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1817réf. 13004London: The Author. By W. Bulmer & Co. Shakespeare Press 1817. FIRST EDITION. Complete with errata colophon and half-titles. With 40 plates including the oft missing "Presentation in the Temple" in Volume I portraits illustrations and facsimiles engraved vignettes woodcut and text illustrations some printed on India paper and mounted. Contemporary full crimson crushed levant morocco bound by St. James' Duke Street London a dated binding with the elaborate gilt spine in 6 compartments and "London 1827" in gilt at the foot. From the library of Thomas Willement 1786-1871 British stained glass artist called "the father of Victorian Stained Glass" with his signature a small circular binders label and his personal bookplate from the Society of London Antiquaries. A handsome copy with an important provenance. First and only edition of one of the monuments of typographical bibliography and the most extravagant of all Dibdin's works. It was limited to under 1000 regular and 50 large paper copies. "Its publication was a financial success and doubtless marks the high-water mark of the Dibdinian bibliomania" Windle & Pippin A28. According to Bigmore & Wyman the work is written in the same dialogue manner as Dibdin's Bibliomania with the same interlocutors and may be properly described as a continuation of that work. The Author. By W. Bulmer & Co., Shakespeare Press unknown
1817réf. 38193London: 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
1817réf. 48738London: 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. printed for the author, by W. Bulmer & Co., Shakespeare Press unknown
1817réf. elala189London: Printed For The Author By W.Bulmer And Co. Shakespeare Press; And Sold by G. and W.Nicol Payne And Foss 1817. 1817. 3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 3 p.l. vi 1 leaferrata ccxxv 410 1 leafcolophon; 2 p.l. 44 1 leaf 45-535 1 leaferrata; 2 p.l. 544 2 leaveserrata & colophon. with half-titles. 37 engraved & woodcut plates 1 double-page. numerous engravings & woodcuts in the text incl. 36 prints on india paper mounted. later full red morocco by F.Bedford gilt-tooled spines & inside dentelles top edge gilt others untrimmed Vols. I-II front covers detached & rear joints cracked rear cover of Vol. III stained intermittent foxing. First Edition. The Bibliographical Decameron written in the same dialogue manner and with the same interlocutors as the Bibliomania "is perhaps the most lavish of all Dibdins works and especially in the Large Paper copies the best printed Its publication was a financial success and doubtless marks the high-water mark of the Dibdinian bibliomania." Windle & Pippin 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 estimated number of copies printed of this regular paper issue ranges from 750 to 900 plus 50 on large paper. As usual this set is without the rare ninth plate listed by Windle in Vol. I which was not ready at the time of publication and occurs in only a few copies. Bigmore & Wyman pp. 169-170. Jackson 40. Windle & Pippin A28. 1st Edition. London: Printed For The Author, By W.Bulmer And Co., Shakespeare Press; And Sold by G. and W.Nicol, Payne And Foss , 1817. unknown
1903réf. 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
2026réf. LRB9010651Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 594 pages. Volume 3 of a multi-volume work. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1817. A substantial bibliographical work by Thomas Frognall Dibdin devoted to illuminated manuscripts and to the early history of engraving typography and bibliography. The volume is valued for its wide-ranging antiquarian discourse its interest for collectors of book history and its place in the early 19th-century tradition of learned bibliography. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB25010257Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 698 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1817. Study by Thomas Frognall Dibdin devoted to illuminated manuscripts early engraving typography and bibliography. A classic bibliographical essay in the form of a lively ten-day discourse valued for its reflections on book history manuscript illumination and the development of printing. A classic bibliographical essay by Thomas Frognall Dibdin on illuminated manuscripts early engraving typography and bibliography. The work is prized for its historical interest erudite observations and place in the history of book collecting and descriptive bibliography. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026réf. LRB25010256Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 566 pages. Volume 2 of a multi-volume work. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1817. An important bibliographical work by Thomas Frognall Dibdin combining scholarly discourse with antiquarian interest in illuminated manuscripts early engraving typography and the history of bibliography. The volume is valued for its learned essays and its broad survey of book history printing and manuscript culture. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2010réf. DADAX1163308064Kessinger Publishing 2010-09-10. paperback. New. 6.00x1.17x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
réf. 77841London : Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. 1817. Stor 8vo. 6 VI I CCXXV I 410; 4 535 1;4 544 2 pp. 37 plates. Text-illustrations. Finely bound in three calfs. Spines eleborately gilt. Covers gilt. Top edge gilt Signed Tout Binder. Rebacked. Bookplate to front pastedown. Occasional light foxing. A fine copy. . unknown
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1903réf. 50084Boston: The Bibliophile Society 1903. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto Limited wition of 483 sets bound in green and ivory paper over boards. Each with a frontis with an etching by W.H.W. Bicknell after a painting by Howard Pyle. A light abrasion on front cover of volume 4 otherwise a very good sound set. Laid into volume 1 is a unique disclaimer from the printer indicating a misprint on one page and the determined to be a misprint by members of the 'Council' in charge of the printing. He goes on to dramatize the comic decisions made by the printers proof readers and editor. Inspite of this it still slipped through the cracks and "idioddities" went topress. The errata is printed on Bibliophile Society watermarked paper. The Bibliophile Society hardcover
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1817réf. 153987London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co. 1817. A splendid copy First edition of the book which defined a golden age of book collecting epitomising an era of aristocratic collectors and great libraries focused on black-letter and early printing large paper and vellum copies. Dibdin's classic remains eminently readable and is held in high regard by modern collectors even those collecting in areas alien to Dibdin. 3 vols royal octavo 238 x 151 mm. With 37 plates as called for; an additional plate "Presentation in the Temple" was not ready at time of publication and is aset usual not present here. Contemporary green straight-grain morocco spines gilt in compartments wide gilt border to covers broad gilt turn-ins pink endpapers gilt edges. Scattered minor rubbing skilfully retouched contents clean save for occasional light foxing bound without terminal imprint leaf in vol. I. An excellent copy. Lowndes p. 640; Windle and Pippin A28. hardcover
1842réf. 00198vo. 8 xiv 618 64 plus indexes 4 pages. Full leather binding with five raised bands and gilt title. Inner gilt dentelles with marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Leather to joints leading edges of boards and corners rubbed with marginal loss on corners. Corners bumped. Minor scratching and indents to boards without loss. Light foxing for first /-30 pages and sporadically to a few subsequent pages. Heavy foxing to rear end-paper and final page of indexes. Otherwise text very clean. Very good condition except for defects reported. Three plates present of the four for regular copies listed by Windle & Pippin "seldom all present in regular or large-paper copies" Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1776-1847 A Bibliography New Castle Oak Knoll Press 1999 p.42 – missing the frontispiece portrait of Dibdin. The cuts at pp. 250 254 and 484 are on india paper which Windle & Pippin note are "sometimes found" in copies ibid. p43. One of 500 copies printed. Windle & Pippin A11d. As a heavy and high value book shipping will be greater than for average listings. A signed for shipping service will be used. Please contact me in advance for details if you wish. Henry G. Bohn hardcover
