SMITH, JOSEPH Bibliotheca Smithiana. 4to, contemporary stiff wrappers; front hinge partly cracked; corner off half-title. Venice:

Giovanni Battista Pasquali, 1755 FIRST EDITION. Smith's collection of incunabula and early printed books and manuscripts was purchased en bloc by King George III in 1765 and formed the basis of his library, which went to the British Museum in 1826. De Ricci, English Collectors, pages 54-55.