- 1068
(Dibdin, Thomas Frognall) — Mathurin Marie Lesné
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Description
- Lettre d'un relieur français à un bibliographe anglais, par Lesné, relieur à Paris. Paris: Imprimerie Crapelet, 1822.
- Ink, paper and cow
Large 8vo (10 x 6 3/4 in.; 254 x 172 mm). Printer's device on title-page; some spotting, foxing and dampstaining. Modern half morocco.
Provenance
Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer, Viscount of Althorp (according to a note by Mr. Pirie). acquisition: Bernard Quaritch, 2003
Literature
Jackson 53; Windle and Pippin D10
Catalogue Note
First edition, large-paper copy.
The de Bure-Huntington Library copy is inscribed by de Bure: "32 exemplaires tirés sur ce papier". This publication is described by Jackson as an "example of nationalistic spleen."