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National Bibliographies : a descriptive
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PREFACE.

The official, semi-official and trade bibliographies of a country are
the bases of all bibliographical work. From them we learn (imperfectly,
in most cases) what books are published, and their subject-indexes give
us the first instalment of titles for our special bibliographies. It is
necessary for all who make researches in any way touching the
bibliographical field to become acquainted with these most valuable
tools, and in the following pages they are described for the first time
at length. Their deficiencies are noted and their arrangement
described in a manner which will enable the student to ascertain
without delay whether, and if so, in what work, the books published
in a particular country during a particular period, have been registered.

R. A. PEDDIE.

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CONTENTS.

PAGE.

PAGE.

Europe.

India, Burmah, Ceylon iq

Belgium

2

Japan ...

21

Bulgaria

• 3

Philippine Islands .

• 25

Croatia

•• ^

Straits Settlements.

• 30

Cyprus ...

.. 6

Denmark

.. 6

Africa.

Finland

.. 8

Cape Colony ...

• 4

-/France ...

9

America, North.

vGermany

II

Canada...

3

■"Great Britain

•• 13

Mexico

22

Holland

.. 16

United States

• 32

Hungary

.. 18

•1.^

Iceland

.. 18

West Indies.

Ireland

20

Cuba

.. 6

%/ Italy

20

Jamaica...

21

Lithuania

... 22

Trinidad

• 31

Malta

22

America, Central

Norway...

.. 23

Guatemala

. 16

Poland ...

.. 25

Portugal

.. 26

America, South.

ROUMANIA

.. 27

Argentine Republic.

I

Russia

.. 27

Bolivia

2

Scotland

.. 28

Brazil

2

Servia ...

.. 29

Chili

. 4

Spain

... 29

Colombia

•• 5

Sweden

... 30

Ecuador

8

Wales ...

• 33

Peru

.. 24

Asia.

Australasia.

China ...

•• 5

Australia

I

Hong Kong ...

... 17

New South Wales .

•• 23

VI.

National Bibliographies.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

For the period 1 780-1810, J. T. Medina has pubhshed in the
Anales of the Museo de La Plata, but forming a separate volume of
some four hundred pages, a bibliographical catalogue of the issues of
the press in Buenos Ayres.

Medina (J. T.). Historia y bibliografia de la imprenta en
Buenos Aires, 1780-18 10. La Plata, 1892. fol.

It is arranged in chronological order with index of authors.

For the period between 18 10 and 1879 no record is known. In
1879 there was started an annual publication.

Anuario bibliografico de la Republica Argentina. Ano 1-9.
1879-1887. Buenos Aires, 1880-88. 12 mo.

Each volume contains a classified list of the issues during the year with
descriptive and critical notes, and an author index. The author died
after issuing volume 9.

Nothing in the shape of a contemporary record appears to have
been issued since.

AUSTRALIA.

Up to the present year (191 1) no attempt was made to register
the book production of Australia as a whole and only in the case of
New South Wales was any local effort made to publish a catalogue.
There has just been published

Foxcroft (A.B.). The Australian catalogue. A reference
index to the books and periodicals published, and still current in
the Commonwealth of Australia. Melbourne, 191 1. 8vo.

This is not a complete record for any special period but a list by autho^
and title of the books in print at the time of pubUcation.

See also New South Wales.

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

See also Bohemia, Croatia, Germany, Hungary.

BELGIUM.

For the publications before 1830, in what is now Belgium, reference
may be made to the various general bibliographies of the Low
Countries which are mentioned under the heading Holland.

From 1830, reference should be made to : —

Koninck (A. de). Bibliographie nationale. Dictionnaire
des ecrivains beiges et catalogue de leur publications, 1830- 1880.
(Supplement A-G.). 4vols. Bruxelles, 1882-1901. 8vo.

It contains an alphabetical catalogue by authors without subject
indexes. It is doubtful whether the supplement will ever be completed.

For Flemish books published after 1830, there is a special
catalogue.

Potter (F. de). Vlaamsche bibliographie Lijst der boeken,
vlug-en tijds-chriften, muziekwerken, kaarten, platen en tabellen
in Belgie van 1830 tot 1890, verschenen. Gent, 1893. 8vo.

This takes the form of a classified subject catalogue with an author
index.

The current bibliography is the

Bibliographie de Belgique. Bruxelles, 1875, ^^^- 8vo.

At present this is issued fortnightly. The annual volume is supplied
with author and classified subject indexes.

BOLIVIA.

There are two works which deal with the productions of the
Bolivian press. The first :

Gutierrez (J. R.). Datos para la bibliografia Boliviana.
(Supplemento). 2 vols. La Paz, 1875-80. 8vo.

Contains an alphabetical catalogue ot works, the majority of which are
printed in the country. This work is supplemented by

Rene Moreno (G.). Biblioteca Boliviana. Catalogo de la
seccion de libros i folletos. (Supplemento). 2 vols.

Santiasjo de Chile, 18 79-1 900. 8vo.

The arrangement is alphabetical by titles, and there is an author index.

BRAZIL.

The literature of Brazil is inextricably bound up with that of
Portugal, and reference may be made to the list of works under the
heading of that country. The only bibliographical work special to
Brazil is

Alves Sacramento Blake (A.V.). Diccionario bibliogra-
phico Brazileiro. Vol. i. A. — Bruno.

Rio de Janeiro, 1883. 8vo.
This volume is the only one that has been seen and whether the work
is being continued cannot be ascertained.

BULGARIA.

The only catalogue of Bulgarian literature that I have been able
to trace, is

Jirecek (J.). Bibliographic de la litterature bulgare moderne,
1806-1870. Viena, 1872. 8vo.

The title only is in French. There is also a Bulgarian title. The
work is an author catalogue with an alphabetical subject index.

CANADA.

There is no general catalogue of the books published in Canada,
but for the province of Quebec there are two catalogues which, although
rather summary in form, purport to be inclusive.

Dionne (N. E.). Inventaire chronologique des livres,
brochures, journaux et revues publies en langue anglais dans la
province de Quebec depuis I'etablissement de I'imprimerie en
Canada jusqu'a nos jours. 1 764-1906, Quebec et la Nouvelh
France. Tom. j. Quebec, 1907. 8vo.

The arrangement, as stated in the title is chronological. An index of
authors and subjects is supplied.

Dionne (N. E.). Inventaire chronologique des livres,
brochures, journaux et revues publies en langue fran9aise dans la
province de Quebec depuis Tetablissement de I'imprimerie en
Canada jusqu'a nos jours. Quebec et la N&uvelle France. Tom. i.

Quebec, 1905. 8vo.

The arrangement is the same as in the previous volume, but there are
no indexes.

Since April, 1888 there has been published in the

Canadian Patent Office Record. Ottawa, 1888, etc. 4to.

a List of Copyrights. This list does not appear to be anything like a
complete register of Canadian publications.

are

Other works dealing with Canadian books which may be consulted

Stevens (H.). Catalogue of the Canadian and other British
North American books in the Library of the British Museum at
Christmas, 1856. London, 1866. 8vo.

Morgan (H. J ). Bibliotheca Canadensis, or a manual of
Canadian hterature. Ottawa, 1867. 8vo.

Gagnon (P.). Essai de bibliographie Canadienne.

Quebec, 1895. 8vo.

CAPE COLONY.

The Cape Colony, in common with most other colonies, publish a
Copyright List which is to be found in the British Museum.

Cape Colony. Transcript of the [Copyright Register.]
1894-1901.

Whether this is still issued is not known.

CHILL

Chili has, for a South American State, a very good series of
bibliographies. The most comprehensive is

Briseno (R.). Estadistica bibliografica de la Hteratura
Chilena [181 2-1859]. Santiago de Chile 1862. 4to.

i860- 1876. Santiago de Chile, 1879. 4to

The main entry in these catalogues is alphabetically by the first word
of the title. There is a chronological index, but curiously enough no
author index. Supplementary catalogues are provided of periodicals,
books relating to Chili printed abroad, and works of Chilian authors
printed outside the country. There does not appear to be any trace of
a later volume, and the next ten years do not seem to have a record.

The National Library of Chili began publishing in 1887 the

Annario de la Prensa Chilena. 1886 etc.

Santiago de Chile. 1887 etc. 8vo.

Each volume contains an alphabetical catalogue of titles, an author
index and a catalogue of periodicals. This work is generally rather
late in publication, the 1901 volume not being issued until 1904. It is
supplemented to date, however, by the quarterly.

Boletin de la BibHoteca Nacional de Santiago.

Santiago de Chile. 8vo.

This is the official register of Copyright, but contains in addition the
general accessions to the Library.

The earlier period (up to 181 7) is the subject of two special
bibliographies.

Medina (J. T.). Bibliografia de la imprenta en Santiago de
Chile, des de sus origenes hasta febrero de 181 7.

Santiago de Chile, 1891, 8vo.

Montt (L.). Bibliographia Chilena. Vol. IL 1812-1817.

Santiago de Chile, 1904. 8vo.

