- 1050
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
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800 - 1,200 USD
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- Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
- Specimen Bibliotheca Britannicae. Specimen of a digested catalogue of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books in the English Language, or appertaining to British Literature and Antiquities. London, William Savage, 1808
- Ink, paper and cow
8vo (7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.; 195 x 122 mm). One of the forty copies in octavo (eight copies were imposed in quarto). Complete with the fly-title. Contemporary half calf with corners; extremities sightly rubbed.
Provenance
William Beckford (bookplate). acquisition: Seven Gables
Literature
Jackson, 14; Windle and Pippin A10
Catalogue Note
First edition. William Bedford's copy.
According to Jackson, "all copies are … presentation copies" and "appear to have some errors corrected by Dibdin in pencil." Windle and Pippin describe one of the two John Priddy copies with no Dibdin's autograph corrections. This copy does not have the pencil corrections but is very probably a presentation copy to William, Duke of Bedford.