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1827rif. ST12282London: Printed for Harding & Lepard 1827. Fourth Edition. 292 x 197 mm. 11 1/2 x 7 3/4". Two volumes. HANDSOME EARLY 20TH CENTURY BROWN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO covers with gilt double fillet border fleuron cornerpieces raised bands spines richly gilt with panels dominated by a bold and complex quatrefoil incorporating spade-like tools and with palmette cornerpieces turn-ins with two gilt fillets marbled endpapers all edges gilt. With a facsimile of Greek and Latin text from the Complutensian Polyglot and volume I with a specimen leaf laid down as called for the leaf taken from the 1826 Pickering Diamond miniature edition of the New Testament. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedowns with engraved armorial bookplate of John William Pease; rear pastedown with vellum armorial bookplate of Lord Wardington. Lowndes I 639; Brunet II 684 "Édition la plus complète et la meilleure"; Graesse I 382. ◆A touch of rubbing to tail edge of boards one leaf with a thin band of soiling along four inches of the fore edge light glue stain at lower corner of specimen leaf endpapers with faint fox spots isolated minor foxing elsewhere other trivial imperfections but generally A VERY FINE COPY the text clean and fresh with vast margins and the decorative bindings with no significant wear. This is the extremely attractive Wardington copy of the fourth and best edition of this quotable bibliographical classic. It is more heavily weighted than the earlier printings toward the Bible and the early Church Fathers and because of the presence of the Pickering specimen leaf it also qualifies as the earliest example to our knowledge of a leaf book. This was Dibdin's first work as a bibliographer and it quickly became the standard guide in English to editions of the classics. Its favorable notice brought him a position as Lord Spencer's librarian along with ecclesiastical preferment and he was consequently allowed to pursue his bibliographic career without financial worries. Spencer invited him not only to catalogue but also to add to the library at Althorp and Dibdin 1776-1847 turned it into the finest library in private hands in England. Our impressive Large Paper Copy comes from another of England's fine private libraries the collection of Lord Wardington 1924-2005 who was successively Chairman Vice-President and then President of the Friends of the British Library. His grandfather John William Pease was a member of the Northumberland banking and business family who amassed a substantial library and Lord Wardington added greatly to it particularly important Bibles and atlases. The Wardington sales at Sotheby's in London were major bibliophilic events in 2005 and 2006. Printed for Harding & Lepard unknown books
1827rif. 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
1811rif. 2618591811. 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. "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 ." Freeling 1764-1836 was a noted book collector and with Dibdin one of the founders of the Roxburghe Club. unknown books
1837rif. 2618581837. 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. 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 ." 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
1903rif. 73830Boston:: 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
1809rif. 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
1814rif. 1067671814. London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer Shakspeare Press and published by Longman Hurst etc. 1814-15. 4 vols. 8vo ix lii i 383; 503; 509 3; vii 509 lxxvii pp. with 22 plates including one double-page as called for and numerous additional woodcuts some in red in the text of all four volumes. These woodcut facsimiles are by the Byfield family. Full red morocco gilt dentelles. Bookplate of Ross Winans on the front pastedown of vol. one. Some occasional spotting or foxing especially in vol. 4 upper joint of vol. 4 beginning to split at head generally a very good set complete as issued. § First edition of Dibdin's great work. Loosely inserted at the front of vol. 1 is a manuscript note from Dibdin: "Subscription for copy of the Bibliotheca Spenceriana herewith sent £8.8. T.F. Dibdin Mar. 31." 500 copies were printed according to the prospectus and most nineteenth-century sources though A.N.L. Munby states that there were 550 copies; the prospectus states 50 copies on large-paper but Dibdin Bibliographical Decameron vol.II p.392 says: 'There were only 55 copies struck off on Large Paper.'. Regular and large-paper copies collate and paginate identically. In vol.I leaf M4 pp.87-88 occurs in two states both usually found together with and without the engraved facsimile of Polish type; the text of the bottom nine lines of p.87 is reset with the headline in a different type face; and there are minor changes in p.88. Ross Winans 1796-1877 was an American inventor mechanic and builder of locomotives and railroad machinery. He was one of the United States' first multimillionaires. His "small but choice" library Dickinson was bought en bloc by G.D. Smith and sold through various auctions though his copy of the First Folio was last recorded by Lee in the Census and is now unlocated. Windle and Pippin A25. unknown books
