Smith, Joseph, 1674-1770, Bibliotheca Smithiana, seu, Catalogus librorum D. Josephi Smithii Angli , MDCCLV [1755]
- Title(s):
- Bibliotheca Smithiana, seu, Catalogus librorum D. Josephi Smithii Angli : per cognomina authorum dispositus.
- Additional Title(s):
Bibliotheca Smithiana
Catalogus librorum D. Josephi Smithii Angli- Published/Created:
- Venetiis : Typis Jo. Baptistae Pasquali, MDCCLV [1755]
- Physical Description:
- [8], xliii, [1], DXIX [i.e. DXVII], [1], CCCXLVIII [i.e. CCCLII], [4] p. ; 25 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsZ997 .S65 1755 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.Rare Books and ManuscriptsZ997 .S65 1755 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.Rare Books and ManuscriptsZ997 .S65 1755 Copy 3Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/2773228
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Catalog compiled by Giovanni Battista Pasquali.
The critical notes are by Giovanni degli Agostini and Girolamo Zanetti. Cf. Pref.
Signatures: [*]⁴, **a-**l², A-Z, Aa-Yy⁴, Zz⁴-1, Aaa-Ttt, a-z, aa-oo⁴, pp⁶, qq-xx⁴.
Numbers CCCIII-CCCVI repeated in the final group of paging.
Title page printed in red and black; with an engraved title page vignette.
"Praefationes et epistolae voluminibus editis appositae, ab incunabulis typographiae ante annum MCCCCC": p. [LXVII]-CCCXLVIII (6th sequence).
Includes index.
BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is bound in later red quarter morocco and marbled boards.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in gilt-tooled vellum.
BAC: British Art Center copy 3 bound in gilt-tooled vellum. Armorial bookplate: John Murray [the English diplomat, ca. 1714-1775]. With notes in pen and ink on the front endpapers concerning the present work.
Catalog of the library of Joseph Smith (1674-1770), which he collected while consul at Venice. The collection was purchased by George III in 1765 for £10,000 and now forms part of the King's Library at the British Museum. - Subject Terms:
- British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books. King's Library.Incunabula -- Italy -- Bibliography -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800.Murray, John, ca. 1714-1775 -- Bookplate.Private libraries -- Italy -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800.Rare books -- Italy -- Bibliography -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800.Smith, Joseph, 1674-1770 -- Library -- Catalogs.
- Form/Genre:
- Woodcuts -- 1755.
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