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Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. later buckram, gilt-stamped spine labels, all edges gilt. (6), xxxii, 462, lxxx; (iv), 555+(1); (iv), 622, lxii pages. 3 volumes. Windle and Pippin A38a; New Cambridge Bibliography 3, 1644. Preface by the author, table of contents, list of plates "with" and "without" text, in Volume I. Bibliographical and general indices, addenda and corrigenda follow text in Volume I. Author's intent was to furnish Britons with "an account of the treasures of the libraries, or of the general literary character" of his destinations on the Continent. With 63 plates, 83 text illustrations. 20th century buckram binding. Previous owner's bookplate in each volume. Some tissue leaves lacking causing offsetting. Scattered foxing. later buckram, gilt-stamped spine labels, all edges gilt
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$641.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: THREE VOLUMES I - xxv, (vi), xv, 462pp, lxxx index, II - (ii), 555pp, III - (ii(, 622pp, lxii supplement, handsomely illustrated with engraved plates and other images, some offsetting from these and occasional foxing, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, half leather and brown cloth, banded spine with gilt lettering and decoration, a very good firm set. Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776 - 18 November 1847) was an English bibliographer and the originator and vice-president (Earl Spencer being the president) of the Roxburghe Club, founded in 1812, the first "book club". PLEASE NOTE: AS THIS IS A HEAVY SET YOU MAY BE ASKED TO PAY MORE THAN THE BASIC POSTAGE QUOTED ON ABE FOR SHIPPING OUTSIDE OF THE UK. Size: 10 x 6.5 Inches
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Price: US$737.88 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 3 FULL LEATHER VOLUMES - INCLUDING THE SUPPLEMENT : At some point recased professionally. Each one in excellent clean order, square tight copies. All pages edged in gilt. Some offset to facing pages, where tissue guard not present, no visible signs of foxing to pages, some to edges of plates. Bookplate Coat of Arms of Robert Gatty - (granted to the Rev. Alfred Gatty, D.D., Sub-Dean of York, and Vicar of Ecclesfield, co. York (the historian), the Rev. Robert Henry Gatty, of Buckden, co. Huntingdon { Source Burke's General Armory }. "Sold at Paris, by Messrs. Treuttel and Wurtz, no. 17, Rue de Bourbon"--Title page verso. Pagination: vignette title pages in each volume, with silk bookmarks also to each. Volume 1: [4], xxv, [7], 462, lxxix, [1] p.,[13] leaves of plates (1 folded); Volume 2: [4], 555, [1] p., [23] leaves of plates (1 folded); Volume 3: [4], 1-392, 397-622, Includes the Supplement - lxii p., [45] leaves of plates (3 folded). Includes bibliographical references and indexes. A Handsome Set, that present and handle well. [TM ] { Subject: Libraries France. Libraries Germany. Manuscripts France. Manuscripts Germany.Bibliography. Literary journeys France. Literary journeys Germany. Rare books France. Rare books Germany. Picturesque, The ; Early works to 1800. Travelers France History 19th century. Travelers Germany History 19th century. } NB: PLEASE DO REQUEST MORE IMAGES
Seller: BiblioFile, Cadole, FLINT, United Kingdom
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Full gilt ruled calf; 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine; gilt rule to board edges. Previously the personal copy of Edward Bellamy with his bookplate to front pastedowns. Beautifully illustrated throughout with hors texte plates as well as vignettes; occasional tissue guards, although some image transfer where tissue guards not present. Vol. 1: xxv, [v], 462 pp, lxxix, [1]; Vol. 2: 555 pp.; Vol. 3: 622 pp., lxii. 6 3/4 x 10 inches.
