The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature : Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing : With Bibliographical and Critical Notices, Collations of the Rarer Articles, and the Prices at Which They Have Been Sold.

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4 vols, library cloth, top edges gilt, 8vo, 19 cm, prelims, 850 + prelims, 851-1712 + prelims, 1713-2564 + prelims, 2565-3027, [iii]-iv, 336 pp. John Carter commented in Taste and Technique in Book Collecting."In early English literature, it seems extraordinary in retrospect that Lowndes had not merely held the field from 1834 to the end of the century, but had actually been for most of that time almost alone in it. and Lowndes was the first and last man to attempt single handed a bibliographical manual for the whole of English literature". The set comprises: Vol I: A-F; Vol II G-N; Vol III O-S; Vol IV T-END. Originally issued in parts. Volume I includes the preface and preliminary Notices to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd parts; Volume 2 includes the preliminary notices to the 5th and 6th parts; Volume 3 includes the preliminary notices to the 7th, 8th and 9th parts; and Volume 4 includes the preliminary notice to the 10th part. Occasional minor foxing and marks, generally a Good clean set, sturdily bound. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-58890

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