FOURNIER (Francois Ignace). Dictionnaire Portatif de Bibliographie, Contenant plus de 17,000 Articles de Livres Rares, Curiux, Estimés et Recherchés... suivi du Catalogue des Éditions cum notis Variorum, ad usum Delphini, et de celles Impimées par les Aldes, les Elzevirs, Baskerville, etc.1805

Fournier Fréres, Paris. First Edition, [iv],viii,401,[4]pp., (pp. 41-44 repeated), recent half calf, marbled boards, a nice copy. First Edition of the immediate predecessor to Brunet. A listing of over 17,000 books from incunabula up to about 1800. The entries include information on how to distinguish originals from forgeries, and notes on relative rarity and importance, together with prices obtained in famous sales. This main part of the book is followed by a 24-page list of Aldine editions from 1494 to 1595; there are also list of Variorum editions of the classics, of 'ad usum Delphini' editions, classical and French editions by Elsevier, Latin editions from Baskerville and Barbou, and French classical authors by Didot. Taylor, pp. 35-36; Brunet II, 1360.