Memoirs of Libraries: Including A Handbook of Library Economy
London: Trubner & Co., 1859.
First Edition. Hardcover.
A comprehensive history of libraries from ancient times through the Middle Ages and into the mid-19th century, followed by a section on technical aspects of library management – book collecting, buildings and fittings, classification and catalogues, internal administration and public service.
Item #9014296-1/4 x 9-1/2", original brown cloth over beveled boards, rebacked with original cloth pasted over modern spine material and new endpapers each volume, xxviii, 841pp, xxxvii, 1104pp; Volume I illustrations: frontis., 8 fold-outs, 2 plans (Rameseium & Ancient Alexandria showing positions of libraires) and outline of Library of the Seraglio at Constantinople plus 9 additional plates Volume I; Volume II illustrations: frontis., color plate of 16th century French binding, 34 black & white plates, 2 folding tables, 9 plates containing 31 figures of facsimiles of the types employed by early printers.
Very good set. First folding plate Volume I with fold tears and archival tape repairs.
Price: $200.00