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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
182254607London: John Lowndes 1822. Isaac Robert Cruikshank. Two volumes. VOLUME 1 FIRST EDITION: Folding hand-colored frontispiece etching "Mr. Wilkinson Mr. Burroughs & Mr. Wrench As Logic Jerry & Corinthian Tom." by Robert Cruikshank. Bound together with Songs Parodies etc below in 8vo gilt-stamped polished calf by Riviere & Son with six spine compartments; all edges gilt; 54 pp; 2-line Errata and "Printed by F. Marshall Kenton Street Brunswick Square" at base of last text page. Upper half-inch of spine rubbed to board darkening from old tape repair on verso of frontis crossing upper left corner otherwise very good. Bound in at rear is SONGS PARODIES DUETS CHORUSSES . TOM & JERRY; OR LIFE IN LONDON . UPS & DOWNS IN LIFE . BY A CELEBRATED EXTRAVAGANT ERRATIC AUTHOR." London: John Lowndes no-date. Title page notes "First performed at the Adelphi Theatre November 26 1821." Hand-colored frontispiece etching "Corinthian Tom" by Robert Cruikshank 23 pp; publisher's ads on verso of title page. VOLUME 2 SECOND EDITION CORRECTED: Hand-colored frontispiece etching "Mr. Oxberry as Jerry Hawthorn" by Robert Cruikshank. "Bingham Printer Tavistock-street Covent-garden" on title page. Bound by Wallis in 8vo three-quarter leather over light brown cloth boards gilt-lettered spine; 40 pp; top edge gilt. Front cover front free endpaper and first blank detached rubbing along edges of leather lower half inch of spine leather rubbed to board. Provenance: Bookplate of William Hartmann Woodin who served as the Secretary of Treasury under Franklin Roosevelt in each. In the first Woodin's bookplate partially obscures that of J. Barton Townsend whose collection of color-plate books was auctioned in 1919 and in the second that of Cruikshank bibliographer Alfred M. Cohn whose collection was auctioned in 1920. The first and second editions of the "Larks" are exceedingly scarce if not rare as is "Songs Parodies etc. John Lowndes unknown books
1817306781London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First edition. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. Slip announcing vol. IV of Typographical Antiquities inserted before half title of Vol. I. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo. Original drab boards printed spine labels untrimmed. Old clean repairs to the joints of vol. I; joints of vol. III a bit rubbed. Ownership signature of Mary Curteis Dec. 29 1817 on pastedown in each volume; bookplate of Charles Sarolea and his signature on title page; small morocco label; printed label of Claude Smith on flyleaf. Very good. Cloth slipcases. First edition. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. Slip announcing vol. IV of Typographical Antiquities inserted before half title of Vol. I. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo. Windle & Pippin A28; Jackson no.40; Hart no.186; Bigmore and Wyman pp. 169-70 Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown books
1817261849London: 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 and slip of gold printing with directions to binder slip at vol. II p. 417. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo 9-3/4 x 6 inches. Bound in contemporary three quarters blue pebbled morocco spine gilt and marbled boards and edges. Fine small bump to some pages in Vol. I. Bookplate of The Right Hon. Charles Abbot prob. Charles Abbot 1st Baron Colchester in Vols II & III. First edition with half-titles and errata. Hundreds of engravings and examples of type etc. some tinted in red and blue and slip of gold printing with directions to binder slip at vol. II p. 417. 3 vols. Imperial 8vo 9-3/4 x 6 inches. Windle & Pippin A28; Jackson no.40; Hart no.186; Bigmore and Wyman pp. 169-70 Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown books
