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• Early Books on Art, 1500-1800, by Marcia Reed and Norman E. Land (PDF at Missouri)

• Legacies of Genius: A Celebration of Philadelphia Libraries (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries, 1988), ed. by Edwin Wolf (page images at Google)

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• A Checklist of American Copies of "Short-Title Catalogue" Books (second edition; Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1950), ed. by William Warner Bishop (page images at HathiTrust)

• Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana: Treasures of Jewish Booklore (in Dutch and English; 1994) (frame-dependent illustrated HTML in the Netherlands)

• Bibliotheca Meermanniana (4 sale catalog books in 2 volumes, in various languages; 1824), contrib. by Gerard Meerman and Johan Meerman (page images at HathiTrust)

• Bibliothèque Mexico-Guatémalienne: Précédée d'un Coup d'Oeil sur les Études Américaines dans leurs Rapports avec les Études Classiques et Suivie du Tableau par Ordre Alphabétique des Ouvrages de Linguistique Américaine Contenus dans le même Volume (in French; Paris: Maisonneuve et cie, 1871), by abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Catalogue des Livres Rares et Précieux, Manuscrits et Imprimés, Principalement Sur L'amerique et Sur les Langues du Monde Entier, Composant la Bibliothèque de M. Alph.-l. Pinart et Comprenant en Totalité la Bibliothèque Mexico-guatémalienne de M. L'abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg (in French; Paris: Vve A. Labitte, 1883), by A. L. Pinart and abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Bibliotheca Americana: or, A Chronological Catalogue of the Most Curious and Interesting Books, Pamphlets, State papers, &c., Upon the Subject of North and South America, From the Earliest Period to the Present, in Print and Manuscript (published anonymously, but claimed by Rede in his letters; London: Printed for J. Debrett et al., 1789), by Leman Thomas Rede
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

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• Bibliothecae Americanae Primordia: An Attempt Towards Laying the Foundation of an American Library, in Several Books, Papers, And Writings (London: Printed for J. Churchill, 1713), by White Kennett (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Primordia of Bishop White Kennett: The First English Bibliography on America (originally published 1713; this edition Washington: Pan American Union, 1959), by White Kennett, contrib. by Frederick Richmond Goff (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Hamilton Palace Libraries: Catalogue of the Beckford Library Removed From Hamilton Palace (4 portions; London: Dryden press, J. Davy and Sons, 1882-1883)
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • third and fourth portions: multiple formats at archive.org

• The Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University: Collections and Treasures (HTML at Columbia)

• Librarians Are Human: Memories In and Out of the Rare-Book World, 1907-1970, by Margaret Bingham Stillwell (page images at CMU)

• The Colophon (partial serial archives)

• The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature (new edition; 10 parts plus appendix; London: H. G. Bohn, 1857-1865), by William Thomas Lowndes and Henry G. Bohn (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English language, Alphabetically Arranged, Which, During the Last Fifty Years, Have Come Under the Observation of J. Payne Collier, F.S.A. (2 volumes; London: J. Lilly, 1865), by John Payne Collier (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Romance Novel in English: A Rare Book Survey, 1769-1999 (2021), by Rebecca Romney (PDF at typepunchmatrix.com)

• Bookhunter (c2007), by Jason Shiga (page images at shigabooks.com)

• Gifts to the Rare Book Room of Ellis Library (1982), ed. by Margaret A. Howell (PDF at Missouri)

• Library of Congress Rare Books and Special Collections: An Illustrated Guide, by Library of Congress (illustrated HTML at LOC)

• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books (second edition; 1991), by Library of Congress (page images at HathiTrust)

• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books) (c2007), by Association of College and Research Libraries Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Bibliographic Standards Committee, contrib. by Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division (PDF with commentary at rbns.info)

• The Parodies of Lewis Carroll and Their Originals: Catalogue of an Exhibition, With Notes (Tallahassee: Florida State University Library, 1960), ed. by John MacKay Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)

• English Dissent (exhibit catalogue; 1979), by Margaret A. Howell and Charles F. Mullett (PDF at Missouri)

