Main entry:

Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919.

Title & Author:

Catalogue of a collection of early French books in the library of C. Fairfax Murray, compiled by Hugh Wm. Davies.

Publication:

London : Holland Press, 1961.

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations, facsimiles, plates (some color) portraits, 31 cm

Notes:
Companion work to the author's "Catalogue of a collection of early German books."
"Limited to 250 copies."
Reprint of the 1910 London ed.
Paged continuously.
250 copies only.
Embraces the period 1475 to 1692; 2 items respectively dated 1705 and 1728 are included as containing woodcuts belonging to a much earlier period. The majority of the books were printed in France, a few from presses at Louvain, Antwerp, La Haye, Middelburg, and Geneva being included, as most of them are in the French language. The main portion of the collection consists of books with cuts, which have been chosen as representative of book-illustration in France. cf. Pref.
707 entries. Full descriptions, except for the 7 works acquired from the Didot library when the catalog was ready for the press. Numerous facsimiles.
Indexes: I. Authors & persons mentioned. II. Titles, subjects and places. III. Printers and publishers. IV. Names of former owners.
Companion work to the "Catalogue of a collection of early German books in the library of C. Fairfax Murray", issued in 2 v., 1913.

Subject:

Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919 Library Catalogs.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919 Bibliothèque.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919
Incunabula Bibliography.
Rare books France Early works to 1800 Bibliography Catalogs.
Illustrated books History 15th and 16th centuries Bibliography Catalogs.
Wood-engraving France History.
Printing France History.
Incunabula Bibliography Catalogs.
Wood-engraving, French History.
Rare books Bibliography.
Incunables Bibliographie Catalogues.
Imprimerie France Histoire.
Livres illustrés Histoire 15e et 16e siècles Bibliographie Catalogues.
Gravure sur bois française Histoire.
Livres rares Bibliographie.
Wood-engraving, French
Rare books
Illustrated books
Incunabula
Libraries
Printing
Wood-engraving
Illustrated books 15th and 16th centuries Bibliography Catalogs.
Printing History France.
France

Form/genre:

Bibliographies
Catalogs
History
Rare books.

Added entries:

Davies, Hugh Wm.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 115210
Call No.: Z1012 (ID:85-B19040)
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library study room 115209
Call No.: Z1012 (ID:85-B19040)
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available