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(BIBLIOGRAPHY). HORNE, THOMAS HARTWELL. An Introduction to the Study of Bibliography. To Which is Prefixed a Memoir on the Public Libraries of the Antients. Illustrated with Engravings. Vol. I-[II]. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814. 1st ed. 8vo. Numerous illustrations, including several folding. Contemp. calf-backed marbled boards, leather labels on spines. Complete with both half-titles. Some pencilling & manuscript notes, but a fine set. $350.00

 

Theologian and bibliographer, Horne produced this work as librarian at the Surrey Institution. In 1818, he published Introduction to the Critical Study of the Holy Scriptures, which secured Horne widespread fame and honor. Today, however, he is best known for this pioneering bibliographical study.