Thread-topic: Is there anything comparable to the BBTI for the Paris book trade?
You might get a hold of a copy of "Printed Catalogues of French Book
Auctions and Sales by Private Treaty, 1643-1830, in the Grolier Club
Library" (New York, 2004), which I will have to admit was compiled by
me. The book dealers involved in these sales, who range from the well
known such as Gabriel Martin and Prault to the obscure, are well
indexed. I also added an extensive bibliography covering the
eighteenth-century French book trade. It is available from the Veatchs,
www.veatchs.com, under Grolier Club publications; in Europe I believe it
is available through Forest Books in Nottinghamshire,
bib@forestbooks.co.uk.
Thanks, Michael
Michael J. North, northm@mail.nlm.nih.gov
Head of Rare Books & Early Manuscripts
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
(301) 496-9204 * fax (301) 402-0872
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Blythe [mailto:bob@BOBANDMADELINE.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 4:51 AM
To: EXLIBRIS@MAIL.ECW.NAME
Subject: Is there anything comparable to the BBTI for the Paris book
trade?
The British Book Trade Index is a wonderful resource. Is there anything
at all comparable, either on-line or printed, for the Paris book trade,
particularly the 17th and 18th centuries?
I am currently cataloging a private library in Brittany and would like
to learn more about Parisian printers and book sellers.
Thanks,
Robert Blythe
Lannion, France