Excerpt from Early Printed Books: Annotated Catalogue With Introduction and Epilogue<br><br>Even the bookseller, in his busy day, likes to emulate Henry Bradshaw, who was found one evening sitting in his room at Cambridge with the windows wide open. Some friends were there. All seemed to wait for some thing to happen. In a short while the evening air was filled with a mysterious mellow sound, soft yet strong. Ah, there it is! Said Bradshaw. No one else spoke. It was the muffled peal of St. Mary's bells ringing from the old tower.<br><br>As this catalogue goes forth we seem to linger in this same manner, still charmed by the spirit of the stately volumes which we have made an effort to describe. We hope, as in Bradshaw's case, that some friends will step into our rooms. The door is open.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.