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Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
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- Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
- Collection of Dibdin's works bound in one volume with a contemporary manuscript of The Lincoln Nosegay. London: 1810–1820
- Ink, paper and cow
¶ Lettre d'un relieur français à un bibliographe anglais, par Lesné, relieur à Paris. Paris: Imprimerie Crapelet, 1822. 8vo (8 3/8 x 5 in.; 212 x 125 mm).
Ordinary paper copy. Jackson 53; Windle and Pippin D10
¶ On the Vulgate Bible of 1450–1455. [London: the author for the Classical Journal,] 1811. 8vo (9 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.; 250 x 140 mm). Fourteen pages numbered 471-484. Published in the Classical Journal, vol. 4. The article edition is a variant of Observations on the Mentz Bible, printed 1450–1455. Jackson 29; Windle and Pippin A18.
¶ Specimen of an English De Bure. London: Harding and Wright, 1810. 8vo (8 x 4 3/4 in.; 203 x 120 mm). Thirty-two pages. Limited edition of fifty copies. Presentation copy "With the author's kind Complts" and the name of the recipient trimmed. Spotting on upper margin. Jackson 24; Windle and Pippin A12.
¶ Book Rarities; or a descriptive catalogue of some of the most curious, rare, and valuable books of early date; chiefly in the collection of the R.H. George John Ealr Spencer. London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co, 1811. 8vo (9 x 5 1/2 in.; 238 x 137 mm). [IV], thirty-four pages, three illustrations in text. Only thirty-six copies printed. Presentation copy, inscribed "With the Author's respectful compliments." On a set of corrected proofs (Barlow's copy), Dibdin inscribed and described it as "The Foundation Stone of the Bibliotheca Spenceriana." Jackson 28; Windle and Pippin A17.
¶ Bibliography: A Poem. London: Harding & Wright, Printers, 1812. 8vo (9 3/8 x 5 3/4 in.; 239 x 145 mm). Twenty-four pages. Only fifty copies printed. Jackson 31; Windle and Pippin A20.
¶ The Lincolne Nosegay. Contemporary manuscript copy. (6 1/2 x 4 in.; 167 x 105 mm). Sixteen-pages manuscript copying exactly the edition (the imprint as well).
Contemporary half brown straight-grained morocco with corners.
Ordinary paper copy. Jackson 53; Windle and Pippin D10
¶ On the Vulgate Bible of 1450–1455. [London: the author for the Classical Journal,] 1811. 8vo (9 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.; 250 x 140 mm). Fourteen pages numbered 471-484. Published in the Classical Journal, vol. 4. The article edition is a variant of Observations on the Mentz Bible, printed 1450–1455. Jackson 29; Windle and Pippin A18.
¶ Specimen of an English De Bure. London: Harding and Wright, 1810. 8vo (8 x 4 3/4 in.; 203 x 120 mm). Thirty-two pages. Limited edition of fifty copies. Presentation copy "With the author's kind Complts" and the name of the recipient trimmed. Spotting on upper margin. Jackson 24; Windle and Pippin A12.
¶ Book Rarities; or a descriptive catalogue of some of the most curious, rare, and valuable books of early date; chiefly in the collection of the R.H. George John Ealr Spencer. London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co, 1811. 8vo (9 x 5 1/2 in.; 238 x 137 mm). [IV], thirty-four pages, three illustrations in text. Only thirty-six copies printed. Presentation copy, inscribed "With the Author's respectful compliments." On a set of corrected proofs (Barlow's copy), Dibdin inscribed and described it as "The Foundation Stone of the Bibliotheca Spenceriana." Jackson 28; Windle and Pippin A17.
¶ Bibliography: A Poem. London: Harding & Wright, Printers, 1812. 8vo (9 3/8 x 5 3/4 in.; 239 x 145 mm). Twenty-four pages. Only fifty copies printed. Jackson 31; Windle and Pippin A20.
¶ The Lincolne Nosegay. Contemporary manuscript copy. (6 1/2 x 4 in.; 167 x 105 mm). Sixteen-pages manuscript copying exactly the edition (the imprint as well).
Contemporary half brown straight-grained morocco with corners.
Provenance
Joseph Neeld (bookplate) — J. R. Abbey (bookplate; Sotheby's London, 14 November 1966, lot 859). acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale