folio, half-titles, 2 fine engraved portraits of Harley, [ii],16,21-29pp., leaf (numbered vii-viii), [515] leaves; [ii],[455] leaves, recent green morocco, five raised bands, ruled in gilt, leather labels. Harley was one of the greatest collectors of his day. He began collecting in about 1705 and by the time of his death in 1724 he had built up a magnificent library containing over 40,000 books and 6,000 manuscripts. In this he was greatly assisted by his librarian, Humphrey Wanley, whose diary for the years 1715-26 contains much interesting detail about the growth of the library. Harley's collection passed on his death to his son Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, who continued to add to it during his lifetime. Like his father he was a keen collector and was a ready and often over-generous buyer. By the time of his death he had increased the library to a total of over 50,000 books, 41,000 prints, 350,000 pamphlets, and 7,639 manuscript volumes. The books, prints, and pamphlets were bought in 1742 by Thomas Osborne the bookseller for Â£13,000. The manuscripts were sold to the nation in 1753 for Â£10,000, and now form the Harleian Collection in the British Library.This catalogue was begun in 1708, by Humphrey Wanley, and on his death in 1726, after an interval of some years, it was resumed by Mr. Casley, continued by Mr. Hockley, and completed by the succeeding librarians of the British Museum. GBP 995.00 [Appr.: EURO 1103.5 US$ 1652.7 \| JP¥ 146009] Book number: 22630 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	IRISH MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Catalogue of Publications Issued and in Preparation 1928-1966. Stationery Office, Dublin. 1966. xiii,79pp., orig. printed wrappers. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 14636 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	[MORELLI (JACOPO)] COMPILER. Biblioteca Manoscritta di Tommaso Giuseppe Farsetti, Patrizio Veneto. Stamperia Fenzo, Venice. 1771. Small 8vo, xxii,[ii],404,[2]pp., recent dark brown morocco, red morocco label on spine, uncut. The catalogue of the MSS collected by Farsetti (1720-1791), Venetian patrician, poet and book collector, and patron and friend of Morelli (1745-1819). Morelli, from 1778 a custodian of the Marciana, was variously balled by bibliographers and palaeographers master and prince of bibliography. The above catalogue, his first published work, with a long preface by him, describes 78 Latin and 165 Italian MSS. Farsetti left his MSS to the Marciana. From the library of Bernard Breslauer, New York. GBP 225.00 [Appr.: EURO 249.75 US$ 373.73 \| JP¥ 33017] Book number: 23389 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	MYNORS (R.A.B.) COMPILER. Catalogue of the Manuscripts of Balliol College Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1963. First Edition, lvii, 401pp., with the book label of Bernard M. Rosenthal, orig. cloth, d.w. All manuscript volumes in Balliol College library apart from college archives are described. Most of the 450 items are Latin MSS of the late Middle Ages or early Renaissance; there are separate lists of lost MSS and those now in other libraries. The introduction contains a detailed account of the history of the library. GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.25 US$ 124.58 \| JP¥ 11006] Book number: 21021 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	[COXE (WILLIAM)] COMPILER. Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Possession of the Earl of Hardwicke. [Not Published, London?]. 1794. First Edition, 4to, [viii],91,[1]pp., from the library of the Public Records Office, with their stamps, later cloth, uncut. A rare privately printed catalogue of the manuscript collection formed by Philip Yorke, second Earl of Hardwicke (1720-1790). Martin, Privately Printed Books. p.126. GBP 595.00 [Appr.: EURO 660 US$ 988.3 \| JP¥ 87312] Book number: 26188 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BANNISTER (ARTHUR THOMAS) COMPILER. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Hereford Cathedral Library. With an Introduction by Montague Rhodes James. Wilson Phillips, Hereford. 1927. First Edition, [x],viii,190pp., with a number of marginal pencil prices and the following note by Bannister? â€œM.R. James suggested for insurance purposes the valuations here indicated, as â€œperhaps modest.â€ No single book less than Â£100. [Therefore] all not marked are Â£100. But those valued at more than Â£100 are indicatedâ€, orig. printed wrappers. GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 122 US$ 182.71 \| JP¥ 16142] Book number: 21976 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	PARKES (M.B.) COMPILER. The Medieval Manuscripts of Keble College Oxford. A Descriptive Catalogue with Summary Descriptions of the Greek and Oriental Manuscripts. Scolar Press. 1979. First Edition, 4to, 193 plates (17 in colour), orig. cloth, d.w. An important collection comprising of 71 Western, 5 Greek and 13 Oriental manuscripts, together with a number of fragments. GBP 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.25 US$ 107.97 \| JP¥ 9538] Book number: 16173 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	SASSOON (DAVID SOLOMON) COMPILER. Ohel Dawid. Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the Sassoon Library, London. Oxford University Press. 1932. First Edition, 2 vols., 4to, lxiii,[i],566; [vi],[567]-1112,[276],8pp., coloured frontis., 72 collotype facsimiles, orig. cloth, spines gilt, a nice copy. 1153 manuscripts catalogued; notes include full description of contents and bibliographical references. Indexes (in Hebrew, except one section) to authors, scribes, owners, titles, etc. GBP 995.00 [Appr.: EURO 1103.5 US$ 1652.7 \| JP¥ 146009] Book number: 22592 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	DALYELL (JOHN GRAHAM) Some Account of the Ancient Manuscript of Martialâ€™s Epigrams. Illustrated by an Engraving, and Occasional Anecdotes of the Manners of the Romans. Printed for Archibald Constable & Co., Edinburgh. 1811. [ii],ii,78pp., frontis., (slightly offset to title), nineteenth-century half calf, uncut, a nice copy. GBP 195.00 [Appr.: EURO 216.5 US$ 323.9 \| JP¥ 28615] Book number: 18492 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	DARCEL (ALFRED) Lâ€™Office au XVe SiÃ¨cle dâ€™AprÃ¨s une Miniature de la BibliothÃ¨que de Rouen. Victor Didron, Paris. 1853. 4to, 8pp., 1 facsimile, modern boards. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 11981 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	SCOTT (REV. DR.) & DAVEY (SAMUEL) A Guide to the Collector of Historical Documents, Literary Manuscripts and Autograph Letters etc. With an Index of Valuable Books of Reference, where Several Thousand Facsimiles of Handwriting may be Found for the Verification of Mss. and Autograph Letter S.J. Davey. 1891. First Edition, 4to, xvi, 218, [2]pp., 95 + 22 + 95 plates (including the collection of Water Marks by the late Mr. R. Lemon), ex-library, cont. half calf, a little rubbed. GBP 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 53.25 US$ 79.73 \| JP¥ 7044] Book number: 26285 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	DELISLE (LÃ‰OPOLD) Notice sur un Manuscrit MÃ©rovingien de la BibliothÃ¨que dâ€™Ã‰pinal CommuniquÃ©e a lâ€™AcadÃ©mie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres le 14 Septembre 1877. H. Champion, Paris. 1878. 4to, 19pp., followed by 3 facsimile plates each accompanied by transcription on opposite page, presentation inscription from the author to Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, lacks printed wrapper, spine strengthened with brown paper. Sir Edward has excised part of plate 4 to illustrate it in his â€˜Introduction to Greek and Latin Palaeography, 1912â€™ (see facsimile 131 p.366). GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 \| JP¥ 6603] Book number: 20788 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BELL (H. IDRIS) & SKEAT (T.C.) EDITORS. Fragments of an Unknown Gospel and other Early Christian Papyri. British Museum. 1935. 4to, x,63pp., 5 plates, orig. cloth, a nice copy. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: 20601 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	GIDE (ANDRÃ‰) La Guirlande des AnnÃ©es, Images dâ€™heir et Pages dâ€™aujourdâ€™hui... Par AndrÃ© Gide... Jules Romains... Colette... FranÃ§ois Mauriac. Ernest Flammarion, Paris. [1941]. 4to, 24 coloured plates, orig. decorative boards, lacks ties. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 12396 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	GIPSON (LAWRENCE HENRY): A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the History of the British Empire, 1748-1776. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1970. First Edition, orig. cloth, uncut, d.w. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: 52 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.

