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1814302943London: Longman Hurst Rees & Co. Printed at the Shakespeare Press 1814. First edition. Illustrated. Armorial frontispiece numerous plates text printed in red and black. 4 vols. 4to. Original boards printed spine labels uncut and unpressed. Minor wear and foxing. Bookplate of R.P. Kemp. Blue cloth slipcases. A remarkable survival. First edition. Illustrated. Armorial frontispiece numerous plates text printed in red and black. 4 vols. 4to. In boards Uncut. Dibdin's elaborate catalogue of the library of the second Earl Spencer one of the great book collectors of his or any time. T.F. Dibdin 1776-1847 was for many years Spencer's librarian and produced the four-volume catalogue in 1814-1815. Three subsequent supplementary voluems were issued in 1822-3 not present. Jackson 36; Windle A25 Longman, Hurst, Rees & Co. Printed at the Shakespeare Press unknown books
122750London: Printed For The Author By W.Bulmer And W.Nicol Shakespeare Press And Sold By Payne And Foss Longman Hurst And Co. 1821. 3 vols. royal 8vo. pp. 2 p.l. xxv 3 leaves 462 lxxix 1 errata; 2 p.l. 555; 2 p.l. 622 lxii. without half-titles. 83 plates incl. portraits; 1 color 2 sepia & 5 double-page & 63 smaller illus. in the text some on India paper mounted. Early half dark green morocco marbled boards gilt-lettered backstrips a tall untrimmed set with usual occasional foxing or spotting. Bookplates of James Whatman and Charles Sebag-Montefiore. § First edition regular paper issue. One of a very few books by Dibdin that went into a second edition. "The collation is very irregular by reason of the fact that all illustrations in the text being printed on India paper pasted-in are on separately inserted leaves . This Voyage Pittoresque is lavishly illustrated mainly with copperplates after drawings by G.R. Lewis and others. Dibdin says he spent over 7000 pounds on the book being the first patron to pay 100 guineas for a plate . It has been unkindly said of this book that it would have been better without any text. However it does contain a modicum of bibliographical information that is still useful if used with due caution" Jackson. Lowndes notes that it "contains much useful and curious information" on the libraries and private collections of Europe. The second edition of 1829 is abridged and omits all but 5 of the original plates. Jackson 48; Lowndes I 641; Windle & Pippin A38a. Provenance: James Whatman; Lister; Colin Franklin; Charles Sebag-Montefiore. Windle and Pippin A38a. Printed For The Author hardcover books
18381227512 vols. London: Printed for the Author. 1838. 2 vols royal 8vo i-v vi-xv xvi 10 subscribers plates contents 1 2–436 i ii-xxx supplement 1 errata 12 plates; iv 437–39 440–1090 pp. With 40 plates and woodcut vignettes on titles and throughout the text. Original pinkish buff boards printed paper labels skillfully rebacked retaining the original backstrips. Binding signed "J. MacKenzie Binder 4 Crown St. Westminster". Bookplate of Charles Sebag-Montefiore. § First edition regular paper copy. Dedicated to Frances Mary Richardson Currer. The dedicatee subscribed for nine copies eight on large-paper. Arthur Freeman has one of these still in original boards and Roxburghe quarter roan inscribed by Dibdin ‘To Miss Currer From the Author April 19.1839. The first copy into boards.’ Jackson states that there were 100 large-paper copies bound in three volumes with a third title-page inserted before p. 815 and with the index at the end of vol.3. The quantity of the regular issue is not known. The Barlow copy in original boards uncut has an eighteen-page Bohn catalogue an octavo and an additional leaf bound at the end of vol.I. ‘I think it belongs there since it is printed by the same printer as the book on what appears to be the same paper.…The unusual thing … is that it appears to be excerpts from a rare book catalogue selected specifically for this book rather than a publisher’s catalogue.’ Barlow in litt. Freeman’s ‘first copy into boards’ has only pp.17-18 the last single leaf of this catalogue bound in at the end. This copy like Barlow's has the entire catalogue.Tipped into vol. 1 is an autograph letter from Dibdin dated 20 November 1848 addressee unknown. "May I venture to solicit your transferring your name from my "Reformation Lectures" which are postponed perhaps sine die to the enclosed work. Perhaps the same favour could be obtained from your Brother" signed T/F. Dibdin. Provenance: Lister; Colin Franklin; Sebag-Montefiore. Windle A65. Printed for the Author.. hardcover books