Both of these works contain chronological lists with very full biblio-
graphical descriptions and annotations. Of Sefior Montt's work,
Vol. IL is the only one published as yet, but it is complete in itself for
the period mentioned.

CHINA.

Ignoring the native Chinese publications, the only bibliography
of value is

Cordier (H.). L'imprimerie Sino-Europ6enne en Chine.
Bibliographie des onvrages publics en Chine par les Europ^ens
au 17®. et au 18®. si^cle.

Paris, 1 90 1. 8vo.

This is an alphabetical catalogue by authors with an index of titles and
facsimiles.

COLOMBIA.

For books issued in Colombia the reader must use two biblio-
graphies neither of which have any real pretence to cover the ground
effectively.

Laverde Amaya (I.). Apuntes sobre bibliografia Colom-
biana con muestras escogidas en prosa y en verso.

Bogota, 1882. Svo.

The first part of the work consists of a chronological record of authors
and their works, to which is prefixed an index of names. The second
part contains specimens of their works. This somewhat sketchy
production may be supplemented by

Pineda (A.). Biblioteca del Ex-Coronel Pineda o coleccion
de la publicaciones de la imprenta en el Virreinato de Santafe i en
las Republicas de Colombia i Nueva Granada de 1774 a 1850.

Bogota, 1853. 8vo.

The order in which the entries are printed is curious, being apparently
the order in which the books stood on the shelves. The only index is
to the titles of the periodicals occurring in the catalogue.

CROATIA.

Although Croatia is not independent it is sufficient of a nationality
to be dealt with separately. Its bibliography is

Sakcinski (I. K.). Bibliografia Hrvatska. Dio prvi
Tiskane knjige. U Zagrebu. i860. 8vo.

Dodatak k prvomu dielu. U Zagrebu. 1863. 8vo.

Both the bibliography and the supplement are divided into three
sections according to the character in which the books are printed :
Glagolitic, Cyrillic and Roman. Each section is arranged alpha-
betically by authors.

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CUBA.

The most important works issued m Cuba will naturally be found
in the Spanish bibliographies, but for the period before 1840 there is
a comparatively complete separate list.

Bachiller y Morales (A.). Catalogo de libros y folletos
publicados en Cuba desde la introduccion de la imprenta hasta
1840. In his Apuntes par la historia de las letras etc. de la Isla de
Cuba. Tomo. III. 1861. pp. 121-241.

This is a chronological catalogue without indexes of authors or subjects.

The Havana press has been specially dealt with by Seiior J. T. Medina
in one of his elaborate monographs.

Medina (J. T.). La imprenta en la Habana, 1 707-1810.
Notas bibliogrd^ficas. Santiago de Chile, 1904. 8vo.

Chronological arrangement with full bibliographical descriptions and
notes.

CYPRUS.

Since 1889 there has been issued annually an official register of
the issues of the press.

Memoranda of books printed and published in Cyprus.

Nicosia, 1889, etc. fol.

The order of the entries is chronological, and no indexes appear to
have been issued.

DENMARK.

The list of Danish books 1482-1830 is not yet completed. It was
started as far back as 1872, and four volumes have now been issued.

Bruun (C. V.). Bibliotheca Danica. Systematisk forteg-
nelse over den Danske literature fra 1482 til 1830. Vol. 1-4.

Kjobenhavn, 1877 [1872] -1902. 4to.

It is a classified catalogue, and is based on the collections of the Royal
Library at Copenhagen and other Danish libraries. Whether an author
index is proposed to be issued is not known, but in the meantime
there is

Nyerup (R.) and Kraft (J. C). Almindeligt Litteratur-
lexicon for Danmark, Norge og Island. Kjobenhavn, 1820. 4to.

This is an alphabetical catalogue of authors with short biographies and
lists of their works.

The regular series of bibliographies does not begin until the year
1 84 1, but for the intermediate period use may be made of

Erslew (T. H.) Almindeligt forfatterlexicon for kongeriget
Danmark med tilhorende bilande fra 1814 til 1840. 3 vol.

Kjobenhavn, 1843-53. 8vo.

Supplement. . . indtil udgangen af aaret 1853. 3 vol.

Kjobenhavn, 1858-68. 8vo.

This again is a catalogue of authors with biographies and lists of their
works.

The Booksellers Association of Copenhagen issued the following work
in 1 84 1.

Forlagsforeningen. Almindeligt Dansk-Norsk Forlags-
Catalog. Catalogus librorum in Dania et Norvegia editorum
secundum eos, qui sumtus fecerunt distributus.

Havniae, 1841. 8vo.

It appears to be a catalogue of the books issued by a certain number of
publishers only, but it seems to go back to about the year 178c. The
author catalogue is followed by catalogues of maps and of portraits and
a classified index by subjects.

From 1 84 1 the Danish Catalogue is available.

Dansk Bogfortegnelse for aarene 1841-1858.

Kjobenhavn, 1861. 4to.

1859-1868. Kjobenhavn, 1871. 4to.

1869-1880. Kjobenhavn, 1881-82. 4to,

1881-1892. Kjobenhavn, 1893-94. 4to.

1893-1900. Kjobenhavn, 1903. 4to.

Each volume contains an alphabetical author catalogue, together with a
classified index of subjects.

The series is supplemented by the annual catalogue.

Dansk Bogfortegnelse for [each year] . Kjobenhavn. 8vo.

This contains the numbers of the monthly or bi-monthly catalogue of
Danish books, bound together with general alphabetical author and
classified subject indexes ; also Hsts of music and Icelandic books.

A title index to the literature of the years 1 881 -1906 has been
issued. It deals with a select list of about 10,000 titles in the classes
of Literature, Fine Arts, and Technical Books; school books and other
similar sections are excluded.

Muller (A. F.). Stikords-katalog for den Danske Boghandel
omfattende Aarene 1881-1906. Odense, 1906. 8vo.

The arrangement is alphabetical by the first important word.

ECUADOR.

In the absence of any general bibliographies for this state covering any
long period of time it is necessary to refer to two publications which
together only bring up the record to 1818. The first

Anrique, R. (N.). Noticia de algunas publicaciones Ecua-
torianas anteriores a 1792. Santiago de Chile, 1891. i2mo.

is a catalogue in chronological order of the books published in the
towns of Ambato and Quito, previous to 1792.

The second work relates to Quito only.

Medina (J. T.). La imprenta en Quito, 1760-1818. Notas
bibliograficas. Santiago de Chile, 1904. 8vo.

This is a catalogue in chronological order with full bibliographica,
particulars and annotations.

FINLAND.

The literature of Finland is very well catalogued by

Yasenius (V.). L?. litterature finnoise, 1544-187 7. Cata-
logue alphabetique et systematique. Helsingissa, 1878. 8vo.

Supplement L, 1878-1879.

Helsingissa, 1880. 8vo.

Supplement II., 1880-1885.

Helsingissa, 1887. 8vo.

Supplement III., 1886-1891.

Helsingissa, 1892. 8vo.

Supplement IV,, 1892-1895.

Helsingissa, 1897. ^^o.

Supplement V., 1896-1900.

Helsingissa, 1905. 8vo.

Each volume is alphabetically arranged by authors with a classified
subject index.

The second supplement has an index of translators which covers
all the preceding volumes and this feature forms part of all the later
issues.

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FRANCE.

The bibliography of the earlier period of French literature is very
imperfect, and where the catalogues of special periods fail, recourse
should be had to Brunet's Manuel du Libraire, which is very valuable
for French books generally.

For the works issued in the 15th century, or at least for such of
them as were in the French language, there is

Brunet (G.). La France litteraire au i5e. si^cle ou catalogue
raisonne des ouvrages en tout genre imprimes en langue fran9aise
jusqu'a Tan 1500. Paris, 1865. 8vo.

This is arranged by author's names and titles of anonymous works.

The 1 6th century in France, as in nearly every other country, is
the worst period for the bibliographer. The only authority for this
period is

Bibliotheques Fran9oises (Les) de La Croix, Du Maine et
de Du Verdier, Sieur de Vauprivas. Nouvelle edition, revue, cor-
rigee et augmente par M. Rigoley de Juvigny. 6 vols.

Paris, 1772-73. 4to.

Vols. I and 2 of this work contain the Bibliotheque of La Croix du
Maine, vols. 3-5 that of Du Verdier, while vol. 6 contains supplemen-
tary matter. Each series is arranged in alphabetical order of christian
names of authors, and there are indexes of surnames at the end of vol. 2
and at the end of vol. 6. The entries are almost entirely i6th century
publications.

The books of the 17th century have no native chronicler, and we
have to go to a German work to get anything like a bibliography of
this century.

Georgi (T.). Allgemeinen Europaischen Biicher-Lexici-
5ter Theil in welchem die Frantzosischen Auctores und Biicher
von alien Disciplinen so von dem 16 seculo an bis auf gegen-
wartige Zeit geschrieben und gedrucket worden sind in Alpha-
betischer Ordnung zu finden. Leipzig: 1753. Fol.