1814rif. 134661814. DIBDIN THOMAS FROGNALL. Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century . in the Library of George John Earl Spencer with: Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana with: Aedes Althorpianae; or An Account of the Mansion Books and Pictures at Althorp with: 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. London: For the author by Shakespeare Press 1814-1815 1822-1823. 7 vols. 4to. Profusely illustrated with engraved plates hundreds of facsimiles of early woodcuts and type some printed in color. Modern full tan morocco richly gilt covers with central arms and cornerpieces within a two-line fillet board edges and turn-ins gilt spines fully gilt in compartments by Edmund Worrall of Birmingham with his ticket in each volume. Engraved plates mostly toned and offset to facing pages some minor text offsetting a few random gatherings maybe 12-15 leaves in all very heavily foxed else a very good set in very fine fresh bindings. The complete Spencer catalogue with all supplements in a very handsome matched binding. The greatest library catalogue of its time and a major work on fifteenth-century books. unknown books
1836rif. 26684London: John Major 1836. First edition 2 vols. 8vo pp. xxxii 4 556; 2 557-982; 10 engraved plates a number of illus. in the text; contemporary calf-backed boards joints restored old library pocket inside back cover of both vols.; generally a good sound set or better. Windle A62; Jackson 86; Lowndes I 642. John Major unknown books
1836rif. 134551836. DIBDIN THOMAS FROGNALL. Reminiscences of a Literary Life. London: John Major 1836. 2 vols. xxxii 4 556 2 557-982 p. 44 p. index. Plates. Full modern morocco gilt and marbled doublures. Some light foxing on frontispiece and a few plates else a fine copy. First edition. Dibdin's bookish memoirs. unknown books
1903rif. 1415267Boston: The Bibliophile Society 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo Four Volumes. Very Good Condition. Bound in flat green and white marbled paper. All corners are sharp. Spine has gilt lettering and design some spine ends are slightly rounded. Text block is deckled paper with dusting on top edge and light tanning to other edges. All have foxing on front free end paper. Shelved in room A octavo overflow. All volumes have double frontispiece engravings after paintings of famous bibliographers/collectors. Descriptive tissue guards are all intact. One of 483 unnumbered copies Volume I - 2 273 pages. Rear hinge cracked. Volume II - 2 247 pages. Volume III - 2 305 pages. Volume IV - 2 203 pages. 1415267. Special Collections - Upstairs. The Bibliophile Society hardcover books
1903rif. 48637Boston: Bibliophile Society 1903. Edition limited to 473 copies printed for members only; 4 volumes 8vo frontispiece in each volume in two states one a remarque proof on Japanese vellum the other on Holland paper without remarque from original oil paintings by Howard Pyle etched by W.H.W. Bicknell; title pages printed in colors on Japan paper; original full blue morocco gilt-paneled spines in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 2 seal of the Bibliophile Society gilt stamped on covers gilt turn-ins t.e.g.; spines a touch discolored bookplates in all volumes; a fine copy. This edition contains "Rare Books and Their Values" by William P. Cutler and an introduction by Richard Garnett. Bibliophile Society unknown books
1943rif. 52292La Crosse: Emerson G. Wulling 1943. Edition limited to 125 copies square 12mo pp. 9; red device on title 3 woodcuts reproduced from a book printed by Lucantonio De Giunta in the sixteenth century; self wrappers stapled; fine. Rulon-Miller Wulling 40. Emerson G. Wulling unknown books
1825rif. 1187London: Harding Triphook & Lepard 1825. Together 2 volumes in one. Thick 8vo. vi L 412 pp.; 2 413-900 pp. Very well bound in full contemporary red morocco spine lettered in gilt all edges gilt; spine faded yet sound and attractive. Large Paper Copy of the second edition measuring 245 x 146 mm. 9 ¾ x 6 inches. A nice copy of this handsome book printed in 1000 copies by W. Nicols Successor to W. Bulmer at the Shakespeare Press and dedicated to the bookseller Thomas Payne. With the printed bookplate of John Hely-Hutchinson of Ely and embossed stamp of Detlef Mauss and his notation. An amazing compilation of information on the history of printing and book production. This monumental work begins with the study of Bibles and other religious works and focuses on the most important from Dibdin's point of view of Latin German Italian Hebrew Greek French and English books in the field. This is followed by History in all its scope beginning with Ecclesiastical history then Greek and Roman history early histories of all the major European countries including descriptions of various archives where information on the history of Europe can be studied. From here Dibdin ventured into voyages and travel biography philology and finishing his study with poetry and drama. An amazing piece of research and writing. Windle & Pippin Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1776-1847 A Bibliography A 50b. Harding, Triphook, & Lepard unknown books
