Publisher's Synopsis
With: Codex Nundinarius Germaniae literatae continuatus. Der Mess-Jahrbücher des Deutschen Buchhandels Fortsetzung, die Jahre 1766 bis einschliesslich 1846 umfassend (Halle, 1850-1877).A detailed Bibliography of the "term catalogues" issued on occasion of the annual German book fairs in Frankfurt and Leipzig 1564-1846. A major contribution to the history of the European booktrade, as each term catalogue has been analysed statistically: Subject, language, publishers, number of books of every publisher, etc.
