1768 · Paris
by Osmont, J. B. L.
Paris: Chez Lacombe, 1768. Two volumes. 8vo. 195 x 120 mm., [7 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches]. xii, 515 pp; [iv], 456, [3] pp. Bound in contemporary French mottled calf, five raised bands decorated with leather labels and gilt designs in compartments. Very minor browning to the edges of the text block. Signature in ink on both half-titles.
Standard work in the field of bibliography and rare books. Organized by author and then chronologically by title, Osmont provides information on edition, rarity, and often offers a critique of the usefulness of the work. Dictionnaire Typographique includes over 7500 individual titles and was considered an important reference work on the history of printing and a useful reference to early printed books.
Theodore Besterman, World Bibliography of Bibliographies, I, p. 537. Bigmore and Wyman, Bibliography of Printing, II, p. 96. . (Inventory #: 1319)
Standard work in the field of bibliography and rare books. Organized by author and then chronologically by title, Osmont provides information on edition, rarity, and often offers a critique of the usefulness of the work. Dictionnaire Typographique includes over 7500 individual titles and was considered an important reference work on the history of printing and a useful reference to early printed books.
Theodore Besterman, World Bibliography of Bibliographies, I, p. 537. Bigmore and Wyman, Bibliography of Printing, II, p. 96. . (Inventory #: 1319)
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