-This is a very valuable
work up to the date of publication, but a good bibliography
of the subject is still a desideratum. The late Professor
Stanley Jevons proposed to draw up a Handy Book of the
Literature for the Index Society, but, to the great loss of
bibliography, was prevented by other work from undertaking
it. He contributed a list of Selected Books in Political
Economy to the _Monthly Notes_ of the Library Association
(Vol. 3, No. 7).
_Poor._--A Catalogue of Publications in the English Language
on subjects relative to the Poor will be found in Eden's
_State of the Poor_, vol. iii. pp. ccclxvii--ccclxxxvi.
_Printing._--BIGMORE (E.C.), and WYMAN (C.W.H.). A
Bibliography of Printing, with Notes and Illustrations.
London, 1880. 4to.
---- The Literature of Printing. A Catalogue of the Library
illustrative of the History and Art of Typography,
Chalcography, and Lithography, by R.M. Hoe. London, 1877.
8vo.
The following is a list of some of the bibliographies of the productions
of the chief printers:
_Aldus._--Annales de l'Imprimerie des Alde ou Histoire des
trois Manuce et de leurs editions. Par Ant. Aug. Renouard.
Paris, an XII. Seconde edition. Paris, 1825. 8vo. 3 vols.
_Caxton._--The Life and Typography of William Caxton,
England's first Printer, with evidence of his typographical
connection with Colard Mansion, the Printer at Bruges.
Compiled from original sources by William Blades. London,
1861-63. 2 vols. 4to. A condensed edition was published
under the following title: The Biography and Typography of
William Caxton, England's first Printer. By William Blades.
Second edition. London, 1882. 8vo.
_Elzevirs._--Willems (A.). Les Elzevier. Histoire et Annales
Typographiques. Bruxelles, 1880. 8vo.
---- C. Pieters. Annales de l'Imprimerie des Elsevier. Gand,
1858. 8vo.
_Plantin._--La Maison Plantin a Anvers. Par L. Degeorge.
Deuxieme edition, augmentee d'une liste chronologique des
ouvrages imprimes par Plantin a Anvers de 1555 a 1589.
Bruxelles, 1878. 8vo.
_Stephens._--Annales de l'Imprimerie des Estienne, ou
Histoire de la Famille, des Estienne et de ses editions. Par
A.A. Renouard. Paris, 1837-38. 8vo. 2 parts.
_Privately Printed Books._--The second edition of John
Martin's Bibli
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