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	[ELLIS (SIR HENRY)] EDITOR. A Catalogue of Manuscripts, Formerly in the Possession of Francis Hargrave... now Deposited in the British Museum. Printed by G. Woodfall. 1818. First Edition, 4to, [iv],188pp., from the Birmingham Law Society, with stamps, library buckram. The collection of 499 manuscripts was purchased of the representatives of Francis Hargrave, together with his library of books, by a Vote of the House of Commons, passed July 1st, 1813. It consists almost exclusively of Law. GBP 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 138.75 US$ 207.63 \| JP¥ 18343] Book number: 19052 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	[ELLIS (SIR HENRY)] EDITOR. A Catalogue of Manuscripts, Formerly in the Possession of Francis Hargrave... now Deposited in the British Museum. Printed by G. Woodfall. 1818. First Edition, 4to, [iv],188pp., a British Library duplicate with a couple of their small faint stamps, orig. boards, upper cover detached, uncut. The collection of 499 manuscripts was purchased of the representatives of Francis Hargrave, together with his library of books, by a Vote of the House of Commons, passed July 1st, 1813. It consists almost exclusively of Law. GBP 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 138.75 US$ 207.63 \| JP¥ 18343] Book number: 24418 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BAESECKE (GEORG) Lichtdrucke nach Althochdeutschen Handschriften. Codd. Par. Lat. 7640, S. Gall 911, Aug. CXI Jun. 25, Lobcow. 434. Niemeyer, Halle. 1926. Folio, 8pp., 38 facsimile plates, loosely inserted in orig. portfolio, a nice copy. GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 94.5 US$ 141.19 \| JP¥ 12473] Book number: 21939 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	ELLIS (H.J.) & BICKLEY (F.B.) Index to the Charters and Rolls in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum. British Museum. 1900-12. 2 Vols., 4to, 944;904pp., ex-library, orig. cloth, small nicks to head and foot of spine. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 21373 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BROWN (CARLETON) A Register of Middle English Religious & Didactic Verse. Part 1: List of Manuscripts. [Part 2: Index of First Lines and Index of Subjects and Titles.] The Bibliographical Society, Oxford. 1916-20. First Edition, 2 vols., tables, orig. buckram-backed boards, uncut. Manuscripts are listed according to the library in which they are found. Includes religious and didactic verse written between 1200 and 1500. GBP 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 94.5 US$ 141.19 \| JP¥ 12473] Book number: 19623 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BUTT (JOHN) Popeâ€™s Poetical Manuscripts. The British Academy. 1954. Large 8vo, 23-39pp., signed and dated by Dr Wright on upper cover, 6 plates (4 folding), orig. printed wrappers. From the Proceedings of The British Academy. From the library of Dr C.E. Wright (former Senior Deputy Keeper Department of Manuscripts, British Museum). GBP 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.58 \| JP¥ 2348] Book number: 17460 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	CASLEY (DAVID) A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the Kingâ€™s Library: An Appendix to the Catalogue of the Cottonian Library; Together with an Account of Books Burnt or Damaged by a Late Fire... and some Observations upon MSS... Printed for the Author. 1734. 