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CREVENNA, PIETRO ANTONIO. Catalogue Raisonné de la Collection de Livres de M. Pierre Antoine Crevenna, Négociant à Amsterdam. [2], viii, 149, [1]; [2], 244, [2]; 322, [2]; 327, [1]; 346, [2]; [4], 336, [4] pages, including single leaf of errata at end of Volumes 2, 3, and 5, and 2 leaves of errata at end of Volume 6. 6 volumes in 3. 4to, sizes not uniform (275x222 mm and smaller), contemporary 1/2 sheep, raised bands and joints rubbed, cover edges quite worn, white ink shelf number on spines, Volume 5/6 lettering piece off; numerous marginalia, marginal dampstaining at end of Volume 2 and beginning of Volume 5, accession number on leaf after title in Volumes 1, 3, and 5; uncut. [Amsterdam], 1776
first edition of the catalogue of a major collection of early printing assembled by an Italian merchant (d. 1792) residing in Amsterdam; second state of title in Volumes 1-5, dated 1776 instead of 1775. "The catalogue lists more than a thousand incunabula and was important for that reason in a time before the appearance of larger and better bibliographies"--Taylor, Book Catalogues, page 8 (also 238).
