BOHN,HENRY G.
HENRY G BOHN'S CATALOG OF BOOKS; Vol 1,Natural History,Books of Prints,Science,Language, Bbiliography, Oriental & Northern Literature,Old English History, Early Voyages,etc., Games, Etc.bound with New,Valuable, and Most Important Books.
London, Henry G Bohn. 1847. Hardcover. Book, contempory half morocco, gilt spine letters, engraved title and frontis.marbled edges, pp. 467,108; cut signature "Henry G Bohn,Set. 3,1867" laid-in, ex library with stamp inside rear cover, moderate soil to boards, wear along spine, Henry G. Bohn, English publisher and bookseller, published this catalog seven years after the apprearance of his Guinea Catalogue, one of the outstanding book catalogs of all time. This is volume 1 of what would be three volumes, the last volume to appear in 1848. Bohn states in the preface to this volume that his collection of books comprises more than half a million volumes, the largest number, he believes, ever collected for the purposes of trade by any individual. A work of scholarship which to this day remains a valuable reference. Size: 8 Vo.. Very Good.
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