- 1069
(Dibdin, Thomas Frognall)
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description
- A Collection of Original Letters written to Revd. Thomas Frognall Dibdin on the publication of his Bibliographic Tour
- Ink, paper and calf
Bound volume of 299 numbered letters (numbered to 300 but the volume contains no letter 249) concerning A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany (1821), by correspondents including Philip Bliss (10), Charles Blundell (2), Isaac D'Israeli, Frederick Freeling, Sir Thomas Phillipps, Walter Scott (2), and Dawson Turner (7), with index, 4to (260 x 206 mm), 1819–1821; half black morocco; rubbed.
Provenance
Dawson Turner (ownership inscription on front free endpaper). acquisition: Bernard Quaritch, 1965
Catalogue Note
"...the Antiquary, the Artist, and the observer of Manners will I am confident find in you one of their most agreeable representatives..." (Isaac D'Israeli).
This substantial collection of letters includes detailed and thoughtful responses to Dibdin's three-volume account of nine months spent visiting libraries in France and Germany as well as requests to be added to the list of subscribers and letters of congratulation.