17991238344to. London: Sept. 9 1799. 4to 1 p. tiny hole in centre text unaffected. § A highly important very early and previously unrecorded letter tasking his correspondent to give the bearer two copies of “my Charts of the Rights of Persons†one colored and one plain without charge “in tolerably clean condition.†The letter relates to the now lost Dibdin publication described in Windle & Pippin as ‘B2’ with a long descriptive letter offered above; the date of ours suggests a second try at a cheaper and more commercial reprinting of the “Blackstone Chart†after Cadell & Davies declined it. The request “in tolerably clean condition†suggests that Dibdin had had them stored and perhaps knew that some had been stained or otherwise soiled. The mystery around this chart has yet to be solved. Sept. 9 unknown books
106767London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer Shakspeare Press and published by Longman Hurst etc. 1814-15. 4 vols. 8vo ix lii i 383; 503; 509 3; vii 509 lxxvii pp. with 22 plates including one double-page as called for and numerous additional woodcuts some in red in the text of all four volumes. These woodcut facsimiles are by the Byfield family. Full red morocco gilt dentelles. Bookplate of Ross Winans on the front pastedown of vol. one. Some occasional spotting or foxing especially in vol. 4 upper joint of vol. 4 beginning to split at head generally a very good set complete as issued. § First edition of Dibdin’s great work. Loosely inserted at the front of vol. 1 is a manuscript note from Dibdin: “Subscription for copy of the Bibliotheca Spenceriana herewith sent £8.8. T.F. Dibdin Mar. 31.†500 copies were printed according to the prospectus and most nineteenth-century sources though A.N.L. Munby states that there were 550 copies; the prospectus states 50 copies on large-paper but Dibdin Bibliographical Decameron vol.II p.392 says: ‘There were only 55 copies struck off on Large Paper.’. Regular and large-paper copies collate and paginate identically. In vol.I leaf M4 pp.87-88 occurs in two states both usually found together with and without the engraved facsimile of Polish type; the text of the bottom nine lines of p.87 is reset with the headline in a different type face; and there are minor changes in p.88. Ross Winans 1796–1877 was an American inventor mechanic and builder of locomotives and railroad machinery. He was one of the United States' first multimillionaires. His “small but choice†library Dickinson was bought en bloc by G.D. Smith and sold through various auctions though his copy of the First Folio was last recorded by Lee in the Census and is now unlocated. Windle and Pippin A25. Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer Shakspeare Press and published by Longman unknown books
1821304129London: Printed for the Author by William Bulmer and W. Nicol Shakespeare Press 1821. First edition one of 100 large paper copies. 83 copper-engraved plates on India paper after drawings by G.R. Lewis 64 engraved plates on India paper mounted in the text EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with portraits variant states of many of the plates and one original drawing by G. Lewis volume III Part II "Supplement" page XXXIX. 4to. Contemporary full blue morocco covers stamped in gilt with strapwork design gilt arms of Henry Gee Barnard on panels a.e.g. by Lewis. Vols. I & II joints rubbed spotting foxing and offsetting to text large dampstain affecting lower margin of vol. I and upper and lower margins of vol. II. First edition one of 100 large paper copies. 83 copper-engraved plates on India paper after drawings by G.R. Lewis 64 engraved plates on India paper mounted in the text EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with portraits variant states of many of the plates and one original drawing by G. Lewis volume III Part II "Supplement" page XXXIX. 4to. First edition large paper copy of Dibdin's "amusing account pf his travels with descriptions of of the contents of several of the chief libraries of Europe" DNB profusely illustrated with over 100 beautiful engraved plates folding full-page and intext. Two original drawings by illustrator George Lewis are bound opposite the engravings based on them Vol. I p. 17 and Vol. II p. 163 -- one fully realized in ink and one a full orignal painitng finished in gold. Jackson 48; Windle and Pippin A38a. Provenance: Henry G. Barnard bookplate and arms in gilt on covers; Robert S Pirie bookplate Printed for the Author, by William Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press unknown books
1821009041London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer & W. Nicol Shakespeare Press 1821. 1st Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/Near Fine. Three Volumes 4to. xxvv462 lxxix - Bibliographical indices i corrections; 2 555; ii622 lxii supplement. Gorgeous First Edition beautifully bound in contemporary long-grained tanned morocco four raised bands elaborate spine decorations and dentelles in gilt; titles in gilt. gilt borders on all boards. a.e.g. Complete with 83 plates without text and 63 plates with text. Remarkably well-preserved set. Square tight and generally clean throughout save a few light and scattered spots. As is usual off-setting to page opposite plates even some of those with tissue guards. Some quite mild rubbing and edge-wear. A tiny scuff here and there. Laid in is the printed Grolier Club announcement of its December 1935 meeting ".devoted to Thomas Frognall Dibdin the bibliographer and bibliophile 1776-1847". The pamphlet includes an engraved portrait of Dibdin. A most handsome collectable set. Please note: International and Priority orders will require additional postage. Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer & W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press unknown books
1817306787London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo. Contemporary straight-grained red morocco by Charles Smith covers gilt ruled with gilt side-pieces along central panel spines in six compartments with elaborate gilt scrollwork gilt turn-ins blue silk doublures with gilt cornerpieces duplicated on silk free endpapers a.e.g. Foxed minor rubbing to boards an attractive copy. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo. Bound by Charles Smith. Dibdin's lavish work in an ornate binding by Charles Smith one of the more active and competent binders in London of the 1810s-'30s with his "13 Church St Soho" ticket in volume 1. Windle & Pippin A28; Jackson no.40; Hart no.186; Bigmore and Wyman pp. 169-70. Provenance: R.P. Hooper bookplate Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown books
1838306638Edinburgh 1838. First and only edition. 16 pp. 8vo. Original self-wrappers with original red side-stitch. A few faint smudges to title and last page ink note in margin of one page pencil notes at head of title. First and only edition. 16 pp. 8vo. One of approximately 10 copies printed. Very rare. Jackson thought that "only six copies of this vicious and trivial attack on Dibdin were struck off" but Windle & Pippin correct that to an estimated ten copies. Jackson 90; Windle & Pippin D19 unknown books
1810122754London: William Miller 1810-1812: John Murray 1816: Longman Hurst Rees. Orme and Brown 1819. 4 vols. 4to 285 220 mm. untrimmed 324; 328; 313; 316 leaves paginated as in Windle and Pippin. With 14 mezzotint portraits 24 other engraved plates numerous engravings and illustrations in the text some in red and black titles printed in red and black. Some occasional spotting and dust soiling in text and some offsetting of plates onto the text as always. Full red hardgrain morocco extra covers richly gilt gilt backstrips with green and black labels joints a bit scuffed and upper joint of vol. 1 repaired. Generally a very good set with distinguished provenance. With the index in a separate volume. § First edition thus. “Dibdin's voluptuously copious account of stories and characters connected with book production book trading and book collecting which inspired generations of bibliophiles and bibliographers. The work came as an enlargement of Joseph Ames's account of printing in England from 1471 to 1600 published 1749. Ames's intuition was the prime importance of first-hand knowledge of books the primacy of the title-page on printed lists and catalogues. Dibdin adopted this innovative rigor and endowed it with his own taste for anecdote and romance. The compelling quality of his writings was acutely felt by Isaac D'Israeli who on receiving a copy of Dibdin's Bibliomania wrote to him: "I have not yet recovered from the delightful delirium into which your Bibliomania has completely thrown me." A major player in the process of rationalisation of the book trade and the sharp rise in prices that took place in the middle decades of the nineteenth century Dibdin's flamboyant character is well reflected in Walter Scott's words: 'All bibliomaniacs must remember you long Dibdin as he who first united their antiquarian details with good humored raillery and cheerfulness'. Dibdin's passion for books together with several personally financed lavish publishing undertakings which never provided a worthy return threw him and his family into misery.†Finch. Windle & Pippin A15. In this copy vol. 1 p. 377 reads “377â€; vol. IV page 121 reads “120†335 “533†and 623 “623â€.Provenance: Marquess of Stafford who is listed as a subscriber 1758-July 1833 created 1st Duke of Sutherland in January 1833. Thence by descent to Lord Francis Egerton 1800-1857 created 1st Earl of Ellesmere in 1846. In 1833 this fortunate man inherited the estates houses art collection the Bridgewater Canal and a huge income from his great-uncle the 3rd and last Duke of Bridgewater. Bound for George Francis Granville Egerton 2nd Earl of Ellesmere 1823-1862 with his full name in gilt on two interlocking triangles. Bookplate in each volume of Charles Sebag-Montefiore. William Miller unknown books
