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 Mechanical Methods of Displaying Catalogues and Indexes. 61 1597. Maunsell (Andrew) Catalogue of English printed bookes. . Gathered into alphabet, and such method as it is. London, 1597. Part i., Divinity; Part ii., Science. [First printed catalogue of printed books ?] 1605. Bodleian Library, Oxford. Catalogues. 1605, 1620, 1674, I 73 8 l8l 4 (classed catalogue of topographical books), 1843-57 (authors), 4 v. 1650. Durie (John) Reformed Librarie-keeper. . London, 1650, " ... all the books and manuscripts, according to the titles whereunto they belong, are to bee ranked in an order most easie and obvious to bee found, which I think is that of Sciences and languages ; when first all the books are divided into their subject am matenam where- of they treat. . . " "... in the printed catalogue a reference is to bee made to the place where the books are to be found in their shelvs or repository." " . . a catalogue of their Titles made alphabetically in refer- ence to the autor's name with a note of distinction to shew the science to which they are to bee referred." [See Lib. Chron. 1884, p. i ; Lib. 1892, p. 81.] 1658. London (William) Catalogue of the most vendible books in England orderly digested, under the heads of divinity, history, physic, law, &c., London, 1658. 1692. Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. Catalogues, 1692. (" Books arranged under a few general headings.") New catalogue commenced by Ruddiman, 1742-1807, 3 v. Present catalogue, 1867-79, 7 v. 1699. Kirkwood (James). An Overture for founding and main- taining of bibliothecks in every paroch throughout the kingdom [Scotland]. . . 1699 anon. Every parish library shall have ". . . exact alphabetical catalogues " [of books] " with the place where, and the time when they are printed. . . " From these local catalogues " . . . a general catalogue of all the books in the king- dom. . . shall be printed and distributed through every paroch of the kingdom. . . " " It will be convenient that all the Bibliothecks in the kingdom observe the same method of ranking and placing their books, which method may be to rank the books according to their name and number, in the general catalogue, which name and number must be written upon a piece of paper and battered [i.e., pasted] to the back of the book. . . that