Catalogue of a collection of early French books in the library of C. Fairfax Murray
By: comp. by Hugh Wm. Davies.
Contributors: Davies, Hugh Wm.
Publisher: Priv. Print.
Published: 1910
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1096
Subjects: Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919 -- Library -- Catalogs.; Incunabula -- Europe, French-speaking -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.; Incunabula -- England -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.; Early printed books -- Europe, French-speaking -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.; Illustrated books -- France -- History -- 15th and 16th centuries -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.; French imprints -- England -- Catalogs.; Wood-engraving -- France -- History.; Printing -- France -- History.; Europe, French-speaking -- Imprints -- Catalogs.
Genres: Catalogs.; Bibliography
Notes: Paged continuously.
"One hundred copies printed."
Embraces the period 1475 to 1692; 2 items respectively dated 1705 and 1728 are included as containing woodcuts belonging to a much earlier period.  The majority of the books were printed in France, a few from presses at Louvain, Antwerp, La Haye, Middleburg, and Geneva being included, as most of them are in the French language.  The main portion of the collection consists of books with cuts, which have been chosen as representative of book-illustration in France.  cf. Pref.
707 entries.  Full descriptions, except for the 7 works acquired from the Didot library when the catalog was ready for the press.  Numerous facsimiles.
Indexes: I. Authors & persons mentioned.  II. Titles, subjects and places.  III. Printers and publishers.  IV. Names of former owners.
Companion work to the "Catalogue of a collection of early German books in the library of C. Fairfax Murray," issued in 2 vols., 1913.