182131659London: printed for the author by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol Shakespeare Press 1821. First edition 1000 copies printed this one of 900 of the regular issue; 3 volumes large thick 8vo vignette title pages in each volume 83 plates 5 double-page 3 printed in sepia and 1 colored 64 other illustrations on India paper mounted in the text plus a multitude of textual illustrations throughout 4 printed in red; bound without half-titles in slightly later full tan calf double gilt rules on covers black morocco labels on gilt decorated spines a.e.g.; edges worn upper joint on vol. III restored a number of the plates foxed largely confined to the margins; a good sound set. This copy enhanced with a presentation in each volume to "B. C. Brodie Esq. from the author." With the bookplates of B. C. Brodie and B. H. Goldschmidt in each volume. Benjamin Collins Brodie was author of the classic Pathological and Surgical Observations on the Diseases of the Joints G-M 4311. "The collation is very irregular by reason of the fact that all illustrations in the text being printed on India paper pasted-in are on separately inserted leaves . This Voyage Pittoresque is lavishly illustrated mainly with copperplates after drawings by G.R. Lewis and others. Dibdin says he spent over 7000 pounds on the book being the first patron to pay 100 guineas for a plate . It has been unkindly said of this book that it would have been better without any text. However it does contain a modicum of bibliographical information that is still useful if used with due caution" Jackson. Lowndes notes that it "contains much useful and curious information" on the libraries and private collections of Europe. The second edition of 1829 is abridged and omits all but 5 of the original plates. Windle & Pippin note but a single presentation copy that from Dibdin to his son. Jackson 48; Lowndes I 641; Windle & Pippin A38a. <br/><br/> printed for the author, by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press unknown books
182121259London: Printed For The Author By W. Bulmer And W. Nicol 1821. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary calf ruled in gilt raised bands black leather backstrip title and volume labels lettered in gilt rebacked with original spines laid-down. Aeg gilt. 3 Vols. Very good. 462 lxxIx 555 621 lxii. 28 x 19 cm. 83 engraved plates one hand-colored two double-page engraved vignettes many on India paper woodcuts within text. Index bound in Vol. I with printed ticket and Supplement at end of Vol. III. Dibdin's most extravagant work which went a long way toward ruining him plates alone purported to cost 5000 pounds. This copy with the rare "Diane of Poictiers" plate inserted which was supposedly destroyed after only 50 copies were printed LOWNDES II p. 641. With manuscript letter in ink signed by Bernard Quaritch June 17 1890 attesting to the genuineness of the Poicters engraving with another Quaritch letter dated Jan. 28 1881 letter attesting to the collation noting where three plates were misplaced by the binder. Text very clean plate offsetting to text with marginal toning to some plates bookplates of Charles Williston McAlpin joints repaired lacks black leather spine label Vol. II. DIBDIN Vol. II p. 682. "De toutes les productions de Dibdin celle-ci nous parait etre le plus origninale." calling it his most original work. Printed For The Author By W. Bulmer And W. Nicol unknown books
1819306651London: Printed by William Savage . for William Miller .; John Murray; Longman et al. 1819. First Dibdin edition regular issue. With 14 mezzotint portraits and 24 engraved plates numerous engravings and illustrations in text some in black and red. xx 2 95 1 cxxxviii 390; 4 vi 32 XII 33-400 X 400-614 2 half-sheet 4 ad; 4 iv 615 1 2; 4 ii 2 623 pp. Half-sheet instructions to binder at back of vol 2 titles and half-titles in red and black chapter heads in red. 4 vols. Royal 4to 276 x 211 mm. Original brown vols 1 & 4 and gray vols 1 & 3 boards with printed paper labels on spine uncut most gatherings unopened vols 2-4. Some neat restoration to spines occasional light spotting and some browning and offset but less than typically encountered some chipping to spine labels but prices still legible bookplates removed but a very attractive set overall in the original binding. First Dibdin edition regular issue. With 14 mezzotint portraits and 24 engraved plates numerous engravings and illustrations in text some in black and red. xx 2 95 1 cxxxviii 390; 4 vi 32 XII 33-400 X 400-614 2 half-sheet 4 ad; 4 iv 615 1 2; 4 ii 2 623 pp. Half-sheet instructions to binder at back of vol 2 titles and half-titles in red and black chapter heads in red. 4 vols. Royal 4to 276 x 211 mm. In Original Boards. An attractive copy in original boards of this finely printed and richly illustrated survey of printing in the British Isles including chapters on Caxton Wynkyn de Worde and Pynson. The first Dibdin edition being his enlargement of Joseph Ames's account of English printing to 1600 which was originally published in 1749. This copy retains the very scarce half-sheet "Directions for boarding and binding" at the back of volume 2 which Windle and Pippin note in only one other copy. Copies in boards uncommon. Bigmore & Wyman I 7 "the great storehouse for the History of English Printing"; Jackson 26; Windle & Pippin A15 Printed by William Savage ... for William Miller ...; John Murray; Longman, et al. unknown books
