New books published by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Stationers' Hall Court, Ludgate Street, London.

  • Simpkin and Marshall.
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[1825]
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Credit: New books published by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Stationers' Hall Court, Ludgate Street, London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NEW BOOKS PUBLISHED BY W. SIMPKIN AND R. MARSHALL, STATIONERS’ HALL COURT, LUDGATE STREET, LONDON. * A MANUAL OF CLASSICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ; comprising a copious detail of the various Editions, Trans- lations into the English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, and, occasionally, other languages; Commentaries, and Works, crili- cal and illustrative, of the Greek and Latin Classics. By Joseph William Moss, B. A. of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, &c. &c. In 2 vols. 8vo. comprising nearly 1300 pages, closely printed, 30s. bds. The Author has Inserted numemus Extracts, Colophons, aud Anecdotes, which, while they augment the utility of the Wort., and assist the Collector in the recognition of doubtful, and in the collation of early. Editions, serve to enliven the tedium which the endless and unavoidable sameness of Bibliographical detail excites, even in a Bibliomaniac. The distinguishing characteristics of the various Aldine, Elzevir, and other editions, which have been counterfeited, have been carefully and fully noted. The. sums produced at the sales of celebrated collections have been particularly spe- cified ; nor have the present prices been omitted; which, though liable to fluctuation, will enable the Collector to form a general notion of the value of the editions so priced. This Work will render the acquisition of any other on the subject of Classical Bibliography, (as far as relates to the various Authors comprised in it,) unnecessary : it combines the advantages of the * Bibliotheca Spenceriaua,’ and ‘ Introduction’ of Dibdin, the * Catalogues Raisontitis’ of De Bure, and the * Manuel’ of Brunet, &c. &c.; and when it is known that upwards of 3,000 volumes of Bibliographical and Critical Works, Reviews, &c. (exclusive of the innumerable Editions, Translations, Commentaries, &c. described in these volumes) have been consulted ; notices have been extracted from, and references made to, them ; the public will be able to estimate the no trivial labour bestowed upon this Work. “ That with all the industry Mr. Moss has displayed—and we know no Bibliographer who has surpassed him, either in iudustry or discrimination, there may be some omissious was to be expected ; but that there is an im- mense body of useful information, not to be met with in any other work, will be readily admitted by every person who carefully examines these volumes.” Literary Chronicle, Ac. 328. “ This is, in every respect, an extremely able and intelligent compilation ; valuable on account of the prodigious amount of biblical information that is condensed within its pages ; and always of practical utility to the student, by reason of the precision aud clearness of its arrangement; and we really consider that the preparation of such a manual reflects the highest honour upon his reading and his industry.” Lews of Literature. No. 6’3. Mr. Moss's Reply to the Remarks in the Literary Gazette. I Feel it a duty incumbent upon me, as an Author whose fame is yet iu embryo, to reply to the severe and incorrect Review which has been given of my Manual of Classical Bibliography in the Literary Gazette, which I shall preface by an account of my Countrymen who have been most eminent by their Bibliographical publications, at the head of whom stands Maittairc, A