Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

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1,000 - 1,500 USD

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Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
The Library Companion; or, the Young Man's Guide, and the Old Man's Comfort, in the Choice of a Library. London: [W. Nicol, successor to W. Bulmer and Co.] Printed for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, Finsbury-Square; and J. Major, Fleet-Street. 1824
Ink, paper and cow

Two volumes, 8vo (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.; 213 x 132 mm). Engraved illustration on title-page; lightly browned. Nineteenth-century English calf, gilt spine; slightly scuffed.

[With]:
¶ Of the Imitation of Jesus Christ... London: Printed for the author by W. Nicol, published by William Pickering and John Mayor. 1828. 8vo. Half title and list of additional subscribers on final leaf, five engraved plates on India paper in the text, 750 copies printed; light offsetting. Nineteenth-century English calf, gilt spine; slightly scuffed. Jackson 70. provenance: James Frothingham Hunnewell (bookplate); James Melville Hunnewell (Havard bookplate); Harvard duplicate (manuscript notes and Harvard stamp on verso of title).

¶ Hans Holbein. Icones Veteris Testamenti. London: William Pickering, 1830. 8vo. Original cloth. Jackson 73. provenance: Stoughton R. Vogel (bookplate).

Provenance

William John Evelyn (bookplate). acquisition: Dawson

Literature

Jackson 63; Windle and Pippin a50a

Catalogue Note

William John Evelyn's copy.