Dupuy

1834 · 45 — Milano: Branca e Dupuy: Dalla tipogafia e libreria di Felice Busconi 1834. 8vo. 200x 110 mm 8 x 4 inches. clvi 211 pp. Contemporary paste paper boards some minor staining paper label rubbed;some evidence of waterdamage to the final 15 leaves. Appears to be the second catalogue of books for sale offered by this Milanese bookseller Branca e Dupuy. A copy listed in NUC of a 1833 edition is located at Columbia and the Newberry Library. The first 154 pages of this catalogue is a manual for booksellers and contains a series of essays on the origins of printing the first presses in Italy the art of printing in the 16th 17th and 18th centuries and essays on bibliography a bookselling and publishing. It also includes a list of bibliographies used by the book trade notices about rare editions of early printed books and a short essay on the restoration of old books. This is followed by a priced catalogue of 18th and 19th century Italian and French books for sale NUC cites a copy at University of Illinois only: ICCU cites one copy in Milan. There is also a copy at the Grolier Club. OCLC cites copies but all appear to be electronic editions. 45. [Branca e Dupuy]: Dalla tipogafia e libreria di Felice Busconi unknown books