4to, xxiv,360,[23]pp., from the Ripley Castle library (Ingilby family), signed Ingilby on title-page, 16 engraved plates (1 folding), cont. calf, corners rubbed, re-backed with the original gilt spine laid-down, new leather label. De Ricci p.54. The splendid catalogue of the Royal Library of the English monarch which was presented to the British Museum in 1757 by George II. Casley was deputy librarian of the Royal and Cottonian libraries and his account of the latter collection is especially interesting as he had done much to salvage the library from its potentially disastrous fire three years earlier in 1731. GBP 545.00 [Appr.: EURO 604.5 US$ 905.25 \| JP¥ 79975] Book number: 17335 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	CASLEY (DAVID) A Catalogue of the Manuscripts of the Kingâ€™s Library: An Appendix to the Catalogue of the Cottonian Library; Together with an Account of Books Burnt or Damaged by a Late Fire... and some Observations upon MSS... Printed for the Author. 1734. 4to, xxiv,360,[23]pp., from the Birmingham Law Society, with stamps, 16 engraved plates (1 folding), some light spotting, cont. calf, rubbed, hinges cracked. De Ricci p.54. The splendid catalogue of the Royal Library of the English monarch which was presented to the British Museum in 1757 by George II. Casley was deputy librarian of the Royal and Cottonian libraries and his account of the latter collection is especially interesting as he had done much to salvage the library from its potentially disastrous fire three years earlier in 1731. GBP 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 327.25 US$ 490 \| JP¥ 43289] Book number: 19050 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	COCKERELL (SYDNEY C.) Old Testament Miniatures. A Medieval Picture Book with 283 Paintings from The Creation to The Story of David. Preface by John Plummer. Phaidon Press Ltd. 1970. First Edition, folio, 208pp., 46 full-page coloured plates, orig. cloth. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 \| JP¥ 6603] Book number: 20813 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	HARLEIAN COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, Purchased by Authority of Parliament, for the use of the Public; and Preserved in the British Museum. Printed by Dryden Leach. 1759. First Edition, 2 vols., folio, half-titles, 2 fine engraved portraits of Harley, [ii],16,21-29pp., 2 leaves (numbered 9-10 & vii-viii respectively), [515] leaves; [ii],[455] leaves, a couple of old small neat stamps, cont. vellum, title in gilt on spine, a very nice set. Harley was one of the greatest collectors of his day. He began collecting in about 1705 and by the time of his death in 1724 he had built up a magnificent library containing over 40,000 books and 6,000 manuscripts. In this he was greatly assisted by his librarian, Humphrey Wanley, whose diary for the years 1715-26 contains much interesting detail about the growth of the library. Harley's collection passed on his death to his son Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, who continued to add to it during his lifetime. Like his father he was a keen collector and was a ready and often over-generous buyer. By the time of his death he had increased the library to a total of over 50,000 books, 41,000 prints, 350,000 pamphlets, and 7,639 manuscript volumes. The books, prints, and pamphlets were bought in 1742 by Thomas Osborne the bookseller for Â£13,000. The manuscripts were sold to the nation in 1753 for Â£10,000, and now form the Harleian Collection in the British Library.This catalogue was begun in 1708, by Humphrey Wanley, and on his death in 1726, after an interval of some years, it was resumed by Mr. Casley, continued by Mr. Hockley, and completed by the succeeding librarians of the British Museum. GBP 1245.00 [Appr.: EURO 1380.75 US$ 2067.95 \| JP¥ 182695] Book number: 15627 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	HARLEIAN COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts, Purchased by Authority of Parliament, for the use of the Public; and Preserved in the British Museum. Printed by Dryden Leach. 