The diary of Humfrey Wanley 17151726.
196637724London: The Bibliographical Society 1966. Small 4to 25.3 cm 10". 2 vols. I: Frontis. xcv 1 207 1 pp. II: Frontis. 3 209518 pp. <br><br>From the introduction: "Humfrey Wanley's Diary or Journal here printed for the first time in its entirety was kept by him while LibraryKeeper in the service of Robert Harley . . . It records the visits of or to booksellers and dealers and negotiations with them; lists of manuscripts and printed books offered for sale purchased or received by gift; conversations with various people about library business; the visits of scholars and others to the Library either as students there or as sightseers and so on. It is in fact a record of the day-to-day business of a working librarian and is in no sense therefore a diary such as Pepys's or Evelyn's: apart from occasional references to his health Wanley's allusions to personal affairs are few. . . ."<br>Â Â Â Â This is a heavy work and will require an increased shipping fee. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spines; faint rubbing fore-edge foxed on vol. 2. Very good. The Bibliographical Society hardcover books
