Dibdin

1817 · elala189 — London: Printed For The Author By W.Bulmer And Co. Shakespeare Press; And Sold by G. and W.Nicol Payne And Foss… 1817. 1817. 3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 3 p.l. vi 1 leaferrata ccxxv 410 1 leafcolophon; 2 p.l. 44 1 leaf 45-535 1 leaferrata; 2 p.l. 544 2 leaveserrata & colophon. with half-titles. 37 engraved & woodcut plates 1 double-page. numerous engravings & woodcuts in the text incl. 36 prints on india paper mounted. later full red morocco by F.Bedford gilt-tooled spines & inside dentelles top edge gilt others untrimmed Vols. I-II front covers detached & rear joints cracked rear cover of Vol. III stained intermittent foxing. First Edition. The Bibliographical Decameron written in the same dialogue manner and with the same interlocutors as the Bibliomania "is perhaps the most lavish of all Dibdin’s works and especially in the Large Paper copies the best printed…Its publication was a financial success and doubtless marks the high-water mark of the Dibdinian bibliomania." Windle & Pippin Dibdin destroyed the plates for the book at a meeting of the Roxburgh Club. "This work forms one of the monuments of typographical bibliography. As in the style of its production it is the most sumptuous so in the nature of its contents it may be said to be one of the most interesting books relative to ancient and modern printing" Bigmore & Wyman. The estimated number of copies printed of this regular paper issue ranges from 750 to 900 plus 50 on large paper. As usual this set is without the rare ninth plate listed by Windle in Vol. I which was not ready at the time of publication and occurs in only a few copies. Bigmore & Wyman pp. 169-170. Jackson 40. Windle & Pippin A28. 1st Edition. London: Printed For The Author, By W.Bulmer And Co., Shakespeare Press; And Sold by G. and W.Nicol, Payne And Foss…, 1817. unknown