De bene disponenda bibliotheca, ad meliorem cognitionem loci & materiae, qualitatisque librorum, litteratis perutile opusculum.

8vo: [24]-57-[11] ff. (some spotting).

19th-c. half leather, marbl. paper on boards, spine with 4 raised bands (rubbed, joints splitting), black leather title label, sp. edges, mod. marbl. endpapers.

Very rare first edition of this early library cataloguing guide by "el ingenioso bibliologo" Francisco de Araoz (Sevilla, 1570-ca. 1640). Ill. with engr. front. by F. de Courbes. The author proposes a bibliographical classification in 15 categories that encompass all the branches of knowledge transmitted in books, each category with some representative authors. This work is one of the first to positively mention Cervantes' Don Quixote and F. Martinez was the first Madrid printer to publish the complete Don Quixote (1st ed. of 2 parts 1605 & 1615). Two copies of this "opuscule rare" (Brunet) were sold at the great Heber auction. Printed within double ruled border.
Ref. Brunet I:375. - BL.
Prov. Anselmus van den Bogaerde (bookpl.). - Borluut de Noortdonck (bookpl.). - J. Capron, Ypres bibliophile (arm. bookpl. with device "Quaero").