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London: T. Osborne, 1738. Book. Good. Leather. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. In 1737 William Oldys, who was later librarian to the Earl of Oxford, published anonymously The British Librarian, in six monthly numbers from January to June, 1737. Among the works discussed are Hakluyt's Voyages, Froissart's Chronicles, Caxton's translation of Virgil's Aeneid, Sir Thomas More's English works. Old calf with five raised bands over cords to the spine, worn and rubbed, joints cracked but both boards still attached by the cords, old (19th C.) paper library labels to the spine. Contents good, tight and complete... Pages good, slightly creamed, page edges faded red..

London: Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1738. First Edition. Hardcover. Good, considering the age of the item (Boards are heavily edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; boards are starting at both ends and are cracking at the hinges inside and out; boards have dampstaining; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; a bit of dampstaining to the tops of the first few leaves, including the frontis; textblock is cracked; interior is clean, but does have toning and occasional scuffing/smudging/foxing; some marginalia is present.). Three-quarter-bound brown leather and marbled paper boards with gilt lettering on the spine; 1 preliminary leaf, vii pp.; 5 unnumbered pp.; 1 leaf, 402 pp. "From January to June, 1737 London rare book dealer and publisher Thomas Osborne published six issues of 'The British Librarian: Exhibiting a Compenious Review or Abstract of our most Scarce, Useful and Valuable Books in all Sciences as well in Manuscript as in Print.' The six issues were collected and republished as a book in… Read More

8vo. London: Printed for T. Osborne..., 1738. 8vo, [ii], vii [xii, contents], 402 pp. Contemporary calf, backstrip consolidated and upper hinge with slight splitting but quite firm, a good sound copy. § First edition of the first Library Manual in English and one of the earliest (if not the earliest) books in English on old and rare books. DNB notes: “In 1737 Oldys began publishing his own researches in The British Librarian, a miscellaneous bibliographical compilation of rare books and manuscripts. It was published in six monthly numbers, from January to June 1737, and was thereafter issued as a composite volume with an index of subjects in 1738. It was designed to bring to light ‘curious’ publications and to offer a bibliographical record for early books: three William Caxton items, from the collection of Peter Thompson, are described, together with works by St Gildas, Thomas More, Richard Hakluyt, Thomas Elyot, William Prynne, Elias Ashmole, and Robert Plot. Each number contained at least… Read More

London: Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1738.. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. [iv], viii, 402pp. []1, A4, b2, B4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Fff4. Contemporary calf, repaired. ESTC T147996; Lowndes 1723.

London: Printed for T. Osborne, 1738. [2], vii, [5], 402pp. With a later engraved portrait of the author bound in. Contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, recently rebacked, preserving contemporary backstrip. Heavily rubbed. Scattered spotting. The collected edition, with an added index, of English antiquary William Oldys' (1696-1761) bibliographical periodical. Only six issues appeared before the publication was discontinued, with each surveying both manuscript works from the libraries of great contemporary collectors and printed titles including several from Caxton's Westminster press, Pynson's Froissart, Scot's Discoverie of Witchcraft, Elyot's Boke, Bale's Acts of English Votaries and several classics of seventeenth-century antiquarianism. ESTC T147996.. First edition. 8vo.

London: T Osborne , 1738. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. The first edition of William Oldys' bibliographic work. A smart copy of the work. ESTC reference no: T147996. Rebacked with the original boards preserved. Original spine label is laid down. Collated, has been bound without the final advertisement leaf. This is the collected edition of William Oldyn's bibliographical periodical which comprised six issues total. The periodical surveys manuscript works from the libraries of great contemporary collectors and printed titles. These include Scot's Discoverie of Witchcraft, Caxon's Westminster press, Elias Ashmole's Institution, and Sir John Froissart's Chronicles.  In a full calf binding. Rebacked, with the original boards preserved. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the spine edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright. Scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed

London: Printed for T. Osborne, 1738 First edition. Old calf, rebacked and recornered in sheep, edges stained red. Octavo. Chip at foot of spine, front hinge starting to crack, occasional light foxing. A good, clean copy. The first English periodical devoted to rare books. In 1737 William Oldys, who was later librarian to the Earl of Oxford, published anonymously The British Librarian, in six monthly numbers from January to June, 1737. Among the works discussed are Hakluyt's Voyages, Froissart's Chronicles, Caxton's translation of Virgil's Aeneid, Sir Thomas More's English works.

London: Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1738. First Edition, with index. [ii], vii [viii, contents], 402 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary vellum, brown leather title label. Bookplate of James Bindley Esq. M.A. F.S.A. with a note in his hand "# Mem: No more of thgis Work ws ever Published, than the six Numbers contained in this Volume. J.B. 1775.. First Edition, with index. [ii], vii [viii, contents], 402 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. James Bindley Copy. Oldys who became the librarian to the Earl of Oxford Jmaes Bindley (1737-1818), son of a distiller, educated at Charterhouse and Peterhouse, Cambrdge was a famous collector of rare books. His sales at Evans of Pall mall brought £20000 between 1818-1821.