1759. First Edition, 2 vols., folio, half-titles, 2 fine engraved portraits of Harley, [ii],16,21-29pp., leaf (numbered vii-viii), [515] leaves; [ii],[455] leaves, recent green morocco, five raised bands, ruled in gilt, leather labels. Harley was one of the greatest collectors of his day. He began collecting in about 1705 and by the time of his death in 1724 he had built up a magnificent library containing over 40,000 books and 6,000 manuscripts. In this he was greatly assisted by his librarian, Humphrey Wanley, whose diary for the years 1715-26 contains much interesting detail about the growth of the library. Harley's collection passed on his death to his son Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, who continued to add to it during his lifetime. Like his father he was a keen collector and was a ready and often over-generous buyer. By the time of his death he had increased the library to a total of over 50,000 books, 41,000 prints, 350,000 pamphlets, and 7,639 manuscript volumes. The books, prints, and pamphlets were bought in 1742 by Thomas Osborne the bookseller for Â£13,000. The manuscripts were sold to the nation in 1753 for Â£10,000, and now form the Harleian Collection in the British Library.This catalogue was begun in 1708, by Humphrey Wanley, and on his death in 1726, after an interval of some years, it was resumed by Mr. Casley, continued by Mr. Hockley, and completed by the succeeding librarians of the British Museum. GBP 995.00 [Appr.: EURO 1103.5 US$ 1652.7 \| JP¥ 146009] Book number: 22630 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	IRISH MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION. Catalogue of Publications Issued and in Preparation 1928-1966. Stationery Office, Dublin. 1966. xiii,79pp., orig. printed wrappers. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 14636 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	[MORELLI (JACOPO)] COMPILER. Biblioteca Manoscritta di Tommaso Giuseppe Farsetti, Patrizio Veneto. Stamperia Fenzo, Venice. 1771. Small 8vo, xxii,[ii],404,[2]pp., recent dark brown morocco, red morocco label on spine, uncut. The catalogue of the MSS collected by Farsetti (1720-1791), Venetian patrician, poet and book collector, and patron and friend of Morelli (1745-1819). Morelli, from 1778 a custodian of the Marciana, was variously balled by bibliographers and palaeographers master and prince of bibliography. The above catalogue, his first published work, with a long preface by him, describes 78 Latin and 165 Italian MSS. Farsetti left his MSS to the Marciana. From the library of Bernard Breslauer, New York. GBP 225.00 [Appr.: EURO 249.75 US$ 373.73 \| JP¥ 33017] Book number: 23389 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	MYNORS (R.A.B.) COMPILER. Catalogue of the Manuscripts of Balliol College Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1963. First Edition, lvii, 401pp., with the book label of Bernard M. Rosenthal, orig. cloth, d.w. All manuscript volumes in Balliol College library apart from college archives are described. Most of the 450 items are Latin MSS of the late Middle Ages or early Renaissance; there are separate lists of lost MSS and those now in other libraries. The introduction contains a detailed account of the history of the library. GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.25 US$ 124.58 \| JP¥ 11006] Book number: 21021 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	[COXE (WILLIAM)] COMPILER. Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Possession of the Earl of Hardwicke. [Not Published, London?]. 1794. First Edition, 4to, [viii],91,[1]pp., from the library of the Public Records Office, with their stamps, later cloth, uncut. A rare privately printed catalogue of the manuscript collection formed by Philip Yorke, second Earl of Hardwicke (1720-1790). Martin, Privately Printed Books. p.126. GBP 595.00 [Appr.: EURO 660 US$ 988.3 \| JP¥ 87312] Book number: 26188 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BANNISTER (ARTHUR THOMAS) COMPILER. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Hereford Cathedral Library. With an Introduction by Montague Rhodes James. Wilson Phillips, Hereford. 1927. First Edition, [x],viii,190pp., with a number of marginal pencil prices and the following note by Bannister? â€œM.R. James suggested for insurance purposes the valuations here indicated, as â€œperhaps modest.â€ No single book less than Â£100. [Therefore] all not marked are Â£100. But those valued at more than Â£100 are indicatedâ€, orig. printed wrappers. GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 122 US$ 182.71 \| JP¥ 16142] Book number: 21976 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	PARKES (M.B.) COMPILER. The Medieval Manuscripts of Keble College Oxford. A Descriptive Catalogue with Summary Descriptions of the Greek and Oriental Manuscripts. Scolar Press. 