CONTENTS.

AN ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT—THE LIBRARY OF THE MEMNONIUM—THE ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY—GREECE AND ROME—MONASTIC MANUSCRIPTS—THE DISCOVERY OF PRINTING—THE BOOK HUNTERS OF THE PAST—THE BOOK HUNTERS OF TO-DAY—BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AIDS.

THE FIRST ENGLISH AUCTION SALE—FASHION IN BOOK COLLECTING—SPECIAL BOOKS OF REFERENCE RELATING TO PARTICULAR BRANCHES OF BIBLIOGRAPHY.

FOOTNOTES:

PAPER-MAKING—DIFFERENT SIZES OF PAPER—DIFFERENT SIZES OF BOOKS—MEASUREMENTS WATER-MARKS—BOOKS TO CONSULT.

FOOTNOTES:

THE COLOPHON—TITLE-PAGE—THE FIRST BOOK WITH A DATE—COLLATING—ROMAN NOTATION—LATINISED NAMES OF PLACES, WITH THEIR MODERN EQUIVALENTS.

FOOTNOTES:

THE REASONS WHICH MAKE A BOOK VALUABLE—SCARCITY— SUPPRESSED WORKS—SOME BOOKS WHICH HAVE BEEN BURNED BY THE HANGMAN—WORKS PRIVATELY SUPPRESSED—WORKS OF LIMITED ISSUE—TRANSACTIONS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES—DEFECTS—"UNCUT" WORKS—IMPERFECT COPIES—"MADE-UP" COPIES—FAC-SIMILE LEAVES—LAYING DOWN—BOOKS PUBLISHED IN PARTS—LARGE-PAPER COPIES.

THE RENOVATION OF BOOKS—DAMP—GREASE MARKS—SURFACE STAINS—BOOK WORMS AND OTHER PESTS.

THE ALDINE PRESS.

FOOTNOTES:

THE ELZEVIR PRESS.

FOOTNOTES:

THE EARLY ENGLISH PRESSES.

ON BINDINGS OLD AND NEW.

FOOTNOTES:

BOOKS TO BUY.

DEALERS IN COINS AND MEDALS,

2, GRACECHURCH STREET, CORNHILL, LONDON, E.C.

135 OXFORD ST., LONDON, W.

E. SUMNER, 135 Oxford Street, London, W.

Naturalists' Stores.

Naturalists,

36, STRAND, W.C.

LONDON.

Manufacturer of all kinds of Entomological Apparatus,

29, OXFORD STREET,

EXCHANGED IF NOT APPROVED OF.

29, OXFORD STREET.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES