Dibdin, Thomas Frognall ; Georges-Adrien Crapelet, publisher; Théodore Licquet,m translatorBiblio.com
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réf. 51-4444Paris Crapelet 1825. 8vo. 13 x 20.3 cm. Contemporary qtr. green calf with matching marbled boards.Lowndes II p. 641; OCLC Number: 603434128. t. I. PreÌface par TheÌod. Licquet. Lettre I-XII.--t. II. Lettre XIII-XXII. Table des matières contenues dans les deux premiers volumes.--t. III. PreÌface par G.A. Crapelet. Lettre XXIII-XXVIII.--t. IV. Lettre XXIX-XXXVI. Talbes des matières contenues dans les tomes 3. et 4. Errata et corrections. 4 volumes in-8 de XXIV 344 pp. - 2 ff. 374 pp. 1 f. d'errata - VIII 383 pp. 1 f. de table - 2 ff. 446 pp.L'illustration une planche dépliante et plusieurs vignettes gravées sur bois dans le texte. Récit sous forme de lettres d'un voyage du bibliographe Dibdin en 1818 à Dieppe Caen Rouen Paris et Strasbourg avec description des curiosités archéologiques et des bibliothèques publiques. Dibdin visita les imprimeurs et les libraires Brunet Debure Renouard etc. acheta quelques ouvrages et invita à dîner avant de quitter Paris Van Praet Langlès Vivant-Denon et Millin. On a reproché à Dibdin un esprit par trop caustique outre le fait qu'il se met souvent en scène avec une vanité naïve. Les traducteurs français Crapelet et Licquet épinglent ses bévues sans ménagement sans toutefois saisir le sel de ses prétentions à l'humour. Les rédacteurs du DNB sont tout aussi sévères. Il fallait attendre le petit ouvrage de O'Dwyer Thomas Frognall Dibdin Londres 1967 pour rendre justice à l'enthousiasme et aux savantes délices du bibliophile anglais.Provenance : Collection Marcel Aubreton 1934-2019. Paris, Crapelet 1825. hardcover
1827réf. 415155London: Henry Colburn New Burlington Street 1827. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Two volumes. Octavos. A handsome set bound by Root and Son without the half-titles in late 19th century three-quarter dark blue morocco and marbled paper sides elaborate gilt spines in compartments with raised bands marbled endpapers top edges gilt. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Dibdin in Vol. 1. Contemporary small inscription at the top of the title page on vol. 1 very faded and nearly invisible. Modest rubbing to the joints some light soiling to the front cover of vol. 2 near fine. An English song-writer and dramatist Thomas John Dibdin wrote several popular comedies operas farces &c. and was prompter and pantomime writer at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. A scarce first edition of his Reminiscences attractively bound in morocco with the elaborate gilt spines and covers in bright fine condition. OCLC locates only 3 copies. Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street hardcover books
réf. 304825June 11. 3 pp. 12mo. removed some minor loss. 3 pp. 12mo. Reading in part: ".as I shall want £40 tomorrow at my banker's I am in full peparation for my farewell address on Friday. unknown books
1827réf. 216873London: Harding 1827. hardcover. poor. Together with an Account of Polyglot Bibles Polyglot Psalters Hebrew Bibles Greek Bibles and Greek Testaments; the Greek Fathers and the Latin Fathers. 2 volumes 8vo crudely rebacked in modern cloth. London: Harding and Lepard 1827. Fourth Edition enlarged and corrected. Internally a very good copy could use rebinding. Harding unknown books
1809réf. 12989London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1809. FIRST EDITION. Title in black with red. Half calf over linen; preliminary and last leaves foxed interior and text in generally excellent condition. First edition of this popular book which passed through many later editions. This work was inspired by another published under the same title by John Ferrier M.D. Ferrier had extensive medical experience and did himself suffer from the disease which he named Biblio-Mania. His work in verse begins: What wild desires what restless torments seize The hapless man who feels the book-disease. Dibdin was the originator and vice-president of the Roxburghe Club founded in 1812 the first of the numerous book clubs which have done such service to literature. Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme unknown books
1814réf. 001146London: Whittingham and Arliss. Chiswick Press 1814. Full Calf. Very Good Plus. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. 26 volumes issued between 1814 to 1818 with a total of 104 plays four per volume. Extremely rare in this full and continuous set. A few illustrations accompany each play. This is an extraordinary collection of the popular and canonical theater of the day with some informative notes about the plays premier and players sometimes listing those of contemporary performances sometimes those who originated the plays. The plays include farces burlesques operas essentially musicals or operettas not full-fledged operas masques tragedies etc. Some from playwrights still revered and even performed such as Sheridan Congreve Milton Garrick Colley; others by now obscure writers. Also curious is the number of plays written by women and this might constitute an interesting springboard for study on female writers in the theater. Plays include in order of volumes up to just volume 18 to provide a sense of the range: The Rivals - Sheridan The Beggar's Opera - John Gay Venice Preserved - Thomas Otway The Irish Widow - David Garrick The West Indian - Richard Cumberland A Bold Stroke for a Wife - Mrs. Centlivre Isabella - David Garrick The Quaker - Charles Dibdin The Provoked Husband - J Vanbrugh and Cibber Colley Douglas - John Home Love in a Village - Isaac Bickerstaff Fortune's Frolic - John Till Allingham The Belle's Stratagem - Mrs. Cowley The Gamester - Edward Moore The Brothers - Richard Cumberland Richard Coeur de Lion - General Burgoyne Man of the World - Charles Macklin The Grecian Daughter - Arthur Murphy Maid of the Mill - Isaac Bickerstaff High Life Below Stairs - The Rev. James Townley She Stoops to Conquer - Oliver Goldsmith The Revenge - Dr. Young The Busy Body - Mrs. Centlivre Rosina - Mrs. Brooke The Fashionable Lover - Richard Cumberland Jane Shore - Nicholas Rowe Lionel and Clarissa - Isaac Bickerstaff Three Weeks After Marriage - Arthur Murphy The Hypocrite - Isaac Bickerstaff Cato - Joseph Addison George Barnwell - Mr. Lillo Midas - Kane O'Hara The Beaux Stratagem - George Farquhar The Fair Penitent - Nicholas Rowe The Critic - Richard Brinsley Sheridan Miss in Her Teens - David Garrick All in the Wrong - Arthur Murphy Alexander the Great - Nathaniel Lee The Way to Keep Him - Arthur Murphy Comus -- altered from John Milton The Jealous Wife - George Colman The Mourning Wife - William Congreve Tancred and Sigismunda - James Thompson The Guardian - David Garrick The Clandestine Marriage - George Colman and David Garrick The Roman Father - W. Whitehead The Inconstant - George Farquhar The Padlock - Isaac Bickerstaff Tamerlane - Nicholas Rowe The Wonder - Mrs. Centlivre Rule a Wife and Have a Wife - David Garrick The Tobacconist - altered from Ben Jonson by Thomas Gentleman A Trip to Scarborough - Richard Brinsley Sheridan Suspicious Husband - Dr. Hoadly The Siege of Damascus - John Hughes The Apprentice- Arthur Murphy Oroonoko - Thomas Southern Count of Narbonne - Robert Jephson Confederacy - Sir John Vanbrugh The Devil to Pay - C. Coffey She Would and She Would Not - Colley Cibber Love for Love - William Congreve Mahomet - The Rev. Mr. Miller The Citizen - Arthur Murphy The Orphan of China - Arthur Murphy Every Man in His Humour - David Garrick Recruiting Officer - George Farquhar The Mayor of Garratt - Samuel Foote A New Way to Pay Old Debts - Philip Massinger The Duke of Milan - Philip Massinger The Orphan - Thomas Otway The Recruiting Sergeant - Isaac Bickerstaff and on and on. Condition is very good. There are some dampstains in a few volumes and there is some other soilage here and there but generally the pages are clean and free of issues. Spines rebacked with modern calf featuring five raised boards and embossed title and volume number. Contemporary calf boards preserved and while generally scuffed and with wear along edges and corners these remain attractive. Bindings are tight. Modern endpapers. Whittingham and Arliss. Chiswick Press unknown books
1827réf. 019988London: Henry Colburn 1827. FIRST EDITION. Two volumes complete. Original full calf leather binding with gilt rolled edges. The books have been rebacked in modern calf leather preserving and matching the original boards. Moderate wear to the boards. Lacking the half titles as is usual with this set. Modestly foxed. No previous owner's names not exlibrary. Overall in GOOD condition. Photos available upon request. Thomas John Dibdin March 21 1771 September 16 1841 was an English dramatist and song-writer. Dibdin was the son of Charles Dibdin a song-writer and theatre manager and of Mrs Davenet an actress whose real name was Harriet Pitt. He was apprenticed to his maternal uncle a London upholsterer and later to William Rawlins afterwards sheriff of London. He summoned his second master unsuccessfully for rough treatment; and after a few years of service he ran away to join a company of country players. From 1789 to 1795 he played all sorts of parts; he worked as a scene painter at Liverpool in 1791; and during this period he composed more than 1000 songs. His first work as a dramatist was Something New followed by The Mad Guardian in 1795. He returned to London in 1795 having married two years before; and in the winter of 1798-99 The Jew and the Doctor was produced at Theatre Royal Covent Garden. From this time he contributed a very large number of comedies operas farces etc. to the public entertainment. Some of these brought immense popularity to the writer and immense profits to the theatres. It is stated that the pantomime of Mother Goose 1807 produced more than £20000 for the management at Covent Garden theatre and the High-mettled Racer adapted as a pantomime from his father's play £18000 at Astley's. Dibdin was prompter and pantomime writer at Theatre Royal Drury Lane until 1816 when he took over the Surrey Theatre. This venture proved disastrous and he became bankrupt. After this he was manager of the Haymarket Theatre but without his old success and his last years were passed in comparative poverty. In 1827 he published two volumes of Reminiscences; and at the time of his death he was preparing an edition of his father's sea songs for which a small sum was allowed him weekly by the lords of the admiralty. Of his own songs "The Oak Table" and "The Snug Little Island" were popular at the time. First Edition. Full Calf Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Henry Colburn Hardcover
1811réf. 64414London: printed for the author by J. McCreery . and sold by Messrs. Longman et al. 1811. Second edition 8vo pp. ix 3 275 1; 7 280-782 2; engraved title page in volume I 1 engraved plate illustrations in the text decorative page borders at the beginning of each of the six sections of the book; contemporary calf smooth gilt-decorated spines black morocco labels rear joint of volume I cracked cords holding upper joint on volume II starting; all else very good. Early ownership signature of Robt. Entwhistle and armorial bookplate of George Montgomery Traherne. A separate issue was printed in imp. 8vo 2 vols. Lowndes notes that the Bibliomania is written in dialogues or conversations the characters introduced are well-known book collectors of the author's acquaintance. Jackson identifies these "interlocutors" as J. Rennie J. Dent P. Bliss B. Botfield Sir F. Freeling R. Lang J. North Lord Aberdeen J. Markland Sir G.H. Freeling R. Wilbraham and Thomas Hill. Jackson 18; Lowndes I 639; Windle A11c. printed for the author, by J. McCreery ... and sold by Messrs. Longman [et al.] unknown
1811réf. 64414London: printed for the author by J. McCreery . and sold by Messrs. Longman et al. 1811. Second edition 8vo pp. ix 3 275 1; 7 280-782 2; engraved title page in volume I 1 engraved plate illustrations in the text decorative page borders at the beginning of each of the six sections of the book; contemporary calf smooth gilt-decorated spines black morocco labels rear joint of volume I cracked cords holding upper joint on volume II starting; all else very good. Early ownership signature of Robt. Entwhistle and armorial bookplate of George Montgomery Traherne. A separate issue was printed in imp. 8vo 2 vols. Lowndes notes that the Bibliomania is written in dialogues or conversations the characters introduced are well-known book collectors of the author's acquaintance. Jackson identifies these "interlocutors" as J. Rennie J. Dent P. Bliss B. Botfield Sir F. Freeling R. Lang J. North Lord Aberdeen J. Markland Sir G.H. Freeling R. Wilbraham and Thomas Hill. Jackson 18; Lowndes I 639; Windle A11c. printed for the author, by J. McCreery ... and sold by Messrs. Longman [et al.] unknown books
réf. 007869Bangor. London.: J. W Ambrose Lith. Printers M&N Hanhart. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. HUGHES H. LYNCH JH. DIBDIN TC. HUGHES S. WITH 21 LITHOGRAPHED VIEWS IN WALES c1845/50 Ultra Rare in contemporary half red morocco over rubbed red cloth some gilt tooling gilt tile. rubbed. Spine raised bands decorative gilt tooling worn along joint edges. Internally 4to not dated but c1845 lithographed title and 20 plates 6 on India paper 1 extra lithographed plate of Cheltenham bound in at end cut down and mounted a.e.g. some tissue guards 1 torn slight foxing empty pocket to epd 2 book labels to fpd Peter Bicknell & Stanley Arnold. 357259 mm. Not listed at COPAC WorldCat or Anderson. No listing on line. see advert in Blacks Iron Highway p50. 0 J. [W] Ambrose, Lith. Printers M&N Hanhart hardcover
réf. 40709London: Printed for the Author by William Nicol Shakspeare Press 1823. First edition 4to 272 x 175 mm 2 x 295 1pp. with half-title unopened and uncut orig. boards spine and printed label chipped with upper spine lacking. Regarded as volume VII of the 'Bibliotheca Spenceriana' but this volume stands alone as a record of the incunabula which was previous in the library of the Duke di Cassano Serra and purchased for Earl Spencer. Windle & Pippin A27. London: Printed for the Author by William Nicol, Shakspeare Press, 1823 hardcover
2003réf. BN672092Feryane Livres en gros caractères 2003. 2003. Softcover. Et puis tu meurs. édition en gros caractères Et puis tu meurs. édition en gros caractères Michael Dibdin Feryane Livres en gros caractères paperback
1823réf. 415729London : Printed for the author by W. Nicol Shakspeare Press and sold by Payne and Foss 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy only in full contemporary aniline calf edges elaborately bordered in blind; all edges marbled. Gilt-blocked title to spine with raised bands and spine compartments uniformly tooled in blind. Boards present but detached. Remains otherwise particularly well preserved overall; internally tight bright clean and strong Further scans images and additional bibliographical material available on request. Physical description; 295 pages ; 27 cm. Notes; Vol. 6 of Dibdin's celebrated book. ""Lately forming part of the library of the Duke di Cassano Serra; and now the property of George John Earl Spencer; With a general index of authors and editions contained in the present volume and in the Bibliotheca Spenceriana and AEdes Altropianae""--ttile page. Subjects; Incunabula ; Bibliography ; Catalogs. Rare books. Printing History ; Bibliography. London : Printed for the author by W. Nicol, Shakspeare Press, and sold by Payne and Foss hardcover
1838réf. 1011R3London: For the Author by C. Richards 1838 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 10" by 6.5". Not Stated . The very scarce first volume of this extra-illustrated large paper edition of Dibdin's final work illustrated throughout with engraved plates. Bound in half crushed morocco with marbled paper-covered boards. A richly illustrated travel narrative that records English bibliographer Thomas Frognall Dibdin's visits to libraries book collections historic sites and landscapes in the North of England and Scotland. Volume I concerned with the North of England is illustrated with a frontispiece eleven plates and extra-illustrated with fourteen further mounted vignettes on India paper. Bound in half crushed morocco with marbled paper-covered boards. Externally generally smart but rubbed to extremities and joints. Rubbing to spine head and tail. Fading and the odd mark to the paper-covered boards. The odd mark to the leather. Lower front hinge cracked and starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with spotting to first and last few leaves. Very Good For the Author by C. Richards hardcover
1832réf. 20035London: Wm. Davy for Henry Bohn 1832. First edition 8vo pp. 102; without the errata slip at B1; half red morocco a little rubbed and spine darkened else good and sound or better. Windle & Pippin A60; Jackson 82: "Mercurius Rusticus and Cato Parvus were pseudonyms used by Dibdin in the Bibliomania. Owing to the agitation regarding Reform and perhaps also because of cholera epidemics the rare book market appeared to Dibdin to be very low indeed. His diatribe was touched off by the absurdly inadequate prices that the original manuscripts of the Waverley Novels fetched at Evans' sale 19 August 1831. Dibdin's natural optimism made him prophesy that the depression in books would not last long . One hundred copies of this book printed on large paper were also issued. [Wm. Davy for] Henry Bohn unknown
1832réf. 20035London: Wm. Davy for Henry Bohn 1832. First edition 8vo pp. 102; without the errata slip at B1; half red morocco a little rubbed and spine darkened else good and sound or better. Windle & Pippin A60; Jackson 82: "Mercurius Rusticus and Cato Parvus were pseudonyms used by Dibdin in the Bibliomania. Owing to the agitation regarding Reform and perhaps also because of cholera epidemics the rare book market appeared to Dibdin to be very low indeed. His diatribe was touched off by the absurdly inadequate prices that the original manuscripts of the Waverley Novels fetched at Evans' sale 19 August 1831. Dibdin's natural optimism made him prophesy that the depression in books would not last long . One hundred copies of this book printed on large paper were also issued. [Wm. Davy for] Henry Bohn unknown books
réf. 164234 volumes grand in-8° reliés demi-veau marron, pièce de titre et de tomaison de maroquin marron, petites traces de frottement éparses, charnière légèrement fendue au tome 1, XXIV, 344 p., 374 p., VIII 383 p., 446 p. - Charnières un peu fragiles faibles rousseurs éparses, figures. Dos du tome 4 recollé. Très bon état hors défauts signalés.
1838réf. 106710Printed for the author by C. Richards 1838. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2 volumes 1st edition London printed for the author 1838 engraved plates with tissue guards to almost every illustration later endpapers some plates cut to the margin some slight spotting & toning to plates text very clean all edges gilt uniform later 19th century gilt decorated full green calf spines slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot 8vo Near Fine Finely bound set. Printed for the author by C. Richards hardcover
réf. FORT952082William Pickering and John Major. Used - Good. Published 1828. Octavo. Half-bound in vellum with gilt lettering brown leather backstrip label along with gilt stamped decoration to spine. Teal and gold marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers. All outer edges are gilt. Engraved frontis illustration. Some staining and foxing internally. "Of the Imitation of Jesus Christ Translated from the Latin Original Ascribed to Thomas A Kempis; With an Introduction and Notes by Reverend Thomas Frognall Dibdin D.D. London: Printed for the author by William Nicol at the Shakspeare Press ; Published by William Pickering and John Major. MDCCCXXVIII. William Pickering, and John Major hardcover
1829réf. 049581London: Robert Jennings and John Major 1829. Book. VG. Full-Leather. 2nd Edition. Complete in three 3 volumes uniformly bound in original full polished calf gilt-ruled boards rebacked in brown cloth with gold foil title and volume labels in burgundy and black mounted on spine panels new endsheets original marbled text block edges. 2nd edition. xlii422 iv428 iv482 pp. illus. w/ engraved frontis. portrait in each volume engraved plates w/ guards cuts in text. Interiors show scattered foxing generally light otherwise clean nicely intact. Boards show mild surface rubbing mostly toward edges most corners showing exposure but not layered or excessively worn. A sound attractive set scarce. Robert Jennings and John Major Hardcover
1821réf. LLV2351London:: W. Bulmer and W. Nicol Shakspeare Press 1821. Dedicated to the president and members of the Roxburghe Club. 1821. Three volumes. Royal 8vo. 4 xxv 7 462 lxxix 1; iv 555; iv 622 lxii pp. Numerous engraved plates and illus. bibliography i.e. "Index of Manuscripts and of Printed Books Described Quoted or Referred To" supplemental; some offsetting few stains minor occasional foxing. Modern gilt-stamped green morocco marbled fore-edges; head vol. II chipped rubbed faded spine faded to natural tan some light wear to extremities. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Complete with all listed 83 steel engraved full-page plates and all listed 63 half-page steel engravings though a few miss-numbered or miss-placed. Plus with an additional full page plate facing p. 586 of vol. III titled "The Prater Vienna". Note: half-page illus. are engraved on fine India paper and mounted. Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1776-1847 born in Calcutta India English bibliographer who helped to stimulate interest in bibliography by his own enthusiastic though often inaccurate books by his share in founding the first English private publishing society and by his beautifully produced catalog of Lord Spencer's library which collection later became the nucleus of the John Rylands Library Manchester. His father the captain of a sailing ship was the inspiration for his Uncle Charles Dibdin's song "Tom Bowling." Both of Dibdin's parents died on the passage from India to England in 1780 and at age four he became the ward of his mother's younger brother Charles Compton. Educated at St. John's College Oxford Dibdin began a legal career but took holy orders in 1805. His Introduction to the knowledge of rare and valuable editions of the Greek and Latin Classics 1802 attracted the notice of Lord Spencer through whose patronage Dibdin obtained a clerical appointment in London. His Bibliotheca Spenceriana 1814–15 became famous for the high quality of its printing. Dibdin travelled widely in search of books and manuscripts and his Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany 1821 is typical of his work in containing much lively anecdote many factual errors and some excellent engravings. His Bibliomania 1809 contributed to the public's interest in old and rare books. Among his many other works is the two-volume autobiography Reminiscences of a Literary Life 1836. - Britannica W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakspeare Press, 1821. Dedicated to the president and members of the Roxburghe Club. unknown
1821réf. LLV2351London:: W. Bulmer and W. Nicol Shakspeare Press 1821. Dedicated to the president and members of the Roxburghe Club. 1821. Three volumes. Royal 8vo. 4 xxv 7 462 lxxix 1; iv 555; iv 622 lxii pp. Numerous engraved plates and illus. bibliography i.e. "Index of Manuscripts and of Printed Books Described Quoted or Referred To" supplemental; some offsetting few stains minor occasional foxing. Modern gilt-stamped green morocco marbled fore-edges; head vol. II chipped rubbed faded spine faded to natural tan some light wear to extremities. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Complete with all listed 83 steel engraved full-page plates and all listed 63 half-page steel engravings though a few miss-numbered or miss-placed. Plus with an additional full page plate facing p. 586 of vol. III titled "The Prater Vienna". Note: half-page illus. are engraved on fine India paper and mounted. Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1776-1847 born in Calcutta India English bibliographer who helped to stimulate interest in bibliography by his own enthusiastic though often inaccurate books by his share in founding the first English private publishing society and by his beautifully produced catalog of Lord Spencer's library which collection later became the nucleus of the John Rylands Library Manchester. His father the captain of a sailing ship was the inspiration for his Uncle Charles Dibdin's song "Tom Bowling." Both of Dibdin's parents died on the passage from India to England in 1780 and at age four he became the ward of his mother's younger brother Charles Compton. Educated at St. John's College Oxford Dibdin began a legal career but took holy orders in 1805. His Introduction to the knowledge of rare and valuable editions of the Greek and Latin Classics 1802 attracted the notice of Lord Spencer through whose patronage Dibdin obtained a clerical appointment in London. His Bibliotheca Spenceriana 1814–15 became famous for the high quality of its printing. Dibdin travelled widely in search of books and manuscripts and his Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany 1821 is typical of his work in containing much lively anecdote many factual errors and some excellent engravings. His Bibliomania 1809 contributed to the public's interest in old and rare books. Among his many other works is the two-volume autobiography Reminiscences of a Literary Life 1836. - Britannica W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakspeare Press, 1821. Dedicated to the president and members of the Roxburghe Club. unknown books
réf. Z1-G-005-02473Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd unknown
1808réf. BIBLIO-59775Printed by William Bulmer at the Shakspear Press Cleveland Row for William Miller bookseller and London London first edition 1808. Contemporary calf with red leather labels gilt edge decoration 8vo. clxxx 141. 320 pp ills. Attractively printed by William Bulmer -his first work for Dibdin. The text leaves something to be desired- as Lister comments "Dibdin announced on his title page that he was presenting the public with a new edition of Robinson's translation as printed by Abraham Vele in 1551 whereas he actually reproduced Alsop's edition of 1639 which in his Introduction p.clxxiii he had condemned as "one of the most careless and erroneous extant." He did so because it was easier to print from. Vele's text was set in black letter. " Dibdin's chief contribution was his 180 pages of introduction and a vast array of Dibdinesque footnotes. Jackson 12; Windle & Pippin A 9a. Extremities rubbed with slight powdering to joints bindings firm and sound minor marks and scuffs to covers and one or two minor marks to contents contents generally clean but with a little scattered foxing principally to endpapers and frontispieces. An attractive set. Printed by William Bulmer, at the Shakspear Press, Cleveland Row, for William Miller, bookseller and, London [London], first edi hardcover
1799réf. 27328London: Drawn etch'd & pub.by Dighton Charing Cross April 1799 1799. The earliest recorded portrait of Thomas John Dibdin. NCBEL III 1129-30. One crease; in fine condition. Rare. Hand-colored etching 20.5 x 16.5 cm with the caption "Sans Souci Jun." With the portrait is the manuscript note: "This Portrait of myself / taken in the palmy days of white neckcloths and frills / when I was as you see rather younger than at present is presented / by Thomas Dibdin April 28 1841." Around the image of Dibdin are depictions of his plays and songs. A fine portrait of the actor and writer Thomas John Dibdin 1771-1841 who like the other famous thespian Dibdins was involved in the English theater from an early age. Thomas John was one of three illegitimate children of Charles Dibdin and actress Harriet Pitt and in his early years on stage he used the name "T. Merchant" and his writings were published anonymously a fact that the artist Dighton makes a playful reference to in giving the subject of his portrait the name "Sans Souci Jun." Charles Dibdin was the owner of the San Souci Theater in London. See the ODNB for both Thomas John and Charles Dibdin. (London:) Drawn, etch'd & pub.by Dighton, Charing Cross, April, 1799 unknown
