Submited sammelle New and Enlarged Edition (1884, D.V.)-To be MEMOIRS OF LIBRARIES (PUBLIC AND PRIVATE); OF MUSEUMS, AND OF PUBLIC AND OF SOME OF THEIR CHIEF FOUNDERS, COLLECTORS, [VOLUME I.] Part I. MEDIEVAL. Part II. MODERN: (LONDON AND OXFORD.) BY EDWARD EDWARDS, AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER RALEGH" (1868); the Articles " NEWSPAPERS, History of," and "POST-OFFIces, Second Edition, revised, continued, and (in great part) "I went Nor be offended (as I certainly ought not to be, at any due corrections given me by others. Great form there is for amendments, as well as additions; and either of these, in what dress soever they come,-rough or smooth, will be very heartily welcome to me." Archbishop NICOLSON (of Cashel): "Irish [Edit. of 1724.] As for the remainder of the Work, all that I can say is that it is my design, BY GOD'S PERMISSION, to publish at least another volume. But as for the time, I have been sty often deceived in the Printing-House, and also by wrong calculations myself, that I have learnt it is vain to He any time for publication" [otherwise than as a hope]. Edward LHUYD: Appendix to NICOLSON, as above, p. 241. [Same Edit.] I. THIS book was originally published in London by Messrs. Trübner and Co., in January, 1859, in demy 8vo., and in two volumes; of which Vol. I. contained 870 pages, and Vol. II. 1142 pages 2012 pages in all. The type (exclusive of quotations) was Pica; the number printed 1000. The place of printing was Leipsic (F. A. Brockhaus and Co.). The price to Subscribers was £2: the publication price was £2 8s. A small additional impression, on large and thick paper, was also printed, of which the publication price was £4 45. = 1056 II. The New Edition will be of like size and type, but on paper of far superior quality. Both paper and print will be English. The 'quotations' are very much compressed, and will be printed in one and the same type with the rest of the book,-differentiated only by being indented throughout. It will (D.V.) be in three volumes, each containing, on the average, sixty-six sheets pages, or, in the whole, 3168 pages. It will not become a 'trade-book,' but will be printed exclusively for Subscribers, and will be sold only by the Author (Sea-View, Niton, Isle of Wight), and by the Printer. Each volume is so arranged as to be a book complete in itself; ¿.e. it embraces a strictly definite section of the general subject, and is furnished with a special title-page, expressive of that section only, as well as with a general title-page, common to the three. So that if the Author (who has now entered into his seventieth year) should not be permitted to see the completion of the printing, his re moval, it is hoped, will not leave the Subscribers in possession of an "incomplete" book, in the strict sense of that term. III. The subscription is to be paid only upon the actual delivery of each volume; and Vol. I., it is also hoped, may be ready for issue in June, 1884. The price, to Subscribers, of each volume-complete, as aforesaid, in itself—will be £1 125., upon delivery, and payable (as above) either to the Author, or to the Printer; at the choice of the Subscriber, or as the circumstances of publication may dictate. The names of Subscribers will be very thankfully received, as under. Sea-View, Niton, Isle of Wight, September 15, 1883. VOL. II. MEMOIRS, &c. [as before] (British— (1.) PUBLIC LIBRARIES & MUSEUMS. (2.) FAMOUS PRIVATE LIBRARIES (a) Existing ;-(6) Dispersed. (3.) CIRCULATING LIBRARIES of GREAT BRITAIN: ALLAN RAM SAY (1725-1755) to CHARLES EDWARD (4.) LIBRARIES of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. VOL. III. MEMOIRS, &c. [as before] FOREIGN:LIBRARIES, museumS, & ARCHIVES of CONTINENTAL EUROPE. N.B. TO LIBRARIANS, SECRETARIES, &c. The obliging communication of 'REPORTS,' of 'CATALOGUES,' of 'STATISTICS,' of 'RULES AND REGULATIONS,' of 'PLANS OR VIEWS,' or of any other available documents or information, illustrative of the History, Contents, Progress, and Working, of PUBLIC LIBRARIES (whether 'Church Libraries,' 'Town Libraries,'-' Endowed Libraries,'' Proprietary Libraries,' or 'Circulating Libraries') -is respectfully solicited; and will be gratefully acknowledged. Postage, &c., will be very thankfully returned, either in stamps or by P.-O. O. Niton, I. W., Sept. 15, 1883. |