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Bibliotheca Spenceriana or A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century . in the Library of George John Earl Spencer.

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

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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. Vols. I-IV. With: Aedes Althorpianae; or an Account of the Mansion Books and Pictures at Althorp. To which is Added a Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. Vol. V. With: Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. Vol. VI. With: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century Lately Forming Part of the Library of the Duke di Cassano Serra. Vol. VII

rif. 37282London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer and Co. Later by W. Nicol Successor to W. Bulmer Shakspeare Press 1814-23. First edition 7 vols. complete small 4to 263 x 165 mm. I: 6 ix 3 lii 383 1pp. with half-title 11 engraved plates on 12 leaves as called for without the rarely found india paper print which was to be pasted into the text of p. 79 frontis. offset occasional spotting and offsetting. II: 6 503 1pp. with half-title and fly-title one engraved plate as called for; III: 4 509 1 6pp. with half-title and fly-title no plates called for; IV: vii 3 587 1 lxxvii 3pp. with half-title and fly-title 10 engraved plates as called for occasional spotting and offsetting; V: viii 4 lxii 279 1pp. 32 engraved plates half-title frontis. offset without the plate of the Marchioness Camden which Jackson describes as an 'added plate' present in some copies offsetting from plates; VI: 6 322 2pp. half-title engraved portrait frontispiece offset; VII: x 295 1pp. without half-title no plates called for; numerous illustrations engraved portraits plans and views facsimiles of woodcuts and devices mostly mounted India proofs extensively printed in red and black some spotting and offsetting uniform contemporary calf panels blind-tooled hinges cracked and a couple holding by cords spines and labels chipped see image. Guild p.24. "This superb collection of books contains upwards of 45000 volumes; among them are sixty-four editions from the press of Wm. Caxton. The abundance and beauty of the facsimiles and other embellishments as well as the fineness of the paper and printing render this catalogue one of the most splendid bibliographical works ever published in any country. It describes books printed from wooden blocks about the middle of the fifteenth century early printed Bibles Liturgical works works of the Fathers Greek and Latin Classics & Miscellaneous Literature". Windle & Pippin A25 A26 A27 & E4 a; Jackson 3637 & 38; De Ricci 72-77pp. London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer and Co., (Later by W. Nicol, Successor to W. Bulmer) Shakspeare Press, 1814-23 unknown