The vast mass of the entries are of the 17th century, but many relate
to the early 18th century. The arrangement is by authors' names, and
the information given includes the number of sheets and price of each
book.

The 18th and the early 19th centuries are dealt with in

Querard (J. M.). La France Litteraire. 12 vols,

Paris, 1827-1864. 8vo.

Vols, i-io of this work contain an alphabetical catalogue by authors.
This part of the work was finished in 1839. Biographical notices are
also given. Vols. 11 and 12, published 1854- 1864, contain "Correc-
tions, additions, auteurs pseudonymes et anonymes devilles. A-Rog."
I'he completion was never published.

The work is continued on similar lines by

Querard (J. M.). La litterature fran9aise contemporaine.
iQC. siecle. 6 vols. Paris, 1842-1857. 8vo.

which contains one alphabet by authors' names. The later volumes,
which are not by Querard, are on a much smaller scale than the earlier
portions of the work.

Up to 1840 the bibliographical works relating to French literature
are very unsatisfactory, even the work of the indefatigable Querard
leaving much to be desired. From this date the work of Lorenz, now
carried on by Jordrell, is the chief authority.

Lorenz (O.). Catalogue general de la librairie franQaise.

Paris, 8vo.
Vols. 1-4. 1840-1865.
5-6. 1866-1875.

7-8. Table des Matieres, 1840- 187 5.
9-10. 1876-1885.

11. Table des Matieres, 1876-1885.

12. 1886-1890.

13. Table des Matieres, 1 886-1 890.
14-15. 1891-1899.

16-17. Table des Matieres, 1891-99.
18. 1900-1905.

The catalogue gives a biographical note to most authors, and the later
volumes refer back to the earlier for supplementary information.

The "Table des Matieres " is an arrangement alphabetically by
subjects. Under each subject the titles are alphabetized by their
first word.

From 1900 a new catalogue has been issued which is arranged in
a different manner to Lorenz.

Le Soudier (H.). Bibliographic fran9aise. 2e. Serie.
Tom. I. 1 900- 1 904. Paris, 1908. 8vo.

Tom. n. 1905-1909. Paris, 191 1. 8vo.

These volumes contain author, title and subject entry in one alphabet.

Lorenz and Le Soudier are supplemented to date by the annual
volume of the

Bibliographie de la France.

This contains, in addition to the full titles in the weekly numbers, a
general index by authors and a classified list with short titles.

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GERMANY.

For the earlier period of German book production we have catalogues
of books in the German language, but no record of the general output
of literature.

The 15th century is dealt with by

Panzer (G. W.). Annalen der alteren deutschen Litteratur

oder Anzeige und Beschriebung derjenigen Biicher welche von

Erfinding der Buchdruckerkunst bis 1520 in deutschen Sprache

gedruckt worden sind. Niirnberg : 1788, ^.to.

Zusatze bis 1520. Leipzig: 1802. 4to.

1521-1526. Niirnberg: 1805. 4to.

The arrangement is chronological with an author index.

Panzer's work is supplemented for the period 1500-15 26 by

Weller (E.). Repertorium typographicum. Die deutsche
Literatur im ersten Viertel des T6ten. Jahrhunderts. Im Anschluss
an Hains Repertorium und Panzers Deutsche Annalen.

Nordlingen, 1864. 8vo.
Supplement L Nordlingen, 1874. 8vo.

Supplement IL Nordlingen, 1885. 8vo.

A chronological catalogue, with good descriptions followed by indexes
of printers, authors and subjects.

The period from 1526 to 1700 is almost a blank as far as special
German bibliography is concerned. Recourse must be had for this
period to general bibliographies such as Georgi, Brunet, Graesse and
Ebert.

For books published between 1700 and 181 5, or at any rate for
the years 1 700-1 750, the authority is

Heinsius (VV.). AUgemeines Biicher-Lexikon oder vollstan-
diges alphabetisches Verzeichniss aller von 1700 bis zu Ende 18 10
(-181 5) erschienen Biicher, welche in Deutschland und in den
durch Sprache und Literatur damit verwandten Liindern
gedruckt worden sind. 5 Bd. Leipzig, 1812-1817. 4to.

Vols. 1-4 contain the alphabetical author catalogue 1 700-1810, with a
supplement containing a title index of romances and plays. Vol. 5
deals with the period 1811-1815.

After 1750 the most useful bibliography is Kayser, which is
continued up to the present time.

Kayser (C. G.). Vollstandiges Biicher-Lexikon enthaltend
alle von 1750 bis zu Ende des Jahres 1832 in Deutschland und in
den angrenzenden Landern gedruckten Biicher.

Theil 1-6.

Leipzig, 1834-36

4to.

Theil 7-8.

1833-1840.

Leipzig, 1841-42.

4to.

Theil 9-10.

1841-1846.

Leipzig, 1848

4to.

Theil 11-12.

1847-1852.

Leipzig, 1 85 3- 1 85 4.

4to.

Theil 13-14.

1853-1858.

Leipzig, i860.

4to.

Theil 15-16.

1859-1864.

Leipzig, 1866.

4to.

Theil 17-18.

1865-1870.

Leipzig, 1873.

4to.

Theil 19-20.

1871-1876.

Leipzig, 1877.

410.

Theil 21-22.

1877-1882.

Leipzig, 1883.

4to.

II

Theil 23-24. 1883-1886. Leipzig, 1887. 4to.

Theil 25-26. 1887-1890. Leipzig, 1891. 4to.

Theil 27-28. 1891-1894. Leipzig, 1895-1896. 4to.
Theil 29-30. 1895-1898. Leipzig, 1899-1900. 4to.
Theil 31-32. 1899- 1902. Leipzig, 1903-1904. 4to.

Theil 33-34. 1903-1906. Leipzig, 1907-1908. 4to.

Each volume is arranged on the same plan and contains an alphabetical
author catalogue.

The subject indexes are somewhat irregular. After the first, which
covers Kayser's first six volumes and the period 1750- 1832, there is no
index to Kayser until 1891-94; but during the years 187 1- 1885
Hinrichs issued a Repertorium to his half-yearly catalogues which
serves the same purpose, and from 1883 there is the subject catalogue
of Georg.

Kayser (C. G.). Sachregister zu Kayser'schen Biicher-

Lexikon. [1750- 1832.] Leipzig, 1832. 4to.

Hinrichs (J. C.). Hinrichs' Repertorium iiber die nach

den halbjahrlichen Verzeichnissen 1871-1875 erschienen Biicher,

Landkarten, etc., bearbeitet von E. Baldamus. Mit einem Sach-

Register. Leipzig, 1877. 8vo.

1876-1880. Leipzig, 1882. 8vo.

1881-1885. Leipzig. 8vo.

Georg (C). Schlagwort-Katalog. Verzeichniss der Biicher
und Landkarten in sachlicher Anordnung 1883- 1887.

Hannover, 1889. 8vo.

Bd. H. 1888-1892. Hannover, 1898. 8vo.

Bd. in. 1893-1897. 2 vols. Hannover, 1900-01. 8vo.

Bd. IV. 1898-1902. 2 vols. Hannover, 1903-04. 8vo.

Kayser (C. G.). Sach und Schlagwortregister. 1 891 -1894.

Leipzig, 1896. 4to.
1895-1898. Leipzig, 1900. 4to.

189Q-1902. Leipzig, 1904. 4to.

1 903- 1 906. Leipzig, 1908. 4to.

The Kayser indexes are alphabetically by subjects, with a classified
index of topics. Hinrichs' Repertorium is a classified short-title
catalogue, with an alphabetical index of topics, and Georg's Schlagwort-
Katalog is a subject catalogue alphabetically arranged.

In addition to Kayser's first Sachregister there exists a classified
arrangement of the books issued from 1750 to about 1820 with full
titles.

Ersch (J. S.). Handbuch der deutscher Literatur seit der

Mitte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts bis auf die neueste Zeit.

Neue Ausgabe. 4 vols, Leipzig, 1822-40. 8vo.

It has full indexes of authors and topics.

The current bibliography, which is issued half-yearly in two
volumes, is

Hinrichs' Halbjahrs-Katalog der im deutschen Buchhandel
erschienenen Biicher, Zeitschriften, Landkarten u.s.w. Mit
Registern nach Stichworten und Wissenschaften. Leipzig. 8vo.
The first volume is an alphabetical author catalogue. The second con-
tains an alphabetical subject index, with a classified list of topics added.

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GREAT BRITAIN.

There is no complete catalogue of the early productions of the printing
press in this country, but Mr. Gordon Duff is believed to be at work on
the 15th century books. For the works issued by Caxton the principal
authority is

Blades (W.). The biography and typography of William
Caxton. 2nd edition. London, 1882. 8vo.

Full particulars are given of each book with notes on the various copies
extant. There has been recently published

De Ricci (S.). A Census of Caxtons. London, 1909. 4to'

[n which every known copy is fully described.

The period from 1501 to 1556 has been dealt by the issue under
the auspices of the Bibliographical Society.

