‎Dibdin ‎

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎A Biographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour In France And Germany‎

‎London: 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 21259

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎Aedes Althorpianae; or an account of the mansion books and pictures at Althorp; the residence of George John Earl Spencer K.G. to which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana‎

‎London: 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 24494

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics; including the Scriptores de re Rustica Greek Romances and Lexicons and Grammars: to which is added a complete Index Analyticus:.‎

‎Holborn Hill Oxford and Cambridge : Printed for W Dwyer Hanwell and Parker Cooke Deighton and Barrett 1804. Second Edition Enlarged and Corrected 1804 bound in contemporary full vellum red leather labels with gilt lettering and rules at spine all edges gilt pp. xx lxxiii 571 1errata. frontis. facsimile of Complutensian Polyglot text. with half-title. The bookplates of J. Keene Fleck legendary Princeton bookseller front paste down and John Clyde Oswald president of the National Arts Club printer publisher and outstanding authority on Benjamin Franklin rear pastedown. Very Good a few tidy marginal pencil notations inked letters verso front end page vellum soiled text with light toning binding solid. A quite useful and solid copy with a unique provenance. . Second Edition Enlarged and Corrected. Vellum. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for W, Dwyer, Hanwell and Parker, Cooke, Deighton, and Barrett Hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 007621

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics;‎

‎London: W. Dwyer Hanwell & Parker & Cooke; Deighton & Barrett 1804. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. xxlxxiii5711 errata; frontis is a facsimile of the Complutensian Polyglot text. Bound in early 20th century cloth with paper label on spine. A very good tight copy with some small marginal spots of mildew. <br/><br/> W. Dwyer, Hanwell & Parker & Cooke; Deighton & Barrett hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 6608

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎Autograph Letter signed "T.F. Dibdin" to Francis Freeling‎

‎1811. 1 p. pen and ink on paper docketed. 1 vols. 4to. Remnants of prior mounting on verso creased. 1 p. pen and ink on paper docketed. 1 vols. 4to. Pickering Borrows a Pynson. "I shall be particularily obliged by the loan of your Pynson's Calendar of Shepherds for 2 or 3 days. I am at this moment entering very deeply upon the subject; which after all seems to defy the most sagacious bibliographical criticism. The bearer will take great care of it; and it shall be returned in the course of the week ."<br/>Freeling 1764-1836 was a noted book collector and with Dibdin one of the founders of the Roxburghe Club. unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 261859

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎Autograph Letter signed "T.F. Dibdin" to William Pickering‎

‎1837. 1-1/2 pp. pen and ink on folded sheet with integral address leaf to Pickering at 57 Chancery Lane. 183 x 118 mm. Remnant of prior mounting on address leaf with small piece from corner. 1-1/2 pp. pen and ink on folded sheet with integral address leaf to Pickering at 57 Chancery Lane. 183 x 118 mm. Dibdin to Pickering. A good letter to Pickering Bookseller and Publisher concerning a complex financial transaction with another publisher: "Major paid his bill on Saturday; and thus far all is right. If you have parted with my bill due on Saty at Scotts for £100 will you oblige me by holding it over 'till Thursday the 16th ."<br/>It seems likely that 'Major' was the publisher John Major 1782-1849 who supported many of Dibdin's publications and who eventually went bankrupt because of his author's speculations. unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 261858

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUARIAN AND PICTURESQUE TOUR IN FRANCE AND GERMANY.A‎

‎London England: Robert Jennings 1829. original leather all edges gauffred gilt marbled endpapers. 8vo. original leather all edges gauffred gilt marbled endpapers. xliv 4211; iv 428; iv 4811 pages. 3 Volumes. Second edition Windle and Pippin A38b. Dedication to John Lodge table of contents in each volume preface to the second edition index of manuscripts and printed books in first volume. Each volume with frontispiece and engraved illustrations throughout text. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges and along spine. Front cover of Volume III separated. Scattered foxing. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper of Volume I. Robert Jennings unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 129059

‎DIBDIN Thomas Frognall‎

‎Bibliomania or Book Madness: History Symptoms and Cure of This Fatal Disease Volume I‎

‎Boston:: Bibliophile Society. Very Good. 1903. Hardcover. B00A6D0JMU . Volume I only. Limited edition of 483 copies. Moderate shelf wear and aging else very good in green marbled paper covered boards with gilt lettering and design on the spine. ; 273 pages . Bibliophile Society, hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 73830

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎Bibliophobia. Remarks on the Present Languid and Depressed State of Literature and the Book Trade. In a Letter addressed to the Author of the "Bibliomania." By Mercurius Rusticus. With notes by Cato Parvus‎

‎London: Henry Bohn 1832. One of 100 Large Paper Copies. 102 pp. With the errata slip tipped in at B1. 8vo 221 x 140 mm. Original boards printed paper label to upper cover manuscript spine title. Some minor wear to boards but a remarkably clean copy. One of 100 Large Paper Copies. 102 pp. With the errata slip tipped in at B1. 8vo 221 x 140 mm. Large paper presentation copy with ALS. A large paper presentation copy inscribed: "John Rawlinson Esq. / From Mercurius Rusticus." With an amusing ALS of Dibdin presenting the book to Rawlinson laid in: <br/>"May 22/32. <br/>My Dear Sir<br/>Finding that I have no copy of the Bibliophobia upon small paper I shall be forced to compel you to put up with a Large paper copy of that capricious but orginal performance. It was written 'calamo currentisimo.' sic Yours Ever TFD"<br/><br/>Rawlinson is included on the subscriber's list of Dibdin's Tour of Northern England and Scotland 1838. Jackson 82. Provenance: Grege Johannis Platt armorial bookplate by J.D. Batten dated 1892 Henry Bohn unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 306702

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎Bibliophobia. Remarks on the Present Languid and Depressed State of Literature and the Book Trade. In a Letter addressed to the Author of the "Bibliomania." By Mercurius Rusticus. With notes by Cato Parvus‎

‎London: Henry Bohn 1832. One of 100 Large Paper Copies. 102 pp. With the errata slip tipped in at B1. 8vo. Original boards printed paper label to upper cover neatly rebacked. Scattered light foxing some wear to board edges a very good copy. One of 100 Large Paper Copies. 102 pp. With the errata slip tipped in at B1. 8vo. Large paper copy in original boards. Jackson 82; Windle and Pippin A60. Provenance: Oliver Pemberton bookplate Henry Bohn unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 306791

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or a Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century and of Many Valuable First Editions in the Library of George John Earl Spencer K.G. with: Aedes Althorpianae; or an Account of the Mansion Books and Pictures at Althorp and: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century lately Forming Part of the Library of the Duke di Cassano Serra and Now the Property of George John Earl Spencer K.G. with a General Index of Authors and Editions .‎

‎London: 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 302942

‎DIBDIN Thomas Frognall‎

‎Here Begyneth a Littel Tome and Hathe to Name The Lincolne Nosegay: beynge a Brefe Table of Certaine Bokes in the Posession of Maister Thomas Frognall Dibdin Clerk. Which Bookes be to be sold to Him who shal gyve the moste for ye Same‎

‎16 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. &#10087; Jackson 34. Windle & Pippin A 24a. hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 5279

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎INTRODUCTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF RARE AND VALUABLE EDITIONS OF THE GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF POLYGLOT BIBLES GREEK BIBLES AND GREEK TESTAMENTS; THE GREEK FATHERS AND THE LATIN FATHERS.AN‎

‎London: 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 123164

‎DIBDIN Thomas Frognall‎

‎Poems‎

‎London: Privately Printed 1797. First. hardcover. very good. Copper engraved vignette on title page. Viii 2 117pp slim small 8vo 3/4 tan calf brown leather spine label marbled boards lightly rubbed t.e.g. London: Printed for the author 1797. First Edition. Scarce. Very good .<br/><br/> ".these poems from which it appears that 500 copies were printed the major part of which were destroyed. `My only consolation is says the author that the volume is exceedingly rare.'" Lowndes I 642.<br/><br/> Privately Printed unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 239979

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎The Bibliomania; or Book-Madness; containing some account of the History Symptoms and Cure of this Fatal Disease. In an Epistle addressed to Richard Heber Esq‎

‎London: Printed for Longman Hurst Rees and Orme by W. Savage 1809. First edition. Title vignette. iv 87 1 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Circa 1914 full crushed brown morocco gilt a.e.g. the rest uncut by the Booklover's Shop signed in gilt on front and rear turn-ins "Bound by The Booklovers Shop Cleveland. Hardy Maillard Pilon". Small paper repair to margin of title else fine. First edition. Title vignette. iv 87 1 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine Copy in Booklover's Shop Binding. An amusing work; Dibdin's best known. The real action takes place in the footnotes so copious and detailed that they overwhelm the main text. This copy finely bound by Henry Hardy Leon Maillard and Gaston Pilon of the Booklover's Shop bindery in Cleveland. The bindery traces its lineage back to The Club Bindery founded in 1895 by members of the Grolier Club to provide exceptionally fine binding for American collectors. The Club Bindery moved to Cleveland where it was successively renamed the Rowfant Bindery 1909-1913 the Booklover's Shop 1914-1917 and finally The French Binders 1918-1920s as in-house bindery to Doubelday in Garden City New York cf. Martin Antonetti's essay in Bound to Be the Best: The Club Bindery. Jackson 16; Neuburg 5; Windle and Pippin A11a. Provenance: Henry Alden Sherwin morocco booklabel Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme by W. Savage unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 306695

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎THE LIBRARY COMPANION: or the Young Man's Guide and the Old Man's Comfort in the Choice of a Library‎

‎London: Printed for Harding Triphook and Lepard and J. Major 1824. First edition. Boards. Very Good. Lg. thick 8vo. 2 parts in 1 paged continuously. 4lii912pp. Index. Plus an 8pp. publisher's catalog bound in at front. The separate title page of "Part Second" is bound in at rear. Orig. boards rebacked. Uncut copy. Printed for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, and J. Major hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 7040

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎The Library Companion; or The Young Man's Guide and The Old Man's Comfort in the Choice of a Library‎

‎London: Printed for Harding Triphook and Lepard Finsbury-Square and J. Major Fleet-Street 1824. First edition large paper issue one of 100 copies. li 400 512 pp. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Boards printed spine labels. Spines worn with minor losses. Book labels of Michael Sadleir. Very good set. Cloth folding box. First edition large paper issue one of 100 copies. li 400 512 pp. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Sadleir's Copy Large Paper in Boards. Tipped in at vol. I are eight pages of undated advertisements at the front endpapers and an advertisement for the fourth edition of Dibdin's Greek and Latin Classics opposite the title page.<br/>A choice copy in original condition. Windle & Pippin A50a Printed for Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, Finsbury-Square, and J. Major, Fleet-Street unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 302945

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall‎

‎Typographical Antiquities: Or the History of Printing in England Scotland and Ireland: Containing Memoirs of Our Ancient Printers and a Register of the Books Printed by Them. Begun by the late Joseph Ames . Considerably augmented by William Herbert . And now greatly enlarged . by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin‎

‎London: 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 306651

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall 1776 1847‎

‎ALS. To Mr. Alfred Robert Freebairn 1794-1846 about an engraving or painting to be produced with dimensions of 3 x 3-1/4 inches and cost of £10.10‎

‎Kensington 1820. 1 page. Bifolium. 12mo. Very good old folds. 1 page. Bifolium. 12mo. Reading in part:<br/>"You will be pleased to make the subject itself only 3 inches in height; or 3 inches 1/4 at most. The breadth with the necessarily proportionate.<br/>For the sum of £10.10 I trust you will execute it in a brilliant and spirited manner. unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 305561

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall Rastell John‎

‎The Pastime of People or The Chronicles of Divers Realms; Most Especially of the Realm of England. Edited by Thomas Frognall Dibdin‎

‎London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington; T. Payne; Wilkie and Robinson etc. 1811. Now First Reprinted and Systematically Arranged one of 500 according to Lowndes. With 18 Fac-simile Wood-cuts of the Portraits of the Popes Emperors &c and the Kings of England by John Nesbit one headpiece & a number of small woodcuts in the text. viii 299 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary calf boards stamped in blind and gilt neatly rebacked. Extremities lightly rubbed else Fine. Now First Reprinted and Systematically Arranged one of 500 according to Lowndes. With 18 Fac-simile Wood-cuts of the Portraits of the Popes Emperors &c and the Kings of England by John Nesbit one headpiece & a number of small woodcuts in the text. viii 299 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Jackson 30; Windle & Pippin A19 Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington; T. Payne; Wilkie and Robinson, etc. unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 55999

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall.‎

‎A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany.‎

‎London: 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 122750

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall.‎

‎ALS concerning ‘Dr. Hanthall’ recipient unknown.‎

‎4to. Wyndham Place: Sept. 12 1831. 4to 1 p. traces of removal from an album-leaf on verso no damage. § ‘Dr. Hanthall’ or Haulhall an allegedly distinguished Horace scholar introduced to Dibdin by Richard Heber with whom Hanthall/Haulthall corresponded in Latin: see Dibdin’s Reminiscences 1838 ii:967 quoting a knowledgeable letter to Heber on the Kloss Collection. Dibdin has met him twice at Spencer House ‘where he is now busily employed at his Horatian labours . . . an amiable and worthy man aetatis suae 35 circ. as I judge: with a zeal & diligence in his favourite research beyond anything I ever saw. He was a 12 month at Paris wooing Quintus Horatius Flaccus. I enclose a copy of his Program." We can find no mention whatever of this scholar to Dibdin ‘a celebrated Horatian’ save Dibdin’s. Sept. 12 unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 123841

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall.‎

‎ALS to an unidentified correspondent.‎

‎4to. Kensington: March 4 1816. 4to 1 p. in very good condition. § To an unidentified correspondent concerning a large-paper copy of the Bibliotheca Spenceriana of which he has received vols. one and two of four: "You need not be under any apprehension as those who have the previous will of course have the succeeding volume. How long have you been the fortunate man to posses the L.P I write this 'currente calamo' for I am now up to my eyes and ears in Decameronic pursuits having fairly plunged myself into all the miseries of the press perhaps for 14 months to come." This latter reference connects to our letter from Dibdin to Brunet 123821 about getting French engravers for the "Decameron". March 4 unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 123835

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall.‎

‎ALS to Cadell and Davies.‎

‎London: 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 123813

‎Dibdin Thomas Frognall.‎

‎ALS to John and Arthur Arch.‎

‎London: 'Tuesday' n.d. 8vo 1p. trimmed close to the margins with no loss. § A sweet little letter inviting them to a ‘confabulation’ over dinner ‘haddock roast mutton and apple drawing’. Dibdin has added two simple drawings one of a dish of apples and one of a heart i.e. heartily as a closing sentiment. 'Tuesday' unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 123843