Catalogo di libri vendibili presso Branca e Dupuy, librai in Milano; contrada di S. Paolo, No. 935. Preceduto da alcomi cenni elementari8 di bibliografia.
Milano: [Branca e Dupuy]: Dalla tipogafia e libreria di Felice Busconi, 1834. Item #45 8vo. 200x 110 mm (8 x 4 inches). clvi, 211 pp. Contemporary paste paper boards, some minor staining, paper label rubbed; some minor evidence of mold to the final 15 leaves, no longer active and no real damage to the paper stock. NUC cites a copy at University of Illinois only: ICCU cites one copy in Milan. There is also a copy at the Grolier Club. OCLC cites copies but all appear to be electronic editions.
The copy appears to be the second catalogue of books for sale offered by this Milanese bookseller, Branca e Dupuy. A copy listed in NUC of a 1833 edition is located at Columbia and the Newberry Library. The first 154 pages of this catalogue is a manual for booksellers and contains a series of essays on the origins of printing, the first presses in Italy, the art of printing in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Equally as important are Branca's essays on bibliography, a bookselling and publishing. It also includes a list of bibliographies used by the book trade, notices about rare editions of early printed books, and a short essay on the restoration of old books. This is followed by a priced catalogue of 18th and 19th century Italian and French books for sale. The collection is strong in contemporary literature and poetry, as well as 18th and 19th century edition of classical and Renaissance authors. Science, especially the natural sciences, physics, electricity, botany, and mathematics.
Price: $500.00