1800012937London: Printed for the Author and sold by him at his warehouse Leicester Place Leicester Square 1800. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Five volume set complete. Published between 1797-1800. Vol. I: iv iv vi ii 386 pages. Vol. II: 400 pages. Vol. III: 392 pages. Vol. IV: 458 pages. Vol. V: 487 pages i viii pages of index. Original full mottled calf bindings with moderate to heavy rubbing to the extremities. A few corners lightly bumped. Hinges remain strong and spines are attractive with black leather labels and circular red volume numbers. About half of the head- or tail-bands are exposed from rubbing. Minor foxing to first and final few pages of text and scattered lightly here and there. Previous owner's engraved bookplate on the inside front cover of each volume: Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton of North Berwick Bargany. Title continues: Introduced by a comparative and comprehensive review of the Asiatic the Grecian the Roman the Spanish the Italian the Portugese the German the French and Other Theatres and involving Biographical Tracts and Anecdotes. From the collection of Louis Marder Shakespeare historian and collector of books by on or referring to William Shakespeare. Printed for the Author, and sold by him at his warehouse, Leicester Place, Leicester Square Hardcover books
18301071768vo. London: William Pickering 1830. 8vo 188 leaves 1-5 6-14 360 =376 pp. With 90 wood engravings after Holbein by John and Mary Byfield. Original red/pink silk somewhat worn section within foxed or stained withal a decent copy of a great rarity. Enclosed in a red morocco pull-off box. § Large-paper copy of the first edition with an introduction by Dibdin. Limited to 12 copies of which three are known today including this one. Jackson states 12 large-paper copies on india paper; published at one guinea. The Rylands copy is in calf-backed red silk. The Old Testament text accompanying each engraving is in five languages. The advertisement in vol.II of the Pickering Aldine Poets 1830 includes the note ‘Dr. Dibdin has given five specimens of the wood cuts in his Bibliographical Decameron vol. i. 174-180 where will be found a copious account of this work.’ Windle and Pippin A54a. Jackson 73. The Robert Pirie copy with his bookplate and a note at the front that this and a copy on vellum were both lost after he purchased them -- the vellum copy has never been found. William Pickering hardcover books
1821306706London 1821. First edition one of only 36 copies. 4 v 1 31 3 pages including half-title and final blank. 1 vols. 4to 268 x 169 mm. Bound in contemporary citron morocco gilt by Charles Lewis. About fine. First edition one of only 36 copies. 4 v 1 31 3 pages including half-title and final blank. 1 vols. 4to 268 x 169 mm. One of only 36 copies printed of this reply to the French printer Crapelet's harsh criticisms of Dibdin's chapter on Paris in his Bibliographical Tour 1821. This copy in a fine contemporary binding by Charles Lewis and with distinguished collector's provenance bearing the bookplate of Philip Hofer and with his inscription penned to the first blank: "To Eric H. L. Sexton with warm regards from his fellow collector 7 November '58. P.H." Jackson 51; Windle & Pippin A40. Provenance: Philip Hofer bookplate; Eric H.L. Sexton ball-point pen inscription to first blank unknown books
123813London: Feb. 6 1798. 4to 4 pp. written in ink. Fold neatly restored in very good condition. § This is one of the earliest and by far the most important Dibdin letters extant. It is fully described and transcribed in Windle and Pippin E2 and it describes Dibdin's first publication "The Whole Law relative to the Rights of Persons" of which no copy is known to survive. For a long time it was the only proof we had that this "chart" was ever printed let alone in colored and uncolored copies. A second letter mentioning the chart was only recently discovered. This letter is to Cadell & Davies publisher of two editions of Blackstone and begins with their comment at the head of the letter lines 1-2:declined - and the 2 Charts sent by his Desire to Mr Clark Portugal Street.Feb. 6. 