• English Dissent (exhibit catalogue; 1979), by Margaret A. Howell and Charles F. Mullett (PDF at Missouri)

• Marks in Books, Illustrated and Explained (Houghton Library (Harvard) exhibition catalog; 1985), by Roger E. Stoddard (page images at Harvard)

• Mind and Body: René Descartes to William James (electronic edition), by Robert H. Wozniak (HTML at Bryn Mawr)

• English Dissent (exhibit catalogue; 1979), by Margaret A. Howell and Charles F. Mullett (PDF at Missouri)

• Mind and Body: René Descartes to William James (electronic edition), by Robert H. Wozniak (HTML at Bryn Mawr)

• Meet Me at the Fair: A World's Fair Reader (Pittsburgh: ETC Press, c2014), ed. by Laura Holden Hollengreen, Celia Pearce, Rebecca Rouse, and Bobby Schweizer (PDF with commentary at CMU)

• Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-84: Report of the Royal Commission for Victoria, at the Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-84 (Melbourne, Australia: J. Ferres, Govt. printer, 1884), by Royal Commission for Victoria, contrib. by J. Bosisto (PDF at Stanford)

• The Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis in the Time of Abbot Suger (1122-1151) (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1981), contrib. by Sumner McK. Crosby, Jane Hayward, Charles T. Little, and William D. Wixom (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• Greek Art of the Aegean Islands (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979), ed. by Dietrich Von Bothmer and Joan R. Mertens (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• In Pursuit of Beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986), by Doreen Bolger (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• Josef Albers: A Retrospective (1988), by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, contrib. by Neal David Benezra, Mary Emma Harris, Charles E. Rickart, Diane Waldman, and Nicholas Fox Weber, illust. by Josef Albers (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Intersecting Colors: Josef Albers and His Contemporaries (Amherst, MA: Amherst College Press, c2015), ed. by Vanja Malloy (illustrated HTML with commentary at Amherst)

• Pierre Alechinsky: Margin and Center (New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1987), contrib. by Pierre Alechinsky, Michael Gibson, and Octavio Paz (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Dosso Dossi: Court Painter in Renaissance Ferrara (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1998), by Peter Humfrey and Mauro Lucco, contrib. by Andrea Rothe, Andrea Bayer, Dawson W. Carr, Jadranka Bentini, and Anna Coliva (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Resplendence of the Spanish Monarchy: Renaissance Tapestries and Armor from the Patrimonio Nacional (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1991), by Antonio Domínguez Ortiz, Concha Herrero Carretero, and José-A. Godoy (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• 1492: An Ongoing Voyage (full exhibition catalog; Washington: Library of Congress, 1992), ed. by John R. Hébert (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Ongoing Voyage, 1492-1992: The Library of Congress Quincentenary Exhibition (exhibition companion pictorial publication, in English and Spanish; Washington: Library of Congress, 1992), ed. by John R. Hébert (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Ongoing Voyage, 1492-1992: The Library of Congress Quincentenary Exhibition. (exbibition brochure, in Spanish and English; 1992), by Library of Congress
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • Web adaptation, in English only: illustrated HTML at loc.gov

• Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomical Drawings from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983), by Kenneth D. Keele and Jane Roberts (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• Church's Great Picture: The Heart of the Andes (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1993), by Kevin J. Avery (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Antonello da Messina: Sicily's Renaissance Master (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven and London: Yale University Press, c2005), by Gioacchino Barbera, contrib. by Keith Christiansen and Andrea Bayer, illust. by Antonello da Messina (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright (New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1953), by Frank Lloyd Wright (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Paintings from the Arensberg and Gallatin Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1961), contrib. by Henry Clifford (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Paintings from the Arensberg and Gallatin Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1961), contrib. by Henry Clifford (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Books Go to War: The Armed Services Editions in World War Two, by Daniel J. Miller (illustrated HTML at Virginia)

• Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance: Filippo Negroli and his Contemporaries (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1998), by Stuart W. Pyhrr and José-A. Godoy, ed. by Silvio Leydi (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

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