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Sep. 19, 2024
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Est: £600 - £800
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland London: for the author, 1838. First edition, large-paper copy, 3 volumes, large 8vo (26.6 x 17.2cm), bound in 1860 by Francis Bedford for one Henry Stevens in red morocco gilt, all edges gilt, pp. xv [11] 436, [7] 440-814, [3] 816-1090 xxx [2] all plates as called for (engraved and lithographic), engraved vignettes in the text (many plates and vignettes on india paper, mounted), tissue-guards, list of subscribers. errata leaf to rear of volume 3, browning to mounts of plates on india paper, plates and vignettes variably offset;ibid. Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or Descriptive Catalogue of the Books printed in the Fifteenth Century, and of many Valuable First Editions, in the Library of George John Earl Spencer. [And:] Aedes Althorpianae; or an Account of the Mansion, Books, and Pictures at Althorp; the Residence of George John Earl Spencer. [And:] Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. [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. London: for the author, 1814-23. 7 volumes, large 8vo (27 x 17cm), later light brown morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, half-titles to volumes 1-4, engraved frontispiece to volume 1, Aedes and Supplement, numerous plates and vignettes including facsimiles of woodcuts and independent engravings (full collations not established), volume 1 extra-illustrated with grisaille watercolour portrait possibly of Earl Spencer;ibid. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness; a Bibliographical Romance. Illustrated with Cuts. New and Improved Edition. London; Henry G. Bohn, 1842. 4to, contemporary green quarter morocco, plates, pencilled annotation ‘the only copy on Shaw colored paper’ to front free endpaper, varying widths to fore margins(11) The Library of a Scottish Gentleman The list of subscribers of A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour records 103 large-paper copies; small-paper copies were in two volumes only.
Lyon & Turnbull
Nov. 18, 2021
Thomas Frognall Dibdin. Bibliophobia.
Est: $200 - $400
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. Large Paper Edition. OriginalBoards.
Weiss Auctions
Aug. 31, 2016
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Est: £300 - £400
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall Typographical Antiquities; or The History of Printing in England, Scotland and Ireland... London: William Miller, 1810-1819. 4 volumes, 4to, half-titles and title-pages in red and black, 15 portraits and 23 plates, attractive modern green quarter morocco gilt, occasional slight dampstaining, some offsetting; An Index to Dibdin's Edition of the Typographical Antiquities... London, 1899. 8vo, uniform with 4to volumes, original wrappers bound in; [Idem] Bibliophobia... London: Henry Bohn, 1832. 8vo, with publisher's errata slip, near-uniform with previous volumes (6)
Lyon & Turnbull
May. 04, 2016
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Est: £250 - £350
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland. London: James Bohn..., 1838. 2 volumes, 8vo, 43 plates, attractive calf with elaborate gilt tooling to spines, red and brown morocco gilt labels, gilt doublures, bookplates, a little offsetting and spotting (2)
Lyon & Turnbull
May. 04, 2016
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Est: £300 - £400
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany. London: Shakespeare Press, 1821. First edition, 3 volumes, large 8vo, 83 plates, Roxburghe Club dedications, contemporary calf gilt neatly rebacked with modern spines, lacking half-titles, bookplates, ownership signatures (3)
Lyon & Turnbull
May. 04, 2016
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Est: £120 - £180
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall Bibliomania; or Book-Madness. London: Chatto & Windus, 1876. 4to, large paper copy, portrait, original morocco backed cloth gilt
Lyon & Turnbull
May. 04, 2016
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Est: £400 - £600
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall Typographical Antiquities; or The History of Printing in England, Scotland and Ireland... London: William Miller, 1810-1819. 4 volumes, 4to, half-titles and title-pages in red and black, 15 portraits and 23 plates, attractive modern green quarter morocco gilt, occasional slight dampstaining, some offsetting; An Index to Dibdin's Edition of the Typographical Antiquities... London, 1899. 8vo, uniform with 4to volumes, original wrappers bound in; [Idem] Bibliophobia... London: Henry Bohn, 1832. 8vo, with publisher's errata slip, near-uniform with previous volumes (6)
Lyon & Turnbull
May. 04, 2016
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Est: £300 - £400
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall The Bibliographical Decameron; or Ten Days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts and Subjects Connected with Early Engraving, Typography, and Bibliography. London: Shakespeare Press, 1817. 3 volumes, 8vo, half-title to volume 1, dedication to volume 1, 37 plates, bookplates, some foxing and offsetting, contemporary diced calf gilt, rebacked with modern spines with red and black morocco labels (3)
Lyon & Turnbull
Apr. 21, 2016
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall: A bibliographical tour in France and Germany
Est: €400 - €600
Dibdin, Tho(mas) Frognall. A bibliographical antiquarian and picturesque tour in France and Germany. 3 Bände (inkl. Supplement). Mit zusammen 84 Tafeln in Holzschnitt, Stahlstich, Aquatinta und Lithographie, 62 Stahlstichen im Text auf aufgewalztem China sowie zahlreichen Textholzschnitten. Ohne das Portrait. 25 x 16,5 cm. Blindgeprägte Kalblederbände d. Z. (Kanten gering berieben; Rücken fachmännisch alt erneuert) mit RVergoldung, goldgeprägtem RTitel, doppelten Deckelfileten sowie Steh- und Innenkantenvergoldung. London, Shakspeare Press, 1821.Brunet II, 682. Graesse II, 383. Hiler 543. Lipperheide Cm 3. Thieme-Becker XXIII, 162f. – Erste Ausgabe des aufwendig ausgestatteten Reisewerks des berühmten Bibliophilen. Mit reichem Material über Bibliotheken, Universitäten, Handschriften, Darstellungen zur Geschichte des Buches, zu Frühdrucken, über Buchhändler, Galerien etc., dabei vieles über die Bayrische Staatsbibliothek und ihre damaligen Mitarbeiter. Die Stahlstiche zeigen Ansichten von Rouen, Paris, Nancy, Straßburg, Stuttgart, Ulm, Salzburg, Wien, Nürnberg, Heidelberg usw. sowie reizenden Genre- und Martkszenen, darunter der Früchtemarkt in München, Studenten in Ulm, Trachtenszenen aus Ischl, St. Gilgen und Gmunden. Ein zweiter Druck erschien 1829, im Jahr 1838 erschien ein Folgeband, der England und Schottland behandelt. – Ohne das wohl nur einem kleinen Teil der Auflage eingebundene Portrait. Die Tafeln mit Abklatsch. Sehr schönes und sauberers, frisches Exemplar in prächtigen englischen Ledereinbänden mit kaum sichtbar restaurierten Rücken.
Bassenge Auctions
Sep. 25, 2014
An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics. Together with an account of Polyglot Bibles, Polyglot Psalters, Hebrew Bibles, Greek Bibles and Greek Testaments; the Greek Fathers, and the Latin Fathers
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
<p> 2 volumes. [4], xiii, [1], 562; [4], 579, [1] pp. Engraved plate facing page [1] in Volume 1; specimen leaf from the 1826 Pickering miniature Greek New Testament mounted on page 166. (Lg. 8vo) 27.7x18.5 cm. (11x7¼"), 19th century full niger morocco ruled in gilt, spines lettered in gilt, gilt-ruled turn-ins, all edges gilt. One of 250 large-paper sets. Fourth Edition.</p>
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Jul. 10, 2013
DIBDIN, THOMAS FROGNALL
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
PROPERTY OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE 10TH BARON MONSON'S RESIDUARY TRUST THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DECAMERON. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY W. BULMER AND CO., 1817, 3 VOLUMES, HALF-TITLES, NINETEENTH-CENTURY CITRON MOROCCO GILT, GILT EDGES, OCCASIONAL SPOTTING OR OFFSETTING Ibid. Bibliotheca Spenceriana, or a descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century and of many valuable first editions. 1814-1815, 4 volumes; Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. 1822; Aedes Althorpianae; or an account of the mansion, books and pictures, at Althorp, the residence of George John Earl Spencer. 1822; A Descriptive Catalogue… of the Library of the Duke di Cassano Serra and now the property of George John Earl Spencer. 1823, together 7 volumes, uniform contemporary calf, occasional browning/offsetting, bindings worn Together 10 volumes, 8vo, plates and illustrations
Sotheby's
Aug. 29, 2012
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Est: £150 - £200
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall A bibliographical antiquarian and picturesque tour in the Northern counties of England... London, 1838. 8vo, 2 volumes, plates, modern half morocco gilt. t.e.g, interior clean; [Idem] A metrical history of England.... London, 1813. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, half titles, original boards with paper labels, interiors clean, backstrips rubbed and cracking, lacking frontispieces; Jamieson, R. Popular ballads and songs. Edinburgh, 1806. 8vo, 2 volumes, original boards, rebacked, later endpapers, some light spotting (6)
Lyon & Turnbull
Jun. 26, 2012
DIBDIN (THOMAS FROGNALL)
Est: £300 - £400
A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, 3 vol., second edition, engraved plates, contemporary calf, t.e.g, R. Jennings, 1829--LAWRENCE (W., organist). Stroudwater, a Poem; Describing All the Principal Places from Chalford to Eastington... Also a Brief Explanation of the Clothing Trade, light spotting, later half calf, Stroudwater, J.P. Brisley, 1824--[KENNEDY (J.)] The Druid; a Series of Miscellaneous Essays, later half calf, Glasgow, 1812--BYROM (JOHN) Miscellaneous Poems, 2 vol., half-titles, late nineteenth century half calf, Manchester, J. Harrop, 1773--[DAVIS (JOHN)] The Post-Captain... Comprehending a View of Naval Society and Manners, wood-engraved frontispiece and title vignette, contemporary half calf, 12mo, Joseph White, 1824--Wit and Wisdom; or the World's Jest Book, engraved additional title and frontispiece, publisher's boards, worn, 12mo, J. Smith, 1826--[BARRETT (EATON STANNARD) "Polypus"] All the Talents; a Satirical Poem, ninth edition, half-title, publisher's boards, J. Stockdale, 1807, 8vo unless otherwise stated; and 6 others (16)
Bonhams
May. 02, 2012
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Est: £350 - £450
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall A bibliographical antiquarian and picturesque tour in the Northern counties of England... London, 1838. 8vo, 2 volumes, plates, modern half morocco gilt. t.e.g, interior clean; [Idem] A metrical history of England.... London, 1813. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, half titles, original boards with paper labels, interiors clean, backstrips rubbed and cracking; Jamieson, R. Popular ballads and songs. Edinburgh, 1806. 8vo, 2 volumes, original boards, rebacked, later endpapers, some light spotting (6)
Lyon & Turnbull
Jan. 10, 2007
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Est: £400 - £500
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and Scotland. London: for the Author, 1838, first edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 42 engraved plates, illustrations in text, contemporary green morocco gilt, sides with roll-tooled gilt borders, gilt doublures, spines gilt, g.e., bookplate of Thomas Carnegy of Craigo
Lyon & Turnbull
Jun. 10, 2004
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness
Est: $200 - $300
2 volumes in 1. [2], xiv, 618, 63, [35] pp. Half title. Illustrated with many engravings. 9 1/2 x5 3/4, elaborately gilt calf, all edges gilt. Handsome copy of Dibdin's bibliographic classic. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Eustace Smith.
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