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DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847) Bibliomania, or Book Mad...

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Auction archive: Lot number 16

DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847) Bibliomania, or Book Mad...

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DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847). Bibliomania, or Book Madness . London: J. McCreery for the author, 1811. 8° (220 x 137mm). Title with engraved vignette by B. Hewlitt, illustration on verso of half-title, one engraved plate and 46 woodcuts. Later red morocco, gilt spine compartments. Provenance : purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1934. FIRST EDITION. Lowndes II, 639.
DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847). Bibliomania, or Book Madness . London: J. McCreery for the author, 1811. 8° (220 x 137mm). Title with engraved vignette by B. Hewlitt, illustration on verso of half-title, one engraved plate and 46 woodcuts. Later red morocco, gilt spine compartments. Provenance : purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1934. FIRST EDITION. Lowndes II, 639. Together with 5 other works comprising: Andrew Lang, Books and Bookmen . London: 1886. Number 28 of 100 copies; Henri Pène du Bois, Four Private Libraries of New York . New York: 1892. Coloured frontispiece, 9 plates; Grolier Club. One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature . New York: 1902. One of 350 copies on hand-made paper; Vente reliure anglaises , catalogue of Cosway bindings. [London: c. 1910]. 16 plates; Henry Thomas, Spanish Sixteenth-Century Printing . London: 1926. Frontispiece, 50 illustrations. Various bindings. (6)

Auction archive: Lot number 16
Beschreibung:

DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847). Bibliomania, or Book Madness . London: J. McCreery for the author, 1811. 8° (220 x 137mm). Title with engraved vignette by B. Hewlitt, illustration on verso of half-title, one engraved plate and 46 woodcuts. Later red morocco, gilt spine compartments. Provenance : purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1934. FIRST EDITION. Lowndes II, 639.
DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847). Bibliomania, or Book Madness . London: J. McCreery for the author, 1811. 8° (220 x 137mm). Title with engraved vignette by B. Hewlitt, illustration on verso of half-title, one engraved plate and 46 woodcuts. Later red morocco, gilt spine compartments. Provenance : purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1934. FIRST EDITION. Lowndes II, 639. Together with 5 other works comprising: Andrew Lang, Books and Bookmen . London: 1886. Number 28 of 100 copies; Henri Pène du Bois, Four Private Libraries of New York . New York: 1892. Coloured frontispiece, 9 plates; Grolier Club. One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature . New York: 1902. One of 350 copies on hand-made paper; Vente reliure anglaises , catalogue of Cosway bindings. [London: c. 1910]. 16 plates; Henry Thomas, Spanish Sixteenth-Century Printing . London: 1926. Frontispiece, 50 illustrations. Various bindings. (6)

Auction archive: Lot number 16
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