Rev Dibdin (41 results)

Published by The Imprint, London 1910
- Hardcover
Seller: Godley Books, Hyde, , United KingdomGodley Books
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tightly bound pages with lightly marked foxed stiff white card boards and no bumping to corners. Marbled end papers not yet stuck to insides of boards. 64pp. An essay/discussion on devices from private print…ing presses - being their (probably) copyrighted symbols, trade marks, motifs, heraldic crests. Undated, ca 1910s. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 10.75 x 8.5 inches.
Published by Backus and Whiting 1806
- Hardcover
Seller: Books for Libraries, Inc., Santa Clarita, CA, U.S.A.Books for Libraries, Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1820 Hardcover Edition. Red leather spine, tan boards. Title on Spine in gold lettering is "Fenelon on Education". Published by Charles Ewer in Boston. B & W frontispiece illustration of mother and daughter. Lightly rubbed edges. Ex-Library. Text is clean, binding is strong. Some dark spots on pa…ges. Title page has a wrinkle and lower 2" is detached. Very nice overall copy for 1820.
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Published by W.Bulmer and Co. (Shakespeare Press) 1817
- Hardcover
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.Lavendier Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer and Co. (Shakespeare Press); London, 1817. Hardcover. Volume 2 Only. An Acceptable, full leather binding, rear board detached, handling/scuffing to boards, leather spine is dry and brittle with loss to top and bottom, rubbing along board edges, abrasion top front bo…ard corner, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, ribbon marker, AEG with some blemishes, some scattered foxing to front and back matters, starting and partially cracked front hinge, moisture stain to top of multiple pages, age toning to text block, without Dust wrapper. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]., 535pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
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Published by Harding , Triphook and Lepard, London 1825
- Hardcover
Seller: vincentgbarlow, southampton, ENG, United Kingdomvincentgbarlow
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. A fine 'tall' large paper copy in two volumes t.e.g. (all published) published in 1825, second edition. Bound in half leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Binding overall size c.285 x 190 mm. 11/4 x 71/4 inches. Excellent condition throughout.
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Published by Shakspeare Press, London 1824
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United KingdomK Books Ltd ABA ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. lii + 912pp, title vignette, title slightly foxed o/w VERY GOOD, half red morocco, gilt lettered, marbled boards, top edge gilt, Provenance: bookplate of Frank Spicer (owl under crescent moon), Printed for Harding, Triphook etc., Shakspeare Press, London, 1824. * a second volume wa…s never published according to Lowndes.
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Published by Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, London 1824
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. First Edition. Printed by W. Nicol at the Shakespeare Press. li, [1], 400, Part Second title page, 401-912 pages. Finely bound by Whitman Bennett of New York in mid 20th c. half red morocco over red buckram boards, gilt back in five raised bands, marbl…ed end papers, top edge gilt. Near Fine, small rubs at corners and edges, toning primarily at first several pages front and back. A quite handsome copy, "The Bennett Book Studios of New York City was established in the late 1920s by bookman and binder Whitman Bennett (b. 1884 in Cambridge, MA; d. 1968 in New York). The business sold rare books, particularly first editions and sets of American and English literature classics, and also operated as a fine bindery. Bennett Studios was known for crafting fine leather bindings, and the term "Bennett copy" arose in the book trade to refer to the binder's work in upgrading a second or third issue text with a first edition binding" (Lilly Library, Bennett mss., 1929-1968).
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Published by Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al., London, UK 1811
- Hardcover
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.R & G Bliss Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 8vo., ix-[xii], 782pp.,10 page extract from an unidentified periodical containing a long review of the book is bound in at the back. One plate; several in-text illustrations. Second edition. Very good book. Later full diced calf re-backed, old spine neatly laid down and pr…eserving the black morocco label. All external page edges are gilt. Gilt-dentelles on inside edges of end-papers. Pencilled notes on verso to FFEP and facing. Decorative page borders at the beginning of the six sections of the book. Internally clean, no foxing. Text block snug due to repacking. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request.
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Published by Harding, Trip Hook, and Lepard 1824
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB
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Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 3/4 Leather First Edition 1824. Many Second Editions. This Is The True First In Near Fine Condition. Ink Name Excellent Copy Of This Classic.
Published by W.H. Dalton 1843
- Hardcover
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.Redux Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. RARE ORIGINAL 1843 EDITION. Ex-Library with usual markings. Beautiful steel engraving of Edward the Sixth (with light foxing spots). Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers (gilt decoration on both covers) show light edge wear with rubbing/light fading. Binding is tight, hinges str…ong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.
More imagesPublished by W. H. Dalton, London 1843
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Cloth. Condition: Good. First edition. A scarce first edition of this historical biography of Edward VI, King of England and Ireland. First edition. Very scarce edition. A historical biography of Edward VI, King of England and Ireland from 1547 until his death in 1553, as the only surviving son of Henry VIII by his third wife, J…ane Seymour. Edward was the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant. This work was compiled chiefly from his own manuscripts and from authentic sources. Written by Sir Robert William Dibdin, an English minister. Lacking front free endpaper and frontispiece, with the original tissue guard in place. Bound in full cloth. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the cloth. Lacking front free endpaper and frontispiece, with the original tissue guard in place. Front hinge tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good. None (illustrator). book.

