Property From The Collection of Robert S Pirie Volumes I & II: Books and Manuscripts

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Lot 1046
  • 1046

Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
  • Poems by T.F. Dibdin. London: Printed for the Author, 1797 — La Belle Marianne; a tale of truth and woe. London: J. Nichols, 1824
  • Ink, paper and cow
Two works in one volume, 8vo (8 3/4 x 5 1/8 in.; 222 x 231 mm). With the manuscript correction on page 111; title-page of the Poems short, foxed and repaired. Half red morocco by J. Mackenzie. 

Provenance

Frances Mary Richardson Currer (bookplate). acquisition: Brimmel, 1966

Literature

Jackson 1 & 62; Windle and Pippin A1, A49

Catalogue Note

First editions. The Frances Currer copy. 500 copies of Poems were printed but at least half of them were destroyed. La Belle Marianne was printed in only thirty-six copies, not for sale.