Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland
£3,276
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: for the author, 1838. First edition, large-paper copy, 3 volumes, large 8vo (26.6 x 17.2cm), bound in 1860 by Francis Bedford for one Henry Stevens in red morocco gilt, all edges gilt, pp. xv [11] 436, [7] 440-814, [3] 816-1090 xxx [2] all plates as called for (engraved and lithographic), engraved vignettes in the text (many plates and vignettes on india paper, mounted), tissue-guards, list of subscribers. errata leaf to rear of volume 3, browning to mounts of plates on india paper, plates and vignettes variably offset;
ibid. Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or Descriptive Catalogue of the Books printed in the Fifteenth Century, and of many Valuable First Editions, in the Library of George John Earl Spencer. [And:] Aedes Althorpianae; or an Account of the Mansion, Books, and Pictures at Althorp; the Residence of George John Earl Spencer. [And:] Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. [And:] A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books printed in the Fifteenth Century, lately forming Part of the Library of the Duke di Cassano Serra, and now the Property of George John Earl Spencer. London: for the author, 1814-23. 7 volumes, large 8vo (27 x 17cm), later light brown morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, half-titles to volumes 1-4, engraved frontispiece to volume 1, Aedes and Supplement, numerous plates and vignettes including facsimiles of woodcuts and independent engravings (full collations not established), volume 1 extra-illustrated with grisaille watercolour portrait possibly of Earl Spencer;
ibid. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness; a Bibliographical Romance. Illustrated with Cuts. New and Improved Edition. London; Henry G. Bohn, 1842. 4to, contemporary green quarter morocco, plates, pencilled annotation ‘the only copy on Shaw colored paper’ to front free endpaper, varying widths to fore margins
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Provenance
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman
Footnote
The list of subscribers of A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour records 103 large-paper copies; small-paper copies were in two volumes only.