Published by London: Published by Robert Jennings and John Major 1829
- Hardcover
- Art Print
Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United KingdomForest Books, ABA-ILAB
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Second Edition, 3 vols., frontispiece in each volume (offset), 9 plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. cloth, hinges torn, one spine lacking. Windle & Pippin A38b; Jackson 49.

Published by Backus and Whiting, Albany 1806
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerLeather. First American Edition. 251p. A small hardcover book bound in full brown leather. Boards rubbed, bumped, and starting to crack off, but still well enough attached for gentle handling. Spine ends chipped. Bottom corner chipped off page xi (text unaffected). Lots of spotty, light stains and other blemishes scattered throu…ghout the text, but otherwise, no notes or underlining. Rear endpapers torn and covered in pencil scribbles. Binding secure. Bishop Fenelon (1651-1715) was an advocate for women's education. Measures approx. 6.75" x 4.25".

Published by London: Harding, Triphook, and Lepard; 1823
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tintagel, Springfield Center, NY, U.S.A.Tintagel
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Octavo [ 5 ¾ X 8 ½ inches], black leather spine and tips, marbled paper over boards, marbled page ends, raised bands, gilt title and decorations in boxes between. First edition. Very good.
Published by H. Ruff, Cheltenham, UK 1805
- Hardcover
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, AustraliaLawrence Jones Books
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Very Good. First Thus. 240pp, frontis. Contemporary marbled boards with leather spine and corners (half-leather). Spine worn, hinges tender with bottom panel of spine torn but attached, corners rubbed. Quite heavily foxed on frontis with lesser foxing throughout. Translated from the French and adapted… for English readers, this is the first edition with Dibdin's chapter on religious education. Size: 8vo.
Published by Harding, Triphook and Lepard, London 1824
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Librairie Farfouille, paris, , FranceLibrairie Farfouille
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(2) ff., LI, 912 pp., lég. rouss. In-8 - demi-chag. vert de l'ép., rel. sur brochure, dos lisse un peu épid., coiffes et plats frottés. Edition originale.
Published by London: Printed for Harding, Triphook, Lepard & J. Major, 1825. 1825
- Hardcover
Seller: Owl Books, County Leitrim, , IrelandOwl Books
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6 x 9 inches. Second edition. In this work the author has endeavoured to furnish his countrymen with a manual towards the acquisition of useful and valuable, as well as rare and curious works, in the several departments of Divinity, History, Biography, Voyages and Travels, the Belles Lettres, Poetry, and the English Drama. Price…s of the more valuable and uncommon works are noticed for the conveniences of purchasers, Synoptical Table of subjects and authors and a General Index. l, 899 pp + 1 pp ads + extra title page in case the volume was bound in two. Some very light browning of text of preface pages and first 200 pages of text. Otherwise text very clean. Three short tears on ffep. Front hinge cracked. Edges untrimmed. Bound in brown hard paper boards. Spine replaced with stiff cream paper with home-made spine label. Internally binding tight and sound. Edges and corners of boards rubbed. Overall condition Good+.
Published by printed for Harding, Liphook & Lepard and J Major 1824 1824
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tiger books, Canterbury, , United KingdomTiger books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. contemporary full-leather, skilfully re-spined, decorated in gilt, corners badly rubbed, marbled edges, later endpapers, occasional off-setting and spotting, a nice copy. first edition; 912 pages including index of books.
More imagesPublished by for the author by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakspeare Press, London, England 1821
- Hardcover
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star seller8vo. later buckram, gilt-stamped spine labels, all edges gilt. (6), xxxii, 462, lxxx; (iv), 555+(1); (iv), 622, lxii pages. 3 volumes. First editions (Windle and Pippin A38a; New Cambridge Bibliography 3, 1644). Previous owner's bookplate in each volume. Some tissue leaves lacking causing offsetting. Scattered foxing. Else a nea…r fine set. Preface by the author, table of contents, list of plates "with" and "without" text, in Volume I. Bibliographical and general indices, addenda and corrigenda follow text in Volume I. Author's intent was to furnish Britons with "an account of the treasures of the libraries, or of the general literary character" of his destinations on the Continent. With 63 plates, 83 text illustrations. 20th century buckram binding. later buckram, gilt-stamped spine labels, all edges gilt. Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (illustrator).

