Catalogus Novus nundinarum Autumnalium Francofurti ad Moenum, Anno M. D. XCIIII. celebratarum, eorum scilicet librorum...
[20] leaves. Small 4to, attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards. Frankfurt am Main: N. Bassée, 1594.
The autumn 1594 catalogue of the Frankfurt Book Fair; WorldCat locates one copy in North America. The Frankfurt catalogues, issued twice a year by Georg Willer starting in the autumn of 1564, created a revolution for the book trade. “Before that date printers visiting the fair must have had to write out by hand countless lists of new books to send to their customers: thereafter they could send copies of the fair catalogue to the local booksellers all over Europe, who in turn passed them... More