Lot 1070
  • 1070

Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
  • Collection of Seventeen Autograph Letters Signed
  • paper, ink, cloth
to various correspondents and one autograph note about Bibliomania. Together 36 pages (various formats), dated from 1812 to 1837, including letters to John Kendal, a bibliophile and a subscriber to some of Dibdin's publishing projects (5 letters); to Mrs. John Kendal (4 letters); Robert Triphook, with Triphook's notes on it (1 letter); to Samuel Egerton Brydges (1 letter); B. Nichols (2 letters); to the Duke of Sussex (1 letter); to John Watts (1 letter); to J.H. Markland (1 letter); and to Archeacon Francis Wrangham (1 letter). Accompanied by 2 manuscript notes revealing the real names of the characters of Dibdin's Bibliomania. In overall good condition, some letters browned, tape offsetting from framing on 3 letters, tears repairs, Blue cloth slipcase.

Provenance

acquisition: John Howell