Rariora
Subtitle: being notes of some of the printed books, manuscripts, historical documents, medals, engravings, pottery, etc., etc.
By: collected (1858-1900) by John Eliot Hodgkin ... vol. I[ -III].
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
Published: 1902
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Hodgkin, John Eliot -- Library -- Catalogs; Private libraries -- England -- Catalogs; Rare books -- Catalogs; Incunabula -- Bibliography -- Catalogs; Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents; Fireworks -- Bibliography; Broadsides -- Bibliography; Book collecting; Collectors and collecting
Genres: Catalogs.; Bibliography; Bibliography.
Notes: "Printed by Bemrose and Sons, Limited, at their press in the parish of Saint Peter in the town of Derby M. CMII."--T.p. verso, v. 3.

Title within decorative border; headpieces; initials; floreated end-papers; numerous facsimiles of title pages, autograph letters, etc.; plates accompanied by guardsheets.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Sibi et amicis ; A word on the threshold ; Classification of the collection ; A note of the collection ; Index to note; title: v. 2. Preface to incunabula ; The dawn of typography ; The invention ; Wooden types ; The evolution of the type-mould ; Incunabula in the collection ; Palæo-typographia Hollandica ; XVth century proclamations ; Watermarks ; Bibliographical books ; Index to incunabula; title: v. 3. Preface to historical braodsides ; English broadsides ; Index to broadsides ; Halinitropyrobolia ; Books on fireworks ; Fireworks displays ; Index to firework books and displays ; Lusus naturæ.