"European, English and American Literature - The Fine Arts, including Painting, Engraving and Architecture - Genealogy & Heraldry - Incunabula - Manuscripts - Dictionaries and Vocabularies - The Arts of teh Book, including formation of libraries, the Book Trade, Typography, Illustration and Binding - mainly from the library of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, the noted 19th century historian and collector, co-founder of the Philobiblon Society, and authority on Spanish art INCLUDING a large selection of priced auction catalogues of many of the most important late 18th and early 19th century libraries AND a separate section of Americana, including an extensive group of bibliographies and special studies by José Toribio Medina, as well as auction, dealer and private catalogues of great Americana collections." (from the title page). Contains 898 entries and an author index.