1820rif. 305561Kensington 1820. 1 page. Bifolium. 12mo. Very good old folds. 1 page. Bifolium. 12mo. Reading in part: "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. For the sum of £10.10 I trust you will execute it in a brilliant and spirited manner. unknown books
1618rif. 1395620London UK: William Miller 1810 1812 18161819. First Dibdin Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 4 volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full red morocco leather with gilt ornamentation to spine boards board edges and turn ins. Boards have light to moderate chipping to joints and corners in some cases leaving the corners of the boards visible. All textblocks have gilt edges still very bright. All textblocks have marbled end papers and mild age toning and foxing on some pages throughout. All volumes bound by Riviere with Riviere stamp to verso of each front free end page. CONTENTS: VOL I: xx 2 95 1 cxxxviii ix-xi 1 390 plus 16 plates. Lacking binder's instruction page. Published in 1810.- VOL II: 4 vi 32 xii 33-400 x 401-614 4 ad plus 15 plates. Lacking binders instruction page. Published in 1812.-- VOL III: 4 iv 2 615 1 plus 5 plates. Contains binders instructions page. Published in 1816.-- VOL IV: 4 ii 2 623 pages plus 3 plates. Contains binder's instruction page. Published in 1819. Shelved in Room A. 1395620. Special Collections - Upstairs. William Miller hardcover books
1924rif. 187049Mount Vernon New York: Bruce Rogers 1924. Softcover. VG internally but lower center edge of the rear cover has a small tear and ding to it and the covers are soiled. Tan wraps with black illustrations and lettering on front and rear covers bw illustrated title page 14 untrimmed pages. This is one of 223 copies of this pamphlet printed. Signed by Bruce Rogers on title page. Bruce Rogers paperback books
1924rif. 181640Mount Vernon New York: Bruce Rogers 1924. Softcover. VG envelope has overall soiling and wear but pamphlet is in very good condition. Tan wraps with black illustrations and lettering on front and rear covers bw illustrated title page 14 untrimmed pages. Issued in original plain tan envelope. This is one of 223 copies of this pamphlet printed. Signed by Bruce Rogers to Erhard Weyhe and dated Nov. 6 1925 on ffep. Bruce Rogers paperback books
1827rif. 1414136London: Printed for Harding and Lepard . and G.B. Whittaker 1827. Fourth edition greatly enlarged and corrected. Hardcover. Octavo Two volumes: xiii 562 pages; 579 pages. In Fair minus condition. Ex-library with library bookplate on front pastedowns embossed library stamp on title pages and final pages. Spines are black with gold print raised bands. Boards half bound with blue leather to spine and corners and marbled paper to boards; tattering to spine caps worn corners and edges wear to hinges surface tears to leather toning to spine rubbing to boards. Text block has gilt top edges marbled endpapers; cracked and broken hinges initial pages loose from binding of first volume mild puckering to paper. Illustrated: b&w plate facsimile at start of first volume. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area ND-HV Section. 1414136. FP New Rockville Stock. Printed for Harding and Lepard ... and G.B. Whittaker hardcover books
1821rif. 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
1811rif. 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
1821rif. 5715London: Printed for the author by W. Blumer and W. Nicol Shakespeare Press 1821. First edition. 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. 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. Printed for the author, by W. Blumer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, hardcover books
1852rif. 59972London: Henry G. Bohn York Street Covent Garden 1852. 8vo pp. 1 frontispiece; xxxi 1 328; 12 engravings by George Cruikshank frontispiece included; original blind-stamped purple cloth gilt-decorated spine; binder's ticket of J. Cathers & Bro.; some ink stains along the spine; otherwise very good. Bookseller's ticket of J. Cathers & Bro. Baltimore. Hundreds of songs from the English composer Charles Dibdin 1745-1814 the most prolific singer-songwrtiter of his day. Prepared for publication by his illegitimate son the dramatist Thomas John Dibdin 1771-1845. A member of the circle which included Garrick Sheridan and Harris Dibdin boasted truly "My songs have been the solace of sailors in long voyages in storms in battle; and they have been quoted in mutinies to the restoration or order and discipline." It is said that his sea songs of which he is the indisputable master were responsible for bringing more men into the Navy in war time than could all the press-gangs. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden unknown books
1814rif. 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
1821rif. 31659London: 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. printed for the author, by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press unknown