Bibliographical Sooiety. Handlists of English printers,
1501-1556. J vo/. London, 1895-1905. 4to.

These contain short title lists with indications of the location of copies
and the reproductions of printers' marks. The arrangement is by
printers.

From the date of the charter of the Stationers' Company, 1556,
their Registers form a guide to the books published. These Registers
have been transcribed and published by Dr. E. Arber up to the year
1640.

Stationers' Company. Transcript of the Registers of the
Company of Stationers of the City of London, 1556-1640. Edited
by E. Arber 5 vo/s. London, 1875-94. 4to.

Vols. 1-4 contain the full transcript. Vol. 5 contains a chronological
list of books from 1557 to 1603 arranged under each year by their
printers, and indexes of the printers, publisiiers and booksellers
mentioned throughout the work.

For the period ending with the commencement of the Civil War
in 1640, we have two other important helps, being catalogues of the
books of this period in the libraries of the British Museum and of the
University of Cambridge.

British Museum. Catalogue of books in the library printed
in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of books in English printed
abroad to 1640. j vo/s. London, 1884. 8vo.

This catalogue is alphabetical by authors. Music books are catalogued
in a separate alphabet at the end. There is a general index of subjects
and names followed by an index of printers, publishers, booksellers and
bookbinders.

Sayle (C). Early English printed books in the University
Library. Cambridge, 1475-1640. 4 vols.

Cambridge, 1900-07. 8vo.

The arrangement of this catalogue is not like the British Museum
Catalogue by authors. The main body of the work is a systematic
typographical catalogue and the author list is relegated to an index.
Indexes are also given of subjects, printers, portraits, etc. It should

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be noted that Vol. 3 is not complete without an appendix containing
pp. 1 745-1804 which was issued in 1907. Several other libraries have
issued catalogues of the books of this period which they possess, for
instance, the John Rylands Library Manchester, Lambeth Palace
Library and several of the college libraries of Oxford and Cambridge.

For the succeeding period 1641-1667, it is proposed to issue a
transcript of the Stationers' Company's Registers. This has been
compiled by Mr. H. R. Plomer and is believed to be now in the press.
The period of the Civil War from 1640 to the year following the
Restoration, 1661, is dealt with in

British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books,
newspapers and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the
Commonwealth and Restoration collected by George Thomason,
1 640- 1 66 1. [Edited by G. K. Fortescue.] 2 mis.

London, 1908. 8vo.

This catalogue is arranged chronologically by the events described.
The newspapers are catalogued under each month of each year so that
for each month may be seen a list of the newspapers available. An
index of authors, titles and subjects is added. The work only includes
the Thomason collection and does not catalogue the works of that
period in the library apart from that collection.

From 1668 to 1709 there were published lists of books issued
during each law term. With great difficulty a set of these Hsts was
collated by Dr. Arber and reprinted.

Arber (E.). The Term Catalogues, 1 668-1 709. $ vols.

London, 1903-06. 4to.

The three volumes are each indexed separately. There is a title index
followed by the general index which includes authors, printers,
publishers, subjects, etc.

The eighteenth century remains the most obscure of any period
of English bibliography. The only general catalogue is

Bent (W.). A general catalogue of books, 1700-1786.

London, 1786. 8vo.

This is an alphabetical catalogue by authors, but of course is very
imperfect. The books of the last few years of the century are to be
found in

Bent (W.). The London catalogue of books, corrected to
August, 181 1. London, 181 1. 8vo.

but these catalogues do not give the date of publication and are of very
little value.

The early part of the nineteenth century will be dealt with in a
forthcoming volume.

Peddie (R. A.) and Waddington (Q.). The English
Catalogue of books, 1 801- 1836. In the press.

This will include in one alphabet, author, title and subject entries of
the books of the period, giving for the first time the details of date,
publisher's name, etc. At present the only authorities for the years
1801-1836 are the 181 1 Catalogue mentioned above and the following

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Bent (VV.). The London Catalogue of books, 1810-1831.

London, 1831. Svo.

Hodgson (T.). The London Catalogue of books, 1814-1846.

London, 1846. 8vo.

Hodgson (T.). The London Catalogue of books, 18 16-185 1.

London, 185 1. 8vo.

These are all imperfect and do not give dates of publication. There
are two subject indexes which are not so useful as their titles would
appear to indicate.

Hodgson (T.). Bibliotheca Londinenensis. A classified
index to the London Catalogue of books, 18 14- 1846.

London, 1848. 8vo.

Hodgson (T.). The classified index to the London Catalogue
of books, 1816-1851. London, 1853. Svo.

From the year 1835 the series of catalogues of English books is
complete as regards those works registered in the trade bibliographies.

Low (S.). The English Catalogue of book, 1 835-1 863,

London, 1864. 8vo.

1863-1872. London, 1873. Svo.

1872-1880. London, 1882. Svo.

1881-1889. London, 1S91. Svo.

These four volumes are author catalogues and give particulars of date,
etc., which are not found in the earlier catalogues. There are subject
catalogues which index titles and topics as follows : —

Low (S.). Index to the British Catalogue of books, 1837-1857.

London, 1858. Svo.

Low (S.). Index to the English Catalogue of books. 1S56-
1876. London, 1876. Svo.

1874-1880. London, 1S84. Svo.

18S1-1S89. London, 1S93. Svo.

The volumes for the later years are arranged differently. The index
entries are incorporated with the author entries in one volume and in
one alphabet and therefore the work is much handier to consult. The
volume referred to above as in course of preparation for the years 1801-
1836 is on this plan and will range in every respect with these later
volumes.

The English Catalogue of books, 1S90-1S97.

London, 1898. Svo.

1 898- 1 900. London, 1901. Svo.

1901-1905. London, 1906. Svo.

1 906-19 10. London, 191 1. Svo.

The annual volume brings the series up to date.

The English Catalogue of books. London, Annual. Svo.

The many gaps in this list of the registers of British publications must
be filled up by reference to the general bibliographies, Lowndes'
Bibliographers' Mamial of English Literature^ Watt's Bibliotheca
Britanfiica^ and Hazlitt's Collections and Notes.

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GUATEMALA.

For this Spanish American state as for most of the others we have a
bibliography by J. T. Medina.

Medina (J. T.). La Imprenta en Guatemala (i 660-1 821).

Santiago de Chile, 19 10. 4to.
The arrangement is chronological and an index of authors and titles is
added.

HOLLAND.

The series of bibliographies of Dutch books commences with

Campbell (M. F. A. G.). Annales de la typographic N6er-
landaiseau i5®si^cle. (Supplements 1-4). La Haye 1874-90. 8vo.

This work contains full description of the issues of the press in the
Low Countries before 1500. It is an alphabetical catalogue by
authors, with an index of printers and their works.

For the period 1 500-1 540 it is necessary to consult

Nijhoff (W.). Bibliographic de la typographic Neerlandaise

des annees 1500 a 1540 : ouvrage faisant suite aux Annales de

M. Campbell. Parts 1-16. La Haye, 1901-1906. 8vo.

It contains full description of a large number of books. Each

description is on a separate leaf and there is an index to each part.

For the period from 1540 to 1600 and indeed for Dutch books
generally, recourse must be had to

Yanderhaeghen (F.). Bibliotheca Belgica. Bibliographic

generale des Pays Bas. Gand, 1880, etc, i2mo.

This again is a series of descriptions on separate leaves. The first

series binds up into twenty-six volumes, the last of which contains

indexes by authors, printers and places, and a chronological list.

From 1600 reference should be made to

Abkoude (J. v.). Naamregister van de bekendste en meest
in gebruik zynde Nederduitsche boeken, welke sedert het jaar
1600 tot het jaar 1761 zyn uitgekomen. Nu overzien, verbeterd
en tot het jaar 1787 vermeerderd door R, Arrenberg. Tweede
druk. Rotterdam, 1788. 4to.

This is an author catalogue only. It deals with the books from 1600
to 1 76 1, and this edition contains additional matter, bringing it up to
1787. To the books of the next two years there appears to be no
clue, but from 1790 the series is complete to the present day. The
first volume deals with the period 1 790-1832.

Alphabetische naamlijst van boeken. 1 790-1832.

's Gravenhage, 1835. 4^0-

1833-1849. Amsterdam, 1858. 4to.

1850-1862. Amsterdam, 1868. 4to.

1863-1875. Amsterdam, 1878. 4to.

These are author catalogues only, and have no subject indexes.

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The last two volumes, covering the years 1850-1875, are rendered
unnecessary by the issue of Brinkman's Catalogus.

Meulen (R. v. d.). Brinkman's Catalogus het boeken, plaat-
en kaartwerken, die gedureude de jaren 1850- 1882 in Nederland
zijn uitgegeven of herdrukt : in alphabetische volgorde geranschikt.

Amsterdam, [1884.] 8vo.

1882-1891. Amsterdam, [1893 (?).] 8vo.

1891-1900. Leiden, [1901.] 8vo.

These are the catalogues by authors. The subject catalogues, con-
taining the topics in alphabetical order, are as follows : —

Meulen (R. v. d.). Repertorium op Brinkman's Cata-
logussen, bevattende in alphabetische orde de onderwerpen
benevens een beknopte titelbeschrijving der boeken etc de
gedurende de jaren 1 850-1 882 in Nederland verschenen zijn.

Amsterdam, [1884 (?).] 8vo.

1882-1891. Amsterdam, [i893(?).] 8vo.

1891-1900. Leiden, [1902.] 8vo.

In addition to the subject catalogues, a title catalogue has been issued.

Meulen (R. v. d.). Brinkman's Titel-Catalogus van de
sedert het begin dezer eeuw tot 1888 in Nederland verschenen
werken op het gebied ds niewe letterkunde (Romans, novellen,
gedichter tooneelstukken en kinderboeken).

Amsterdam, [1890,] 8vo.

1888-1900. Amsterdam, [1902.] 8vo.

This is a very useful work, an index of titles of novels and similar
productions, preventing duplication.

The above catalogues are supplemented to date by

Brinkman's alphabetische lijst van boeken, landkaarten, etc.

Leiden. 8vo.

This is issued annually, and contains an author catalogue with
a classified subject index.

HONGKONG.

Hongkong has published a list of the issues of its press since 1888.

Return of books registered in Hongkong.

Hongkong, 1888, etc. fol.

In chronological order without indexes.

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HUNGARY.

Hungary can claim to have one of the most complete series of
national bibliographies possessed by any country. It begins with

Szabo (K.). Regi Magyar konyvtar.

I. Az 1531-1711. megjelent Magyar nyomtatvdnyok kony-
veszeti k^zikonyve.

II. Az i473-t61 1711-ig megjelent nem Magyar nyelvii hazai
nyomtatv^nyok konyvezeti kezikonyve.

III. Magyar szerzoktol kiilfoldon i48o-t61 1711-ig megjelent nem
magyar nyelvii nyomtatvanyoknak konyveszeti kezikonyve.
3 series in 4 vols. Budapest, 1879-98. 8vo.

Szabo's work is divided as follows : — I. Books in the Hungarian
language, 1531-1711. II. Books published in Hungary not in
Hungarian, 147 3-1 7 11. III. Books by Hungarian authors, not in
Hungarian, published out of Hungary. Each of the three sections is
arranged chronologically and has an author index.

The period from 1 712-1860 is covered by

Petrik (G.). Bibliographia Hungariae 171 2-1 860, seu catalogus
librorum in Hungaria, et de rebus patriam nostram attingentibus
extra Hungariam editorum. j vols, Budapest, 1888-91. 8vo.

This is an author catalogue, and the notes, &c., are in Hungarian.

From i860 the field is occupied by a continuation of the last entry.

Petrik (G.). Magyar konyveszet i860- 18 75.

Budapest, 1885. 8vo.

1876-1885. Budapest, 1890. 8vo.

1 886- 1 900. Budapest, 1903, etc. 8vo.

These volumes contain author catalogues together with classified
subject indexes.

The work is brought up to date by the issue of

Magyar Konyvkereskedok Evkonyve. I. Magyar Konyveszet.

Budapest, 8vo.

This is published annually and contains in addition to the author
catalogue and classified subject index of books, lists of periodicals and
other matter relating to the book trade.

ICELAND.

The principal catalogue of Icelandic books is : —

Lidderdale (T. W.). Catalogue of the books printed in
Iceland from 1578 to 1880 in the library of the British Museum.

London, 1885. fol.

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This is a chronological catalogue, with an author and subject index in
one alphabet following. It is supplemented by : —

Fiske (W.). Books printed in Iceland, 15 78- 1844. A
supplement to the British Museum Catalogue. (Bibliographical
notices, I.) [Florence, i886.] 8vo.

A second Supplement. (Bibliographical notices, 11.)

[Florence, 1889] 8vo.

A third Supplement. (Bibliographical notices, V.)

[Florence, 1890.] 8vo.

A fourth Supplement. . . . With a general index to

the four supplements. (Bibliographical notices, VI.)

Ithaca, N.Y., 1907. 8vo.

Each of the parts is chronological and the index in the fourth
supplement is of authors.

Since 1899 a catalogue of Icelandic books has been published
annually as an appendix to the Dansk Bogfortegnelse.

Islandsk Bogfortegnelse, 1899, etc.

INDIA, BURMAH AND CEYLON.

The whole of the provincial governments issue periodical lists of books
registered under the various Ordinances for the regulation of the
press. The following list is from the set in the British Museum : —

Bombay and Sind. Catalogue of books printed in Bombay
and Sind. Bombay, 1867, etc. 4to.

North- Western Provinces. Statement of particulars
regarding books published in the North-Western Provinces.

1867, etc. 4to.

Bengal. Catalogue of books registered in Bengal. (Quar-
terly Appendix to the Calcutta Gazette^ Calcutta, 1869, d/<:. 4to.

Oudh. Catalogue of books printed in Oudh.

Lucknow, 1874-77. fol.

Eastern Bengal and Assam. Catalogue of books regis-
tered in Eastern Bengal and Assam. 1874, etc. 4to.

Mysore. Catalogue of books registered in Mysore.

Bangalore, 1875, ^^^* 4^^-

Central Provinces and Berar. Catalogue of books

printed in the Central Provinces. Nagpoor, 1875, <^^^- 4^0-

Madras. Catalogue of books printed in Madras. (Quar-
terly Supplement to the Fort St. George Gazette^

Madras, 1876, etc. 4to.

Punjab. Catalogue of books registered in Punjab.

Lahore, 1876, etc. 4to.

Haiderabad Assigned Districts. Memorandum of books
issued in the Haiderabad Assigned Districts. 1880-1902. 4to.

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Mysore (Bangalore). Catalogue of books printed in Bangalore.

Bangalore, 1884, etc. 4to.

Ceylon. Supplement to the Government Gazette. Statement
of books printed in Ceylon. Colombo, 1885, <?/r. fol.

Ajmere-Merwara (Rajputana). Catalogue of books and
periodicals registered in Ajmere-Merwara. 1889,^/^. 4to.

Burma. Catalogue of books printed in Burma, 1889, etc.

Rangoon, 1890, etc. 4to.

The whole of these catalogues are of the same type. Tabulated lists
in chronological order without indexes.

IRELAND.

The books printed in Ireland before 1641 will be found in the
bibliographies of that period quoted under Gt. Britain. Many of
the later books also of course occur in such works as the English
Catalogue of Books. There are, however, two works which can be
referred to here as dealing definitely with Irish books. The first is
limited to those printed in Dublin between 1600 and 1701, but as
these formed (with very few exceptions indeed) the whole of the literary
production of Ireland it may well be considered a national bibliography.

Dix (E. R. Mc C). Catalogue of early Dublin printed
books 1601-1700 Parts 1-3, etc. Dublin, 1898, etc, 4to.

It is a chronological catalogue, with details as to the location of
copies, etc. Indexes will be given in the last part.

The other work is so rare that there is no copy in the British
Museum and very few copies are known elsewhere.

Catalogue of books printed in Ireland and published in
Dublin from 1700, alphabetically and classically arranged.

Dublin, 1 791. 4to.

There is a copy in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.

ITALY.

Up to the year 1835 there exists no definite record of the books
published in Italy and recourse must be had to bibliographies which
deal with the works of Italian authors or with the rarer works published.
There are many lists of authors belonging to various towns and
provinces with catalogues of their work but the only attempt to deal
with the whole of Italy on a similar basis is

Mazzuchelli (G. M.). Gli scrittori d'ltalia cioe notizie
storiche, e critiche intorno alle vite, e agli scritti dei letterati
Italiani. Vol. 1-2 in 6 parts. A-B. Brescia, 1753-63. fol.

This great work never advanced beyond the letter B, but for the letters
A-B it is absolutely without compare. A biographical notice of each
author is followed by a list of his works and their editions.

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For the rarer Italian books we have

Haym (N. F.). Biblioteca Italiana o sia notizia d^ libri rari
Italian! divisa in quattro parte cioe istoria, poesia, prose, arti e
scienze. 2 vols. Milano, 1771-73. 4to.

This is a classified catalogue with an author index. There is a later
edition, but it is not so easy to use as this.

For the period 1835 to 1846, there exists a periodical catalogue of
the books published throughout the states of Italy.

Bibliografia Italiana. Anno i-io. N.S. Anno 1-2.

1835-46. 8vo.
This was issued monthly and an annual index classified by subjects was
published.

In 1847 there was issued

Bibliografia Italiana. Nos. 1-5. 1847. ^vo.

It does not appear to have lasted very long.

There were later periodical catalogues but they are rendered
unnecessary by

Pagliaini (A.). Catalogo generale della libreria Italiana

dall'anno 1847 a tutto il 1899. 3 vols. Milano, 1901-05. 4to.

It is an author catalogue very well done and very complete. There is

now being issued an alphabetical index of subjects, the first volume of

which has just been completed.