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: 3 vols. (including Supplement). Complete with all plates present. Large 8vo, 20th c. full gilt-ruled calf by Giulio Giannini - Firenze; a.e.g. First edition. Bookplate on two of the three front pastedowns; a clean, tight and sound set, handsomely bound. Bound without half-titles.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$891.87 + shipping
Description: [Bibliographical Travel] FIRST EDITION. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.[8] xxxii; 462; lxxx [4]; pp.[8] 555 [5]; pp.[5] 622; lxii [4]. With a total of 146 engraved illustrations, including 83 plates, and 63 in-text. Occasional use of colour, as in the facsimile of a section from the Bayeux Tapestry, and occasional hinged plates. Also including two indexes (of Books and Manuscripts, and of Persons, Places and Things) to volume I, and the Supplement to volume III. In a later binding of tan full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spines, and gilt ruling to boards. All edges gilt, with green-coated endpapers. A tissue guard for each engraving, including those in-text. A mark to front pastedown of volume I where a bookplate has been carefully removed. Armorial bookplates of Hog of Newliston to other volumes. Hinges split, with repairs where applicable. A lovely crisp, clean example of the text, with hardly any spotting. Wear and browning to spines, with some rippling to upper board of volume III. Very good. The first of the inimitable Rev. Dibdin's Bibliographical Antiquarian tours, made shortly after the end of the long-running wars with France, along with everyone else and his dog who could afford it, apparently. Dibdin's tour, however, is unique in being one made with the chief purpose of admiring fine libraries across the continent, though of course architecture and local manners are considered as well. Dibdin is best-known as the founder of the Roxburghe Club, convened initially to mark the sale of the Duke of Roxburghe's famous library in June 1812, and then re-formed each year on its anniversary. It became the very first Book Club, and remains the most exclusive in the world, with no more than 40 active members at any one time.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Three very large, oversized, books. Bound in handsome, full leather. Brown leather with raised cords on the spines, with gold decorations and lettering. Gold borders and corner fillets on the boards. Page edges heavily gilt. Elaborate leather foldovers to endpapers, rolled with gold decorations. The date "1821" stamped on the spines in gold. An attractive set, and remarkable for such a heavy set that it is still bound. Some mild bumps to corners. Volume 1 has 462 pages + long addenda and engravings. Volume 2 has 555 pages. Volume 3 has 621 pages plus long supplement. Volume 3 has an interior hinge repair at the rear endpaper, where the original endpaper split at the gutter and allowed the case binding to come apart. The leather hinge is not damaged. Illustrated throughout with fine engravings, both on pages alone and within the text. Each volume has a small rectangle on the inside front cover where a bookplate was neatly removed. Each has a small rubberstamped name on the bottom of the inside front cover, "Harold Phelps Stokes." Stokes was the son of NY Bank baron Anson Stokes. He went to Yale and then worked for the Hoover administration before going to work for the NY Times for many many years. He grew up on the family mansion on Madison Ave, which is now part of the Morgan Library. This set was part of the family library, kept and preserved by Stokes. Each volume measures about 8 x 11 inches. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that its an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book. This is a very heavy set, so some extra shipping will be required.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1054.68 + shipping
Description: Tre volumi di cm. 25, pp. (4) xxv (7) 462 lxxix (1); (4) 555 (1); (4) 622 lxii. Con moltissime belle incisioni nel testo (anche a colori) e 83 tavole in rame fuori testo. Presenti le veline protettive. Solida legatura di foggia ottocentesca (ma d'epoca posteriore) in mezza pelle con punte, dorsi a nervi con titoli in oro. Qualche fioritura alle tavole che in pochi casi risultano appena rifilate, peraltro esemplare ben conservato. Prima edizione di quest opera, l unica del tempo che tratta in modo ampio un tema così affascinante: la ricerca bibliografica. L autore si dilunga infatti nella descrizioni di tutte le sue scoperte in tema di libri antichi, ricercati e trovati durante il suo viaggio. Tratta delle biblioteche visitate, dei mercati di libri antichi, elenca manoscritti e incunaboli e impreziosisce il racconto con aneddoti divertenti.
