- 1066
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
- A Roland for an Oliver or Brief remarks upon the preface and notes of G.A. Crapelet, attached to his translation of the Thirtieth Letter of the Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and picturesque Tour. London: printed at the Shakespeare Press, by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1821
- Ink, paper and cow
Large 8vo (10 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.; 271 x 174 mm). Half-title. Roxburghe binding (as the other copies): red boards, roan backstrip lettered in gilt; binding scuffed.
Provenance
Dawson Turner (inscription and autograph note) — Christie's, 4 May 1966, lot 99. acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale
Literature
Jakson 51; Windle and Pippin A40
Catalogue Note
Only thirty-six copies printed.
Presentation copy, inscribed: "Dawson Turner Esq. from the author." Turner annotated his copy on the first blank.