Pagliaini (A.). Catalogo generale . . . 1847-1899. Indice
per materie. A-F. Milano, 19 10. 4to.

The National Library at Florence issues a list of all books received
under the Copyright Law.

Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze. Bollettino delle pubbli-
cazione Italiane ricevate per diritto di stampa.

Firenze, 1886 etc. 8vo.
It takes the form of a monthly classified list with an annual index of
authors.

JAMAICA.

This Colony has registered its publications in its Government
Gazette since 1887. The lists cut from the Gazette are in the British
Museum.

JAPAN.

It is only proposed to deal with the works published by Europeans in
Japan. Of these the most important are the productions by the Jesuit
Mission before the expulsion of the Christians. They are catalogued in

Satow {Sir E. M.). The Jesuit Mission press in Japan,
1 591 -16 ID. Privately printed, 1888. 4to.

The works are chronologically arranged.

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LITHUANIA.

The two catalogues of Lithuanian books mentioned below deal more
with books as printed in Lithuanian than in Lithuania, but are
sufficiently of a national character to warrant their inclusion in this
series.

Stankiewicz (M). Bibliografia Litewska od 1547 do
1 701 r. Krakow, 1889. 8vo.

This is a chronological catalogue with descriptions and annotations.

Baltramaitis (S.). Spisok Litovskikh i Drevne-Prusskikh
khig Izdannikh s 1563 po 1903 god. S. Peterburg, 1904. 8vo.

A chronological catalogue, quoting the authority for each title.

MALTA.

For a list of Maltese books, which, however, includes works by Maltese
issued elsewhere, we have the following : —

Schembri (A.). Selva di autori e traduttori Maltesi le di
cui opere sono state pubblicate colle stampe in Malta od altrove :
sistemata per ordine alfabetico. Malta, 1855. 4to.

The work is arranged by authors only. The copy in the British
Museum is printed in blue ink.

Since 1888 an official record of Maltese publications has been
issued by the Government.

Return of books printed in Malta. Valletta, 1888, etc. fol.

A chronological list without indexes.

MEXICO.

For Mexican bibliography as a whole, the two works of J. T. Medina
must be used. The first which is a short title handlist is

Medina (J. T.). La Imprenta en Mexico. Epitome (1539-
1810). Sevilla, 1893. 8vo.

It is arranged alphabetically by authors and contains about 3,500 titles.
His larger work now in course of publication is

Medina (J. T.). La Imprenta en Mexico (1539-1821).

Santiago de Chile, 1907, etc. 4to.

Vols. 2-4 are published. There will be six volumes and Vol. i will be
published last. Vol. 2 deals with the period 1 601 -1684, and Vol. 3
with 1685-17 17. Vol. I will of course deal with the period 1539-1600.
There is, however, an excellent bibliography of the books of this period.

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Garcia Icazbalceta (J.)- Bibliografid Mexican a del siglo i6.
Primera parte. Catalogo razonado de libros impresos en Mexico
de 1539 ^ 1600. Mexico, 1886. 8vo.

It is a chronological catalogue with very full descriptions, extracts and
facsimiles.

The 17th century is also dealt with in a separate work.

Andrade (V. de P.). Ensayo bibliografico Mexicano del
siglo 17. 2da edicion. Mexico, 1899. 8vo.

Also arranged chronologically. An index of authors, etc. is provided.

The books of the i8th century are being catalogued in

Leon (N.). Bibliografia Mexicana del siglo 18.

Mexico, 1904, efc. 4to.

This work, of which four large volumes have been issued, forms part of
the Boletin del Instituto Bibliografico Mexicana. It has not been
possible to consult a copy and consequently its arrangement is a matter
for conjecture.

No collective or annual catalogue of the books of the 19th century
appears to be known.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

The only work dealing with the productions of the press in New South
Wales was issued in 1866. For the later period and for the whole of
the literature of the other colonies of Australia, recourse must be had
to the catalogue of the Sydney PubHc Library and the catalogues of
the Royal Colonial Institute in London.

Barton (G. B.). Literature of New South Wales.

Sydney, 1866. 8vo.

The literature is classified under fourteen heads, and the contents of
the books fully described.

See also Australia.

NORWAY.

The earlier period of Norwegian bibliography was without a guide
until the publication of

Pettersen (H.). Bibliotheca Norvegica. Bind. I. Norsk
Boglexikon 1 643-1813. Beskrivende Katalog over Boger trykte i
Norge i tidsrummet fra Bogtrykkerkunstens indforelse til adskillel-
sen fra Dan mark. Christiania, 1899-1908. 4to.

This is an author catalogue, the books being fully described. An
index of persons and a rough index of subjects is given, but it is
understood that the next volume of the Bibliotheca will be a classified
catalogue. From 18 14 onwards there has been a periodical catalogue,

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which is now issued in ten-yearly volumes. The volumes have been
edited by different bibliographers, whose names will be found appended
to the sections for which they have been responsible.
Norsk Bog-Fortegnelse.

1814-1847. M. Nissen. Kristiania, 1848. 8vo.

1848-1865. P. Botten-Hansen and S. Petersen.

Kristiania, 1870. 8vo.

1866-1872. T. Boeck. Christiania, 1877. 8vo.

1 873-1 882. M. W. Feilberg. Kristiania, 1885. 8vo.

1883-1890. M. W. Feilberg. Kristiania, 1892. 8vo.

1 891-1900. H. J. Haffner. Kristiania, 1902. 8vo.

These catalogues are arranged by authors, and have classified indexes
of subjects.

The annual

Aarskatalo^ over Norsk Litteratur. Kristiania. 8vo.

supplements the decennial catalogue to date. It is arranged in the
same way.

There are two other works which are useful for Norwegian
bibliography. The first

Botten-Hansen (P.). La Norvege litt^raire. Catalogue

syst^matique et raisonne de tous les ouvrages de quelques valeur

imprimis en Norvege ou composes par des auteurs Norvegiens au

i9e. siecle. Christiania, 1868. 8vo.

was composed for the Paris Exhibition of 1868, and is a valuable

annotated list of the most important Norwegian books. The other

Kraft (J. E.) and Lange (C). Norsk Forfatter-Lexikon
1814-1880. Samlet, redigeret og udgivet af J. B. Halvorsen.
6 vols. Kristiania, 1885-1880. 8vo.

is a biographical dictionary of the writers of Norway, with bibliographies
of their works.

A title index to Norwegian literature for the period 1883- 190 7 has
been issued.

Hauff(N. S.). Stikords-katalog over Norsk literatur 1883-
1907. Kristiania. [1908]. 4to.

This is a select catalogue arranged by title, or rather by the catchword
in each title.

See also Denmark.

PERU.

No general bibliography of Peruvian books exists, but Seiior J. T.
Medina is publishing a complete record of the issues of the press in
Lima, which for the period he deals with, was almost the only
publishing centre.

Medina (J. T.). La imprenta en Lima. (1584-1824.) Vol.
1-4, etc. Lima, 1904-07, etc. 4to.

This is arranged in chronological order, and full descriptions are given
of the works registered.

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Some, at least, of the later books may be found in

Rene-Moreno (G.). Biblioteca Peruana. Apuntes para un
catalogo de impresos. I. Libros y folletos peruanos de la Biblio-
teca del Instituto Nacional. Santiago de Chile, 1896. Sv).

There exists a second volume, published in 1897, but it has not been
available for consultation. This volume is complete in itself. It is an
alphabetical catalogue by the first word of title and has an author
index.

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

There do not appear to be any contemporary records of book pro-
duction in the Philippines either in the past or in the present. For the
period previous to 18 10, J. T. Medina and W. E. Retana have
published exhaustive catalogues, which contain, in chronological order,
full bibliographical titles.

Medina (J. T.). La Imprenta en Manila des de sus origenes
hasta 1 810. Santiago de Chile, 1896. 8vo.

Retana (W. E.). La imprenta en Filipinas (i 593-1810).
Adiciones y observationes a La Imprenta en Manila de D. J. T.
Medina. Madrid, 1897. 4to.

Medina (J. T.). La Imprenta en Manila des de sus origenes
hasta 1 8 10. Adiciones y ampliaciones.

Santiago de Chile, 1904. 8vo.

POLAND.

The principal authority for Polish bibliography of all periods is

Estreicher (K.). Bibliografia Polska. Vols. 1-22 etc.

Krakow, 1 870-1 908, etc. 8vo.

This work is arranged on two methods, alphabetical and chronological.
The chronological catalogues which only give short titles are contained
in Vols. 8-1 1, as follows

i5th-i7th centuries. Vol. 8.

1 8th century. Vol. 9. [including supplement
to preceding volume]
19th century [to 1889] Vols. 10- 11.

The alphabetical catalogues by authors occupy Vols. 1-7, and 12-22, ^/r.,
arranged as follows

I5th-i8th. century. Vols. 12-22, etc.
[in one alphabet.]
19th century [to 1880] Vols. 1-5.
Supplement. Vols. 6-7.

