List of Catalogues of English Book Sales, 1676-1900

List of Catalogues of English Book Sales, 1676-1900
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
Total Pages: 556
Release: 1915
Genre: Bibliography
ISBN:

Item forms a comprehensive list of the British Museum, Department of Printed Books collection of catalogues of books sales and auctions held between 1676, the first time books were sold at aution in England, until the end of the ninteenth century.

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1104
Release: 1903
Genre: Antiquarian booksellers
ISBN:

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Maggs Bros
Publisher:
Total Pages: 502
Release: 1924
Genre: Booksellers' catalogs
ISBN:

Jonathan Swift’s Word-Book

Jonathan Swift’s Word-Book
Author: A. C. Elias Jr.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2017-08-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 161149656X

Appearing for this first time in print, Word-Book is Swift’s dictionary of words and definitions for his protégé Esther Johnson. The volume includes photographs from and a transcript of the original book. Supplementing the transcript are the editors notations showing Swift’s corrections in Johnson’s text, essays comparing Swift’s dictionary to others available at that time and exploring the social and psychological milieu in which it was written, and detailed appendices.