988 Upper Titchfield St.Fitzroy Sq.Gentlemen I have sent you per bearer two of my law Charts comprehending each the whole Law relative to the rights of Persons which makes up the first Volume complete of Blackstone’s Comries.: I have sent one colour’d and one plain so that you might be able to judge of the advantages and disadvantages attending each: by being coloured of course the expence is increas’d; but otherwise as I humbly conceive it adds much to the Perspicuity of the Work: Supposing you to close in with my Proposals it may possibly be worth your while to take the colouring of them into your consideration: tho’ even without it I think the work would be highly advantageous to any future edition of Blackstone." This letter is archetypal Dibdin and sets the tone for many subsequent transactions with booksellers and publishers. Anthony Lister observed in litt.: ‘It is invaluable because a it reveals Dibdin trying in 1798 to persuade booksellers to market his wares.… b the letter is by far the earliest written by T.F.D. that I have encountered among the hundreds that I have read but see entry A1. c It provides the earliest London address I have for him … ’ Reminiscences pp.190-191 varies in details of the cost and selling prices. Feb. 6 unknown books
1821302946London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol Shakespeare Press 1821. First edition Large paper copy. Extra-illustrated with 2 original drawings 152 plates including portraits and views; and plates on India mounted of inserted vignettes. 3 vols. Large 4to. Early full navy morocco elaborately gilt-decorated spines raised bands gilt dentelles a.e.g. First edition Large paper copy. Extra-illustrated with 2 original drawings 152 plates including portraits and views; and plates on India mounted of inserted vignettes. 3 vols. Large 4to. With 2 Original Drawings by George Lewis. First edition large paper copy of Dibdin's "amusing account of his travels with descriptions of of the contents of several of the chief libraries of Europe" DNB profusely illustrated with over 100 beautiful engraved plates folding full-page and in-text. Two original drawings by illustrator George Lewis are bound opposite the engravings based on them Vol. I p. 17 and Vol. II p. 163 -- one fully realized in ink and one a full original painting finished in gold. Jackson 89; Windle and Pippin A65 Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press unknown books
182224494London: printed by W. Nicol successor to W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1822. First edition this one of 55 large paper copies; 2 volumes large 4to pp. viii 1 lxii 279 1; 6 322; volume II occasionally printed in red and with liberal use of gothic letter; engraved frontispieces in each volume double-page plan and 30 engraved plates on 29 sheets plus 6 other engravings and 71 facsimiles in the text; beautiful copy in full brown morocco gilt extra by Bedford a.e.g. gilt decorated spines red morocco labels; fine and imressive. "The work is intended as a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana forming vols. 5 and 6. It contains an account of the ancestors of Earl Spencer a history of the mansion with an account of the pictures and 32 engravings of the most important in the gallery a systematic catalogue of editions of the Scriptures an account of the Aldine editions not contained in the former volumes and a supplement to the works printed in the fifteenth century. An additional plate of Lady Camden was afterwards published" Lowndes. Jackson 37. <br/><br/> printed by W. Nicol, successor to W. Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Press unknown books
1823302942London: Longman Hurst Rees & Co. Printed at the Shakespeare Press 1823. Large paper copies one of 50 or 55 copies. Frontispiece portrait. Numerous plates text printed in red and black. 7 vols. Folio. Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt boards tooled in blind and in gilt. Some light offsetting and foxing. Fine spines very slightly toned one joint tender. Large paper copies one of 50 or 55 copies. Frontispiece portrait. Numerous plates text printed in red and black. 7 vols. Folio. Monumental large paper set of Dibdin's elaborate catalogue of the library of the second Earl Spencer one of the great book collectors of his or any time. T.F. Dibdin 1776-1847 was Spencer's librarian and produced the four-volume catalogue in 1814-1815 and later three volumes on the collections at Althorp describing nearly 1500 items.<br/><br/>Bound for the Marquis of Stafford with his device on the boards of the first four volumes and his bookplates in the two Althorp volumes. The tooling varies slightly across the set.<br/><br/>"the handsomest and most elaborate catalogue of a private library yet issued" De Ricci p. 75. Jackson 36 37 38; Windle A25 A26 A27; Besterman 5051. Provenance: Marquis of Stafford binding; bookplates Longman, Hurst, Rees & Co. Printed at the Shakespeare Press unknown books