Published by CHEZ CRAPELET 1825
- Softcover
Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, , FranceLe-Livre
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Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R260129655: 1825. In-8. Broché. A relier, Couv. défraîchie, Dos abîmé, Fortes mouillures. 344 + 374 + 383 + 446 pages. Couverture de papier bleue muettes. Manque aux dos et sur quelques plats. Cahiers tenus par les fils. Exemplaire de travail vendu en l'état. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Li…ttératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.
Published by printed for Harding, Triphook and Lepard; and J. Major
- Hardcover
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Condition: Fair. London : Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, 1825. 2nd edition. 2 volumes. Sm 4to. 895pp. Fair book. Full leather, five raised bands to spine, gilt design to boards, and dentelle to board insides. Front boards detached. A few light pencil marks inside. (book collecting) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AV…AILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Published by London: Nisbet and Co 1873
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star seller1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Elevated motif to the front board. An attractive historiated initial appears at the beginning of the text. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and st…rong. Physical description: 100p. subjects: Story collection. short stories. Collections. Genre: Short Stories. 3 Kg.
Published by Harding, Trip Hook, and Lepard 1825
- Hardcover
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB
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Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Beautiful Copy In Dark 3/4 Leather.Five Raised Bands With Red Label on Spine. 2nd Edition. Dibdin's Classic. Excellent Fresh Copy.

Published by London: Nisbet and Co 1873
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, , IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Elevated motif to the front board. An attractive historiated initial appears at the beginning of the text. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and st…rong. Physical description: 100p. subjects: Story collection. short stories. Collections. Genre: Short Stories. 1 Kg.
Published by Robert Jennings and John Major, London 1829
- Hardcover
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.Saucony Book Shop
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Full-Leather. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 2nd Edition. Complete in three (3) volumes, uniformly bound in original full polished calf gilt-ruled boards, rebacked in brown cloth with gold foil title and volume labels in burgundy and black mounted on spine panels, new endsheets, original marbled text block edges. 2n…d edition. xlii,422 + iv,428 + iv,482 pp., illus. w/ engraved frontis. portrait in each volume, engraved plates w/ guards, cuts in text. Interiors show scattered foxing, generally light, otherwise clean, nicely intact. Boards show mild surface rubbing mostly toward edges, most corners showing exposure but not layered or excessively worn. A sound, attractive set, scarce. Book.
Published by Printed FOR Harding, Triphook and Lipard, Shakespeare Press, London 1824
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.John K King Used & Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Fine binding by J. Clarke, 8.5 x 5", gilt ruled full brown leather, highly gilt dec spine and inner dentelles, aeg, marbled endpapers, 912pp. Covers have light wear and scratches, spine has edge wear at top and bottom and wear along outer hinges else fine. Covers a variety of topics: divinity, hi…story (starting with ancient times), voyages and travels, biographies, philosophy, poetry, etc. John Clarke (J. Clarke) was one of the preeminent London bookbinders of the mid 19th century. An absolutely beautiful book with very interesting content. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of the combined two volumes in one.
Published by Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, London 1821
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller3 vols. (including Supplement). Complete with all plates present. Large 8vo, 20th c. full gilt-ruled calf by Giulio Giannini - Firenze; a.e.g. First edition. Bookplate on two of the three front pastedowns; a clean, tight and sound set, handsomely bound. Bound without half-titles.

