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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
181152821811. Three 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.<br/> <br/> 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.†<br/> <br/> 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. <br/> <br/> ⧠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. unknown