1979. First Edition, 4to, 193 plates (17 in colour), orig. cloth, d.w. An important collection comprising of 71 Western, 5 Greek and 13 Oriental manuscripts, together with a number of fragments. GBP 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.25 US$ 107.97 \| JP¥ 9538] Book number: 16173 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	SASSOON (DAVID SOLOMON) COMPILER. Ohel Dawid. Descriptive Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the Sassoon Library, London. Oxford University Press. 1932. First Edition, 2 vols., 4to, lxiii,[i],566; [vi],[567]-1112,[276],8pp., coloured frontis., 72 collotype facsimiles, orig. cloth, spines gilt, a nice copy. 1153 manuscripts catalogued; notes include full description of contents and bibliographical references. Indexes (in Hebrew, except one section) to authors, scribes, owners, titles, etc. GBP 995.00 [Appr.: EURO 1103.5 US$ 1652.7 \| JP¥ 146009] Book number: 22592 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	DALYELL (JOHN GRAHAM) Some Account of the Ancient Manuscript of Martialâ€™s Epigrams. Illustrated by an Engraving, and Occasional Anecdotes of the Manners of the Romans. Printed for Archibald Constable & Co., Edinburgh. 1811. [ii],ii,78pp., frontis., (slightly offset to title), nineteenth-century half calf, uncut, a nice copy. GBP 195.00 [Appr.: EURO 216.5 US$ 323.9 \| JP¥ 28615] Book number: 18492 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	DARCEL (ALFRED) Lâ€™Office au XVe SiÃ¨cle dâ€™AprÃ¨s une Miniature de la BibliothÃ¨que de Rouen. Victor Didron, Paris. 1853. 4to, 8pp., 1 facsimile, modern boards. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 11981 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	SCOTT (REV. DR.) & DAVEY (SAMUEL) A Guide to the Collector of Historical Documents, Literary Manuscripts and Autograph Letters etc. With an Index of Valuable Books of Reference, where Several Thousand Facsimiles of Handwriting may be Found for the Verification of Mss. and Autograph Letter S.J. Davey. 1891. First Edition, 4to, xvi, 218, [2]pp., 95 + 22 + 95 plates (including the collection of Water Marks by the late Mr. R. Lemon), ex-library, cont. half calf, a little rubbed. GBP 48.00 [Appr.: EURO 53.25 US$ 79.73 \| JP¥ 7044] Book number: 26285 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	DELISLE (LÃ‰OPOLD) Notice sur un Manuscrit MÃ©rovingien de la BibliothÃ¨que dâ€™Ã‰pinal CommuniquÃ©e a lâ€™AcadÃ©mie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres le 14 Septembre 1877. H. Champion, Paris. 1878. 4to, 19pp., followed by 3 facsimile plates each accompanied by transcription on opposite page, presentation inscription from the author to Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, lacks printed wrapper, spine strengthened with brown paper. Sir Edward has excised part of plate 4 to illustrate it in his â€˜Introduction to Greek and Latin Palaeography, 1912â€™ (see facsimile 131 p.366). GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 \| JP¥ 6603] Book number: 20788 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BELL (H. IDRIS) & SKEAT (T.C.) EDITORS. Fragments of an Unknown Gospel and other Early Christian Papyri. British Museum. 1935. 4to, x,63pp., 5 plates, orig. cloth, a nice copy. GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 \| JP¥ 4402] Book number: 20601 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	GIDE (ANDRÃ‰) La Guirlande des AnnÃ©es, Images dâ€™heir et Pages dâ€™aujourdâ€™hui... Par AndrÃ© Gide... Jules Romains... Colette... FranÃ§ois Mauriac. Ernest Flammarion, Paris. [1941]. 4to, 24 coloured plates, orig. decorative boards, lacks ties. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 \| JP¥ 3669] Book number: 12396 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	GIPSON (LAWRENCE HENRY): A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to the History of the British Empire, 1748-1776. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1970. First Edition, orig. cloth, uncut, d.w. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: 52 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.