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For the period 1 881-1900 there is a separate work in progress

Estreicher (K.). Bibliografia Polska. 19 Stulecia lata
1881-1900. Vols. 1-2. A-K. Krakow, 1906-07. 8vo.

This is an alphabetical catalogue by authors. The chronological
arrangement in Vol. 11 of the previous work covers theperiod 1881-
1889, but for the later years there is no chronological catalogue issued
at present.

Estreicher is supplemented for the earlier period by Wierzbowski,
who catalogues the 15th and 16th century Polish books in various
libraries

Wierzbowski (T.). Bibliographia Polonica. 15. ac 16. ss.

Vols. 1-3. Varsovie, 1889-94. 8vo.

The titles are arranged chronologically in each of the volumes, which
also contain author and subject indexes.

Apart from the work of Wierzbowski there is not much in the way
of subject catalogues of Polish books. The work of Jocher, limited as
it is to the classics, literary history, bibliography, and theology is
practically the only help.

Jocher (A.). Obraz bibliograficzno-historyczny literatury i

nank w Polce, od wprowadzenia do niej druki po rok 1830 wlacznie.

Tom. 1-3. Wilno, 1840-44. 8vo.

It is arranged by classes. There is no index of authors contained in
the work, but Estreicher has published one.

Estreicher (K.). Spis abecadtowy do dzieta A. Jochera :
Obraz literatury i nank w Polsce. Tomow III. Krakow, 1873. 8vo.

This contains indexes of authors and of titles of books.

PORTUGAL.

In the strict sense of the term, Portugal has no national bibliography
interpreting that term to mean the catalogue of books published in a
country during a specified period. But it possesses several valuable
bibliographies which to some extent occupy the same position.

The most comprehensive is

Silva (I. F. da). Diccionario bibliografico Portuguez. . . .
Applicaveis a Portugal e ao Brazil. Tom. 1-7.

Lisboa, 1858-62. 8vo.

Supplemento. Tom. 8-18, etc.

Lisboa, 1867-1906, etc. 8vo.

The work is arranged by first names of authors not by surnames, and
this arrangement although strange, must be admitted to succeed very'
well when applied to the very lengthy and complicated names indulged

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in by Portuguese writers. There are no indexes. The work of Silva
may be supplemented for the earlier period by

Barbosa Machado (D.). Bibliotheca Lusitana, historia
critica e chronologica, na qual se comprehende a noticia dos
authores Portuguezes e das obras, que compozerao des de o tempo
da promulga9a6 da Ley da Gra9a ate o tempo presente. 4 vol.

Lisboa, 1741-59. fol.
Volumes 1-3 contain catalogue of authors alphabetized by their first
names. Volume four contains a supplement to the first three volumes
and indexes of authors by their first names, surnames and birth-places.
Lists of authors belonging to the religious orders, of those with religious
dignities and of those bearing secular titles are also provided. A
classified subject index completes the work.

A special manual for the collector of Portuguese books is : —

Pinto de Mattos (R.). Manual bibliographico Portuguez
de livros raros, classicos e curiosos. Porto, 1878. 8vo.

This is an alphabetical catalogue by authors. The descriptions are
full but there are no indexes.

As far as can be ascertained there is no guide to the later period
of Portuguese bibliography. No annual catalogues can be traced, and
only a few numbers of current book trade periodicals exist.

ROUMANIA.

The bibliography which is in progress, which covers the whole of
the books produced in the country as well as those printed in the
language elsewhere is

Bianu (L) and Hodos (N.). Bibliografia Romaneses Veche,
1508-1830. Tomul L, 1508-1716. Bucuresci, 1933. 4to.

This is a chronological bibliography of which only volume L has been
published as yet. It contains full descriptive entries some of the
articles being of considerable length.

RUSSIA.

The bibliography of Russian books is difificult and not very complete.
For the works pubHshed up to the year 181 3, the principal authority is :
SopikOY (V. S.). Opuit Rossiiskoi bibliographii. 5 vols.

Sanktpeterburg, 1813-21. 8vo.
Vol. L is devoted to books printed in the Church Slavonic type and is
arranged in class order. Vols. IL-V. contain a catalogue of books in
Russian to 1813 arranged by authors. A new edition of the work was
issued in 1904-06 with corrections.

SopikoY (V. S.), Opuit Rossiiskoi bibliographii. Redaktsiya,
primyechaniya, dopolneniya i ukazatel V. N. Rogozhina. j vols.

Sanktpeterburg, 1904-06. 8vo.

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The arrangement is the same as in the earlier edition. The want of a
subject index to these volumes was met by the issue of

MorozOY (P. O.). Alphavitnuy ukazatel imen avtorov pere-
vodchikov izdatelei i drugikh lits, upominaemuikh v " Opuitye
Rossiiskoi bibliographii " V. Sopikova (I., II. -V.).

Sanktpeterburg, 1876. 8vo.

This contains alphabetical author and subject indexes to the Russian
section of Sopikov.

Another index was published in 1900.

Rogozhin (V. N.). Ukazatel k " Opuitu Rossiiskoi biblio-
graphii " V. S. Sopikov. Moskva, 1900. 8vo.
This is similar to Morozov's work, but slightly more elaborate.

For the period 181 3- 1825 there appears to be no complete
bibliography, but from 1825 Mezhov's work holds the field.

Mezho7 (S. I.). Sistematichesky katalog Russkim knigam,
1825-1869. Sanktpeterburg, 1869. 8vo.

1869. This supplement also contains additions for

the years 1867-1868. Sanktpeterburg, 1870. 8vo.

1870. Sanktpeterburg, 187 1. 8vo.

1871-1873. Sanktpeterburg, 1873. 8vo.

1873-1874. Sanktpeterburg, 1875. 8vo.

1875-1876. Sanktpeterburg, 1877. ^vo.

With this last supplement to Mezhov, the series of volumes of Russian
bibliography comes to an end and we have to rely after 1876 on the
trade bibliographies which generally only contain annual indexes
rather than annual catalogues.

An attempt has been made recently to deal with the whole of
Russian bibliography on an elaborate scale by Bezgin, whose work is,
however, so curiously planned that it is difficult to describe, and more
difficult to consult.

Bezgin (I. G.). Opisanie vsekh Russkikh knig i povremen-

nuikh izdanii. Sanktpeterburg, 1905, etc. 8vo.

The work is issued in twelve series running contemporaneously.
Series I. deals with the period 1 708-1 799 and series II. -XII. deal with
the eleven decades between 1800 and 1909. Up to the present no
series has been completed but it is stated that when this occurs indexes
will be provided.

SCOTLAND.

The books published in Scotland previous to the year 1700 will be
found catalogued in

Aldis (H. G.). A list of books printed in Scotland before
1700, including those printed forth of the realm for Scottish
booksellers. Edinburgh, 1904. 4to.

The arrangement is a short title chronological list followed by an index
of printers, booksellers and stationers and a general index of authors,
titles, etc.

See also Gt. Britain.

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SERVIA.

Servian literature will be found dealt with in

NoYakoYic (S.). Srpska biblijographjja za noviju knjizev-
nost, 1741-1867. U Biogradu, 1869. Svi.

The main catalogue is in chronological order. Author and classified
subject indexes are added.

The Catalogue of the National Library at Belgrade forms the
only other clue to Servian books.

Belgrade : Bibliotheque Nationale : Catalogue I.
Litterature Serbe. Belgrade, 1894. 8vo.

The title-page is the only part of the volume in French. The cata-
logue is an alphabetical one by authors.

5PAIN.

The whole of the known books printed in Spain and Portugal during
the 15th century will be found enumerated in

Haebler (K.). BibUografia Iberica del siglo XV. Enumera-
cion de todos los libros impresos en Espaila y Portugal hasta el
ano de 1500. La Haya, 1903. 8vo.

This is an author catalogue with an index of printers.

The works of the T6th and 17th centuries must be looked for in

Antonio (N.). Bibliotheca Hispana Nova : sive Hispanorum
scriptorum qui ab anno Md. ad mdclxxxiv floruere notitia. 2 vols.

Matriti, 1783-88. fol.

The arrangement of this bibliography is alphabetical by the first names
of authors. There are indexes of surnames and of ecclesiastical dig-
nitaries and a classified index of subjects completes the work.

To supplement the foregoing it is necessary to consult one
bibliography and two catalogues of libraries. The bibliography is

Gallardo (B. J.). Ensayo de una Biblioteca Espanola de
libros raros y curiosas ... coordinados y aumentados por M. R.
Zarco del Valle y L Saucho Rayon. 4 vols.

Madrid, 1863-89. 8vo.

This is an author catalogue with very full entries but no indexes. The
two catalogues are

Salvd y Mallen (P.). Catalogo de la Biblioteca de Salva.
2 vols. Valencia, 1872. 8vo.

Heredia (R.). Catalogue de la Bibliotheque de M. Ricardo
Heredia. 4 vols. Paris, 1891-94. 4to.

Although the Salva collection was incorporated in that of Heredia it is
necessary to use both catalogues. The Salva catalogue is roughly
classified and has an index of authors. The titles are given at con-
siderable length and bibliographical notes and facsimiles are frequent.

