Go to main content

A catalogue of books printed at or relating to the University, town & county of Cambridge, from 1521 to 1893 : with bibliographical and biographical notes / by Robert Bowes.

Bowes, Robert, 1835?-1919, author.; Jenkinson, Francis, 1853-1923.; Worman, E. J. (Ernest James); Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935, former owner.; Dyer, Louis, 1851-1908, former owner.
1894
Available at Open stacks - medium, Open stacks - medium, Room 125, Room 125
Add to Basket

Title
A catalogue of books printed at or relating to the University, town & county of Cambridge, from 1521 to 1893 : with bibliographical and biographical notes / by Robert Bowes.
Created/published
Cambridge : Macmillan & Bowes, 1894.
Description
xxxi, 516, 67 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Associated name
Bowes, Robert, 1835?-1919, author.
Jenkinson, Francis, 1853-1923.
Worman, E. J. (Ernest James)
Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935, former owner.
Dyer, Louis, 1851-1908, former owner.
Note
Issued in parts, 1891-94.

On cover: Catalogue of Cambridge books.

"98 illustrations of head and tail-pieces, initial letters, &c.": p. [xiii]-xxxi.
Bibliography, etc.
"A bookseller's catalogue, not a bibliography, and it therefore contains only the books we [Macmillan & Bowes] actually possess."--Pref.
3019 titles, arranged chronologically ; titles transcribed in full, collations exact, and all items necessary to make the catalogue "bibliographically useful" are furnished. Appendix IV is a "list of books printed at Cambridge, 1521-1650. By F. Jenkinson, M.A., university librarian." (Titles are numbered 3020 to 3515)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Cambridge.

Call number
Z2024.C2 B7 copy 1
Call number
Z2024.C2 B7 copy 2 Cat. Off.
Folger-specific note
Manuscript note: No. 11 of 100 copies printed on Dutch handmade paper ; Author's presentation copy to Falconer Madan
Call number
Z2024.C2 B7 Index copy 1
Call number
Z2024.C2 B7 Index copy 2 Cat. Off.
Folger-specific note
Louis Dyer copy.

Show more subjects...