Librorum Impressorum Qui In Museo Britannico, Adservantur Catalogus. Vol. I. (II.)
British Museum - Department of Printed Books
RA Collection: Book
Record number
04/3630
Author
Variant Title
Catalogus Bibliothecae Mesei Britannici
Imprint
Londini.: MDCCLXXXVII.
Physical Description
2 vols.; 428 mm. (Folio.)
General Note
Vol. I: 550p. - Vol. II: 474 p.
Contents
Vol. I: [Half-t., t.p.] - [Text] - Corrigenda. - Vol. II: [Half-t., t.p.] - [Text] - Corrigenda.
Responsibility Note
Headpieces and tailpieces are unsigned.
References
ESTC, T147790History of the British Museum Library (1998)Foundations of scholarship: libraries and collecting, 1650-1750 (1992).
Summary Note
Half-titles read: 'Catalogus Bibliothecae Musei Britannici'.
Provenance
Inscribed in ink on half-title of Vol. II: 'Given to the Royal Academy by the Trustees of the British Museum 1788'.
Binding Note
19th-century half calf, brown cloth-covered boards; black morocco spine-labels lettered 'Catal. Libror. Musei Britannici', spines lettered 'Vol. I. (II.)', 'R.A.' and '1787'.
Name as Subject
Subject
Libraries - Museums - Great Britain - London - 18th century
Contributors