Published by London: Printed for the author, by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakspeare Press, and Sold by Payne and Foss, Longman, Hurst and Co., 1821 1821
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
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First Edition. [Bibliographical Travel] FIRST EDITION. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (27 x 18cm), pp.[6] xxxii; 462; lxxx [2]; pp.[6] 555 [3]; pp.[6] 622; lxii [2].With a total of 146 engraved illustrations, including 83 plates, and 63 in-text. Occasional use of colour, as in the facsimile of a section from the Bayeux Tapest…ry, and occasional hinged plates. Also including two indexes (of Books and Manuscripts, and of Persons, Places and Things) to volume I, and the Supplement to volume III. Contemporary or slightly later green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, and marbled paper over boards. Top edges gilt; others untrimmed. Generally quite a clean copy, with some light occasional spotting to plates, and some offsetting to facing leaves. Volume II has a number of small repaired chips and tears to the margins of some leaves, while volume I has recently been re-cased, including new leather applied to hinges and the tail-cap, and a new tail-band. Repairs also to hinges. Moderate wear to bindings, with rubbing, chipping and re-colouring to bands, hinges and corners, and some wear to marbled boards. Very good. The first of the inimitable Rev. Dibdin's Bibliographical Antiquarian tours, made shortly after the end of the long-running wars with France, along with everyone else and his dog who could afford it, apparently. Dibdin's tour, however, is unique in being one made with the chief purpose of admiring fine libraries across the continent, though of course architecture and local manners are considered as well. Dibdin is best-known as the founder of the Roxburghe Club, convened initially to mark the sale of the Duke of Roxburghe's famous library in June 1812, and then re-formed each year on its anniversary. It became the very first Book Club, and remains the most exclusive in the world, with no more than 40 active members at any one time.
More imagesPublished by London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakspeare Press 1817
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Art Print
Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United KingdomForest Books, ABA-ILAB
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First edition, 3 vols., 4to (270 x 185 mm), [6], vi, [2], ccxxv, [1], 410, [2]; [4], 535, [3]; [4], 544, [4]pp., with half-titles, ONE OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES, 37 engraved plates (without the 'Presentation in the Temple' plate which was not ready at publication and occurs in only a very few copies and the 'Portrait of Los Rios'… which Windle & Pippin suggest is an extra-illustration), also without the engraved portrait of Dibdin by Henry Mayer, numerous woodcuts engraved vignettes, several printed in red or blue, some mounted, some light spotting and offsetting as usual, marbled endpapers, contemporary full blue-green morocco, decorated in gilt with interlacing geometrical design on the covers, richly tooled gilt morocco doublures, flat spines lettered in gilt direct, all edges gilt, spine slightly faded, corner of lower board of vol. II bumped, some slight edge-wear to bindings otherwise a handsome set. A fine copy of the rare large paper issue of the author's most lavish publication and the high water of Dibdinian Bibliomania. Jackson 40; Windle & Pippin A28.
Published by Paris, Crapelet, 1825 1825
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- First Edition
Seller: Laurent COULET, Paris, , FranceLaurent COULET
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4 volumes in-8 de XXIV, 344 pp. - (2) ff., 374 pp., (1) f. d'errata - VIII, 383 pp., (1) f. de table - (2) ff., 446 pp., demi-maroquin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs très finement orné et doré, têtes dorées, non rognés (Capé). Edition originale française. L'illustration comprend un portrait-frontispice, une planche dépliante et plus…ieurs vignettes gravées sur bois dans le texte. Récit sous forme de lettres d'un voyage du bibliographe Dibdin en 1818 à Dieppe, Caen, Rouen, Paris et Strasbourg avec description des curiosités archéologiques et des bibliothèques publiques. Dibdin visita les imprimeurs et les libraires, Brunet Debure, Renouard, etc., acheta quelques ouvrages et invita à dîner, avant de quitter Paris, Van Praet, Langlès, Vivant-Denon et Millin. On a reproché à Dibdin un esprit par trop caustique, outre le fait qu'il se met souvent en scène avec une vanité naïve. Les traducteurs français, Crapelet et Licquet, épinglent ses bévues sans ménagement sans toutefois saisir le sel de ses prétentions à l'humour. Les rédacteurs du DNB sont tout aussi sévères. Il fallait attendre le petit ouvrage de O'Dwyer (Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Londres, 1967), pour rendre justice à l'enthousiasme et aux savantes délices du bibliophile anglais. Un des quelques exemplaires sur grand papier parfaitement relié en maroquin de l'époque par Capé. Des bibliothèques Léon Rattier et Georges Lainé avec ex-libris.
Published by Printed for the Author, B.W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press: London. 1817
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.John K King Used & Rare Books
Contact seller4-star seller37 single and two double plates (as called for in the plate list) plus numerous woodcuts and engravings; 10 x 6.5, gilt ruled dark maroon morocco with very decorative blindstamping on covers and spine, gilt-ruled inner dentelles, gilt lettering and dec. on spine which has five raised bands, all edges gilt, plain endpapers; ccxxv…, 410; 535; 544, v, 18. scuffing and chipping (mainly near/on spine), some shelfwear, corners bumped, bookplates (?) removed from front pastedowns, address labels on endpapers, ink name and date on blank pages, pencil notes on the reverse of free front endpaper of vol 1, foxing, offsetting, light soiling, browning on some margins, pencil underlining and margin notes on a few pages, inner hinges cracking (not badly). A very attractive set, wonderfully illustrated. FIRST ED.