1842122753Tall thick 8vo. London: Bohn 1842. Tall thick 8vo 2 i-vii vii-xiv 618 63 1 xxxiii pp. Full pebbled brown morocco with gilt fillet borders gilt turn-ins gilt-panelled backstrip raised bands gilt top rebacked retaining original backstrip. Bookplate on front pastedown of Francis Frederick Fox and Charles Sebag-Montefiore. § First combined edition large paper copy. The book that introduced the concept of “bibliomania†to the world. “Dibdin's best-known and in the later editions most useful book.†Jackson 19. 500 copies were printed of which 50 according to Huth or 55 according to Church were large-paper. The Huntington and Rabaiotti large-paper copies state 55 copies on plate 2 see above. Bound in white boards in the Huth sale in two volumes. Price 3 guineas and 5 guineas according to Lowndes. A sometimes confusing book. The Grolier Club copy has the 1809 1811 and 1842 prefaces bound at the front; then the 1811 edition precedes the 1809 edition and the indexes are at the end. The 1809 title is often with the text rather than the preliminaries as in Barlow’s copy. The Morgan Library copy is bound in a different order. The Huntington Library large-paper copy with a fore-edge painting of Althorp is as the Grolier Club copy. The second Huntington large-paper copy is bound in four volumes and extra-illustrated with 372 plates including two portraits of Dibdin: a proof of Eldridge’s engraving dated 12 February 1816 and a line engraving after Richmond’s water-color by G. Staal for Le bibliophile français. It is lacking the two-leaf ‘Advertisement.’ There is no separate title to the 1811 edition. Jackson’s pagination conforms to none of these orders. The Bohn sale at Sotheby’s 1868 lot 2636 describes a copy on ‘Large Pink Paper the only copy so printed’ offered again by Sotheby’s on 3 June 1997 library of George Pflaumer; the present owner is Roland Folter. John Priddy has a single-leaf single-sided prospectus to this edition dated April 1838 promising a print date of August not mentioned by Jackson. Windle A 11d. Bohn hardcover books
18215715London: Printed for the author by W. Blumer and W. Nicol Shakespeare Press 1821. First edition. References: Jackson 48; Windle and Pippin A38a; Windle and Pippin A44 "A Series of Groups." Extra-illustrated edition includes George Lewis's "A series of groups illustrating the physiognomy manners and character of the people of France and Germany" with separate title page pagination and extra engraved title page inserted after the dedication page. . 3 volumes royal octavo 26 cm; I: xvi 2 16 6 xxvi 6 462 lxxx including extra engraved title and Lewis's "Series of Groups"; II: 4 556; III: 4 622 lxii and 83 plates 1 in color 3 in sepia and 5 double page 64 india paper prints mounted in text. Extra illustrated with 52 plates by George Lewis printed on india paper and mounted illustrating "the manners and characters of the inhabitants of France and Germany" according to the extra engraved title page. Lacks half titles. Dedication page in volume 1 engraved with crest of the Roxburghe Club rather than with portrait of Dibdin. Bound in green straight-grain morocco ruled in gilt with corner ornaments in gilt and armorial crest stamped on all boards. All edges gilt. All three volumes with mid-nineteenth-century armorial bookplate of Robert Walters along with engraved pictorial bookplate dated 1919 of Leroy Crummer MD 1872-1934 and of the American artist Robert Bruce Moyer 1913-1969. Volume II with the additional bookplate of Myrtle A. Crummer. All three volumes rebacked hinges reinforced with linen tape; joints strengthened with application of Japanese paper; edges and extremities renovated. Frequent offsetting of plates; most plates clean although some have toned to various degrees. Occasional scattered foxing. Condition generally good to very good. Printed for the author, by W. Blumer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, hardcover books
1838306707London: Printed for the Author by C. Richards and sold by James Bohn Laing and Forbes John Smith and Son and E. Charnley 1838. First edition. With 41 plates and 2 not called for in list. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Original drab terracotta boards by J. Mackenzie Westminster with printed paper spine label yellow endpapers uncut. Front joint of vol. I split. With two ad pamphlets loosely inserted. Custom half morocco folding box. First edition. With 41 plates and 2 not called for in list. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. In Boards. Jackson 89; Windle and Pippin A65 Printed for the Author by C. Richards and sold by James Bohn, Laing and Forbes, John Smith and Son and E. Charnley unknown books
18361227522 vols. London: J. Major 1836. 2 vols. royal 8vo. i-v vi-xxxii 41 2- 556 pp.; 2 557-982 pp. 44 pp. index. 10 plates. Later polished brown calf gilt backstrips red and green labels gilt edges bookplates of Charles Sebag-Montefiore. § First edition the regular edition which was printed in an edition of 1250 copies. A handsome set. Dibdin’s autobiography contains a wealth of information on bookselling and collecting at the beginning of the nineteenth century when “bibliomania†was born. Includes the index "the 44 page index issued some months later is often lacking". Windle & Pippin A62 J. Major unknown books
181748738London: printed for the author by W. Bulmer & Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First edition 3 volumes imp. 8vo 37 plates including 2 folding plus many other engraved vignettes and woodcut illustrations and facsimiles in the text several printed in color several mounted plus one mounted red leather label printed in gold; later full tan morocco triple gilt rules on covers gilt-lettered direct on gilt-decorated spines a.e.g.; a few of the plates a bit spotted else a very nice copy. Without the oft-missing "Presentation in the Temple" plate in vol. I. This is the only edition of one of Dibdin's most famous books there were 50 on large paper and certainly one of the best printed. 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 work is written in the same dialogue manner as the Bibliomania with the same interlocutors and may be properly described as a continuation of it. It is perhaps the most lavish of all Dibdin's works" Jackson. Hart 186: "A bibliographer's classic that marks the beginning of the general recognition of bibliomania as a plaything for wealthy." Bigmore & Wyman pp. 169-170; Jackson 40; Lowndes I 640; Windle and Pippen A28. <br/><br/> printed for the author, by W. Bulmer & Co., Shakespeare Press hardcover books
181738193London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. First and Only Edition evidently limited to 750-800 regular and 50 large-paper copies. Three volumes. 8vo pp. ccxxvi 410; iv 536 ii; iv 544 iv. 37 engraved plates two double-page; 35 text illustrations printed on India paper and mounted on pages; one mounted gilt lettered specimen of red pared calf; and hundreds of engraved and woodcut text illustrations several colored. including plate 9 in the first volume Bookplates. Bound in later 3/4 brown morocco all edges marbled. Some minor foxing soiling and offsetting. A handsome copy. Hart 186. Jackson 40. Lowndes 1885 edition II p. 640. Windle & Pippin A28. "In 1817 appeared the most amusing and the most successful from a pecuniary point of view of his works the 'Bibliographical Decameron' on which a great sum was spent for engravings and woodcuts. The reader will find a great deal of gossip about books and printers about book collectors and sales by auction." DNB. Perhaps the most lavish of all Dibdin's works.Its publication was a financial success and doubtless marks the high-water mark of the Dibdinian bibliomania." Jackson 4. Lowndes says of this work: "From the information which it contains and the splendor of the decorations and printing it will ever be considered as a model of excellence and good taste in typography and the arts. Printed for the author, by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press unknown books
1827123164London: Harding and Lepard and G.B. Whittaker 1827. modern cloth brown leather spine labels all edges gilt. small 4to. modern cloth brown leather spine labels all edges gilt. iv xiii 562; iv 580 pages. 2 volumes. Fourth edition greatly enlarged and corrected; one of 250 large paper copies. Windle A3d; Bigmore & Wyman I 171; Jackson no.6 Besterman 1374; Disbound and Dispersed #1 for tipped-in leaf. Published with the same frontispiece as those in the second and third edition. Completely rewritten this edition omits several sections provided in previous editions while adding for the first time the information on the polyglot Hebrew and Greek Bibles and the Greek and Latin Fathers. On page 166 Vol. I there is an actual tipped in specimen leaf from Pickering's Diamond Edition of the Greek New Testament. Still a useful reference tool and difficult to find in the fourth edition. Describes approximitely 3500 items about 500 more than the previous edition. Spine labels rubbed. Harding and Lepard and G.B. Whittaker unknown books