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The Heredia Catalogue on the other hand has few notes, no facsimiles
or index, but contains more titles. It also is classified but rather more
minutely than the Salva catalogue.

The literature of the more recent period is dealt with in

Hidalgo (D.). Diccionario general de bibliografio Espanola.
7 vols. Madrid, 1862-81. 8vo.

The arrangement of this work is alphabetical by the first word of the
title. Vols. 1-5 contain the catalogue and a supplement. Vol. 6 is
devoted to the index of authors and Vol. 7 to the index of subjects.

Since the completion of Hidalgo's work there has been no collected
bibliography of Spanish books, but the monthly publishers' organ has an
annual index. Since 1874 the principal paper has been

Boletin de la Libreria. Madrid, 1874, ^/^. 8vo.

and since 1897 there has existed

Boletin Bibliografia Espanola. Madrid, 1897, etc. 8vo.

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.

An official register of books was published for some years but whether
it still continues is not known.

Catalogue of books printed in the Straits Settlements.

Singapore, 1887-1902. 4to.
The list is chronological without indexes.

SWEDEN.

The following notes have been compiled with the help of

Lundstedt (B.). Aper9u de la litterature bibliographique
de la Suede. Stockholm, 1900. 8vo.

The earliest period of Swedish bibliography is covered by

Klemming (G. E.). Sveriges Bibliografi, 1481-1600. Parts
1-4, 1481-1530. Upsala, 1889-1892. 4to.

This work unfortunately has not been finished and, from the length of
time which has elapsed since the issue of the last part, apparently will
not be. It is an excellent work, with full bibliographical descriptions
and many facsimiles. The books are described in chronological order.
For the works issued during the i6th century there is a chronological
list on the plan of Panzer's Annales Typographic^ It is in the form
of a series of academical dissertations.

Fant (E. M.). Annales typographic seculi decimi sexti in
Suecia. 10 parts. Upsaliae, 1793-1800. 4to.

Whatever may have been the production of the Swedish Press
during the 17th and i8th centuries, there is no record of the works of
that period, and all that can be done is to refer to the Catalogue of the

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Upsala University Library, which contains a very large number of
these books and comes up as late as 1796.

Aurivillius (P. F.) Catalogus librorum impressorum Biblio-
thecae Regiae Academicae Upsaliensis. 2 vol. Upsaliae, 18 14. 4to.

This contains in the first volume an author catalogue, and in volume
two a classified catalogue of anonymous works.

In the first years of the 1 9th century an attempt was made to
produce an annual catalogue, but it only lasted some five years.

Wallmark (P. A. J.). AUman catalog ofver de uti Sverige
och Finland ifran bdrjan af delta arhundrade utkomna bocker och
skriften i systematisk ordnung forfattad. Bd. i. 1 801- 1805.

Stockholm, 1802-1808. 8vo.

This is a classified catalogue and was published annually. It is not in
the British Museum.

From 1805 to 1830 there appears to be no published catalogue
whatever, but from 1830 the series is complete to the present day.

The works published in the years 1 830-1 865 are dealt with in

Linnstrom (H.) Svenskt Boklexikon. Aren 1830-1865.

2 vols. Stockholm, 1883- 1884. 4to.

Although dated 1 883-1 884, this work was issued in parts extending

over the period 1867-1884. It is an author catalogue, but includes

titles of periodicals, transactions, etc.

From 1866 there has been issued at irregular intervals

Svensk Bok-katalog, for aren 1866-1875.
1876-1885.

1886-1895.

1896-1900.

= — 1901-1905.

Stockholm, 1878, etc. 4to.

These are author catalogues, but contain classified indexes of subjects.

The supplement to the Svensk Bok-katalog will be found in the
annual volumes of the

Arskatalog for Svenska Bokhandeln.

Stockholm, 1862, etc. 8vo.

These contain each year a catalogue by authors and an index of sub-
jects in the same manner as the larger volumes of the Svensk Bok-
katalog.

TRINIDAD.

No List of Trinidad publications appears to be printed, but a
manuscript list is compiled in the Copyright Office of the Colony
and forwarded to the British Museum. This fist goes back to 1892.

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Vol. 2

Vol. 3
Vol. 4
Vol. 5

UNITED STATES.

The early publications in the area now known as the United States of
America from the introduction of printing into the country are cata-
logued in the following work now in progress

Evans (C). American bibliography. A chronological
dictionary of all books, pamphlets and periodical publications
printed in the United States of America from the genesis of
printing in 1639 down to and including the year 1820. With
bibliographical and biographical notes.

Vol. I. 1639-1729
1730-1750
1751-1764

1765-1773
1774-1778

Chicago, 1903, etc. 4to.

Each volume contains in addition to the full descriptions chrono-
logically arranged, which also give references to copies and auction
prices, indexes of authors and subjects and of printers and publishers.

From 1820 to 1861 the only authority is

Roorbach (O. A.) Bibliotheca Americana. Catalogue of
American publications including reprints and original works from
1820 to 1852 inclusive. Together with a list of periodicals
published in the United States. New York, 1852. 8vo.

Supplement from October, 1852 to May, 1855.

New York, 1855. 8vo.

Addenda from May, 1855 to March, 1858.

New York, 1858. 8vo.

Vol. IV. of the Bibliotheca Americana from March, 1858 to
January, 1861. New York, 1861. 8vo.

This series of catalogues possesses author and title entries only. There
is no attempt at a subject index and the entries are not dated. The
1820-1852 volume contains a separate list of law books and a catalogue
of periodicals.

The period from 1861 to 1871 is covered by

Kelly (J.). The American Catalogue of Books (original and
reprints) published in the United States from January, 1861 to
January, 1866, with date of publication, size, price and publisher's
name. With supplement containing pamphlets, sermons, and
addresses on the Civil War in the United States, 1861-66, and
Appendix containing names of learned societies and other literary
associations, with a list of their publications, 1861-1866.

New York, 1866. 8vo.

Vol.2. 1866-1871. New York, 1871. 8vo.

These two volumes contain author and title entries only. An attempt
was made to include titles omitted by Roorbach. The list of society
publications adds to the value of the work.

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The next entry on the list forms the commencement of the
American Catalogue. Unfortunately the volume is not a record of
publications during a definite period but a catalogue of books in print
on a certain date.

The American Catalogue. Under the direction of Y.
Leypoldt. Author and title entries of books in print and for sale
(including reprints and importations) July i, 1876. Compiled by
L. E. Jones. New York, 1880. 4to.

The entries are only occasionally dated. An appendix contains lists of
books published since 1876 with separate author and title index.

Subject entries. New York, 1880. 4to.

This volume forms an alphabetical subject index to the preceding.

With the next volume the American Catalogue became a record
of current publications based on the titles of the Publishers' Weekly.

The American Catalogue. 1876-1884. New York, 1885. 4to

1884-1890. New York, 1891. 4to.
1890-1895. New York, 1896. 4to.
1895-1900. New York. 1901. 4to.

These four volumes are all constructed on practically the same lines.
An Author and Title catalogue followed by an alphabetical subject
index and with lists of Government (U.S.) and State Publications,
Books in Series and Publications of Societies, added. These lists do
not appear in the volume for 1895- 1900, and the volume for 1876- 1884
omits State publications.

From 1900 the new series is as follows

The American Catalogue. 1900- 1905.

New York, 1905. 8vo.

1905-1907. New York, 1908. 8vo.

These volumes contain short titles, subject entries and series entries in
one alphabet. The full titles as published in the Publishers' Weekly^
with annotations, are also issued in a volume covering the same period.

An annual volume is issued on the cumulative method, the
period of the cumulation being at present rather uncertain.

The Annual American Catalog, 1908.

New York, 1909. 8vo.

This is constructed on the same lines as the larger volumes, but has in
addition the full titles and annotations as an appendix.

WALES.

For the earlier Welsh books it is necessary to refer to

Rowlands (W.). Cambrian bibliography : containing an
account of the books printed in the Welsh language, or relating to

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Wales, from the year 1546 to the end of the i8th century. With
bibliographical notices. Edited and enlarged by D. S. Evans.

Llanidloes, 1869. 8vo.

The arrangement is chronological and the notes are in Welsh. The
title-page given above is the only part of the work in English.

For later works the catalogue of the Welsh department of the
Cardiff Public Library must be used.

Ballinger (J.) and Jones (J. L). Cardiff Free Libraries.
Catalogue of printed literature in the Welsh Department.

Cardiff, 1898. 8vo.

This contains author and subject entries in one alphabet.

For some years the Cardiff Public Library issued a quarterly
bulletin of works published in Wales, and since 1909 the National
Library has issued an annual catalogue.

National Library of Wales. Bibliotheca Celtica: a
register of publications relating to Wales and the Celtic peoples
and languages for the year 1909 (eU.)

Aberystwyth, 19 10, eU. 8vo.

It is an author catalogue.
See also Gt. Britain.

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