5282Three facsimile illus. in the text. iv 34 pp. 8vo cont. red half-morocco & brown drab boards sides ruled in blind spine lettered in gilt a.e.g. London: Printed by W. Bulmer 1811. First edition limited to 36 copies only so printed on the half-title and a presentation copy inscribed on the free front endpaper "With the Author's respectful Compts." This is the very rare specimen of what was to ultimately become the great catalogue of the Spencer Collection published as the Bibliotheca Spenceriana 1814-15 in four volumes with three volumes of supplements appearing in 1822-23. In the rather charming "Address" which serves as the introduction Dibdin asks for corrections to be pointed out to him "over a home-cook'd beaf-steak lightly sprinkled with snow-white horse-radish and flanked with the best lettuce my garden can bestow." A fine and lovely copy. Armorial bookplate apparently of the Eliot family their motto: "Credunt quod vident" and the leather bookplate of Howard Lehman Goodhart one of Dr. Rosenbach's good clients and father of Phyllis Goodhart Gordan. ❧ Windle & Pippin A17-"It may not be exaggerating to add that this was the most important prospectus of the many 'fliers' that Dibdin put abroad in his long career." Jackson 28. hardcover books
527916 pp. 8vo a wonderful cont. binding by George Mullen of Dublin with his ticket of cream-colored straight-grained morocco spine very slightly darkened richly gilt & blind-tooled around sides gilt roll borders in a "Gothic" design flanked by quadruple gilt fillets central panels decorated in blind in center of each cover a large lozenge-shaped arabesque blind stamp inner arabesque cornerpieces; inside borders gilt doublures & endleaves of blue watered silk framed by blind ornamental borders spine with four raised bands & richly gilt second compartment with title lettered in gilt a.e.g. London: printed by W. Bulmer 1814. First edition limited to 36 copies only; one of the great Dibdin rarities here bound ca. 1816 in one of the masterpieces by George Mullen of Dublin Ireland's finest binder of the period with his ticket. In this work we find Dibdin in the guise of bookseller. In October 1814 Dibdin managed to purchase for 500 guineas from the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral six volumes containing 19 titles mostly black-letter rarities including four Caxtons. Within a month Dibdin produced the present catalogue. "The well-turned archness of the title and the enthusiasm of the descriptions the use of the best printer in England and the small limitation the quality and the rarity of the books.and the standing in the book world of the celebrated author of Bibliomania were carefully chosen ingredients which made The Lincolne Nosegay the most exclusive bookseller's catalogue ever issued. It may perhaps be more aptly termed a private auction catalogue for it is unpriced but the distinction is not important. More important is the limitation of edition as the measure of Dibdin's influenceable circle of friends and maximum targeted sales audience: thirty-one in the Roxburghe Club including himself and five spare copies.It is therefore not surprising that the Nosegay became a highly-prized collector's bijou - a joy to possess and a frustration not to possess.The Nosegay has remained a rare and attractive relic of its age."-Rabaiotti "Beckford's A Dialogue in the Shades and Dibdin's The Lincolne Nosegay" in The Book Collector Summer 1989 pp. 212-13. Provenance: This copy was given or sold by Dibdin to the Rev. Daniel McNeille rector of Hackestowne in Ireland; on the upper portion of a front flyleaf Dibdin has written: "Price stitched 3s/6d. Only 36 Copies printed. T.F.D." This copy was bought at the sale of McNeille's "valuable" library in Dublin in July 1816 clipping regarding the sale from the Dublin Journal of 20 July 1816 mounted on an endpaper by William Shaw Mason 1774-1853 author of A Statistical Account or Parochial Survey of Ireland. On the flyleaf underneath Dibdin's note the auctioneer Richard Edward Mercier has recorded that Dibdin himself had given him an unsuccessful commission for this book: ".I had a Commission from Mr. Dibdin to purchase for him this Literary Bijoux which he was very anxious to repossess." Mason who probably asked Mercier to write this note had it bound by Mullen the outstanding Irish binder of the period and presented it to Earl Whitworth of Abaston 1795-1825 Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1813 to 1817. On another flyleaf there is a dedication in Mason's hand: "His Excellency Charles Earl Whitworth Lord Lieutenant of Ireland &c. whose kind Condecension has so especially promoted the progress of the Statistical Survey." With the bookplate of George John Eighth Earl of De La Warr 1791-1869 on the front doublure. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer his sale Christie's NY 21 March 2005 lot 83. The binding was exhibited and reproduced in the exhibition's catalogue at the Houghton Library in 1991. Fine copy preserved in a box. ❧ Jackson 34. Windle & Pippin A 24a. hardcover books
