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Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 USD
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- Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
- The Bibliomania; or, Book-Madness; containing some account of the History, Symptoms, and Cure of the Fatal Disease. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, by W. Savage, 1809
- Ink, paper and cow
8vo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.; 214 x 133 mm). Woodcut on title, title printed in red and black; dampstaining and spotting. Half brown morocco by W. Collin (label on last endpaper); joint fragile.
Provenance
Philipp Rath (bookplate) — J. R. Abbey (bookplate; Sotheby's London, 14 November 1966, lot 856). acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale
Literature
Jackson 16; Windle and Pippin A11a
Catalogue Note
First edition. The Rath-Abbey copy.
Dibdin's best-known and, especially in the later editions, most useful book.