Seller: Studio Bibliografico Benacense, riva del garda, Italy
Price: US$1187.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACKS BOUND IN 19TH CENTURY FULL LEATHER BINDINGS WITH GILT DECORATED BORDERS TO FRONT & REAR BOARDS, ELABORATE GILT TOOLING TO SPINES, PAGE EDGES GILT WITH GILT INNER DENTELLES & MARBLED ENDPAPERS, NUMEROUS FULL PAGE ENGRAVINGS WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS AMONG, VERY OCCASIONAL PLATE IN COLOUR. ALL PLATES ARE PRESENT & CORRECT]. EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 10 x 7 INCHES. SOME MINOR RUBBING & MINOR MARKS TO LEATHER COVERS, CORNERS BUMPED, PRIVATE BOOKPLATE TO INNER FRONT BOARDS WITH A NICE HAND WRITTEN RELATED INSCRIPTION TO FRONT ENDPAPERS DATED 1862, MAJORITY OF THE PLATES HAVE SOME FOXING OR OFFSETTING TO TEXT PAGES OPPOSITE, ONE FOLDING PLATE IS DETACHED BUT PRESENT. OVERALL A SET IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH ALL HINGES STRONG & BINDING FIRM. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$1219.10 + shipping
Description: [Bibliographical Travel] FIRST EDITION. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (27 x 18cm), pp.[6] xxxii; 462; lxxx [2]; pp.[6] 555 [3]; pp.[6] 622; lxii [2].With a total of 146 engraved illustrations, including 83 plates, and 63 in-text. Occasional use of colour, as in the facsimile of a section from the Bayeux Tapestry, and occasional hinged plates. Also including two indexes (of Books and Manuscripts, and of Persons, Places and Things) to volume I, and the Supplement to volume III. Contemporary or slightly later green half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, and marbled paper over boards. Top edges gilt; others untrimmed. Generally quite a clean copy, with some light occasional spotting to plates, and some offsetting to facing leaves. Volume II has a number of small repaired chips and tears to the margins of some leaves, while volume I has recently been re-cased, including new leather applied to hinges and the tail-cap, and a new tail-band. Repairs also to hinges. Moderate wear to bindings, with rubbing, chipping and re-colouring to bands, hinges and corners, and some wear to marbled boards. Very good. The first of the inimitable Rev. Dibdin's Bibliographical Antiquarian tours, made shortly after the end of the long-running wars with France, along with everyone else and his dog who could afford it, apparently. Dibdin's tour, however, is unique in being one made with the chief purpose of admiring fine libraries across the continent, though of course architecture and local manners are considered as well. Dibdin is best-known as the founder of the Roxburghe Club, convened initially to mark the sale of the Duke of Roxburghe's famous library in June 1812, and then re-formed each year on its anniversary. It became the very first Book Club, and remains the most exclusive in the world, with no more than 40 active members at any one time.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$1251.18 + shipping
Description: First edition, 3 vols., bound in 4, 4to (279 x 185 mm), ONE OF 100 COPIES PRINTED ON THICK AND LARGE PAPER WITH EXTRA PLATES, [4], xxv, [7], 462,lxxix, [1]; [2], 555, [1]; [2], 298; [2], 299-622, lxiipp., with the author's wood-engraved device on each title-page, a wood engraving of the elaborately-quartered coat of arms of the Roxburghe Club on the dedication page, 85 engraved plates ((including the private plate of 'Diana de Poictiers' in vol. 2, which was apparently destroyed after only 50 copies had been printed, and a proof of the 'Prater' plate in vol. 3), 62 illustrations printed on fine and thin "India" paper and mounted on the text leaves, 55 other illustrations in the text, with the additional sixty engraved plates on 52 leaves from Lewis' Series of Groups bound in at the appropriate places as designated by Lewis in his 'Directions to the binder', contemporary notes in pencil to several endpapers and a few within the text, text and plates have staining of varying degrees, pale stain to many lower margins, a little damage to endpapers where bookplates have been removed, full red hard grain red morocco,covers waterstained, spines lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Unfortunately this handsome large paper copy has suffered from water damage sometime in the past, additional photographs are available upon request. This set with the additional set of etchings on india paper by George Lewis, of a classic work of the utmost importance for its wealth of eye-witness information and anecdotes about printed books, manuscripts, buildings, other artefacts and people, both from past centuries and from the author's own day, for the extraordinary collection of illustrations, mostly drawn during the tour itself, and finally as a sumptuous piece of book production. As soon as the book appeared, leading scholars derided Dibdin for his lack of scholarship, especially concerning early manuscripts and printed books. But one must distinguish between the extensive and extremely useful information about things and people Dibdin saw during his 1818 tour, and his own interpretations and conclusions, which now serve only as a window to the attitudes of the time. Dibdin's enthusiasm, readable style and entertaining anecdotes, moreover, caught the mood of his age, making the book extremely popular and influential. Lewis' A Series of Groups. was intended to accompany Dibdin's Tour but was rejected by Dibdin as unworthy of his book. Lewis, most perturbed, issued them at his own expense and presented his case in the eight-page Advertisement which was separately printed. Jackson 48; 56; 56n: Windle & Pippin A38a; A44; D13.
Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$1261.87 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Three Volumes. Vol.1: xxv, (6), 462 pages, lxxix (Index & Addenda). With 13 full page plates (incl. one colour and one fold-out plate) and 23 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted in the text. / Vol. 2: 555 page. With 24 full page plates (incl. two sepia and one double page plate) and 17 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted. / Vol. 3: 622 pages, lxii (Supplement). With 46 full page plates (incl. two colour/sepia and three double page plates) and 24 engraved plates on India paper which are mounted. No half titles. Volume 1 with Dedication page showing Crest of the Roxburghe Club, the first 'Book Club'. Half-leather with marbled boards. Gilt titles and volume numbers on spine. Volume 3 professionally repaired in 2017 and fitted with new end papers. Very good condition. Boards, corners and hinges a little rubbed and bumped. This is an Ex Library book with an interesting history. All three volumes have a special commemoration plate mounted to front paste-downs: "Norfolk & Norwich Library. This book is Part of the Salvage from the Fire which occurred on August 1st, 1898". Front free end-papers and title pages show some edge discoloration, possibly because of that fire. The rest of the text pages and plates appears not affected. Edges and pages are a little age darkened and a little browned. Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776 - 1847), English bibliographer, born at Calcutta, was the son of Thomas Dibdin, the sailor brother of Charles Dibdin. Dibdin was orphaned at a young age. He was educated at St John's College, Oxford, and studied for a time at Lincoln's Inn. After an unsuccessful attempt to obtain practice as a provincial counsel at Worcester, he was ordained a clergyman at the close of 1804. Later he was appointed by Lord Liverpool to the rectory of St Mary's, Bryanston Square, which he held until his death. The first of his numerous bibliographical works was his Introduction to the Knowledge of Editions of the Classics (1802), which brought him under the notice of the second Earl Spencer, to whom he owed much important aid in his bibliographical pursuits. The rich library at Althorp was thrown open to him; he spent much of his time in it, and in 1814-1815 published his Bibliotheca Spenceriana. Bibliomania (1809), was republished with large additions in 1811, and was very popular, passing through numerous editions. To the same class belonged the Bibliographical Decameron, a larger work, which appeared in 1817. In 1810, he began the publication of a new and much extended edition of Ames's Typographical Antiquities. The first volume was a great success, but the publication was checked by the failure of the fourth volume, and was never completed. In 1818 Dibdin was commissioned by Earl Spencer to purchase books for him on the continent, an expedition described in his sumptuous Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany (1821). He returned to bibliography in his Bibliophobia, or Remarks on the Present Depression in the State of Literature and the Book Trade (1832), and the same subject furnishes the main interest of his Reminiscences of a Literary Life (1836), and his Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and Scotland (1838). Dibdin was the originator and vice-president, Earl Spencer being the president, of the Roxburghe Club, founded in 1812, the first "book club". (Wikipedia) Sprache: english.
Seller: West Coast Rare Books, Westport, MAYO, Ireland
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: Three Volumes, 4to., xxv(v)462, lxxix - Bibliographical indices, (i), corrections; (2) 555; (ii)622, (lxii) supplement. Gorgeous First Edition, beautifully bound in contemporary long-grained tanned morocco, four raised bands, elaborate spine decorations and dentelles in gilt; titles in gilt. gilt borders on all boards. a.e.g. Complete with 83 plates without text and 63 plates with text. Remarkably well-preserved set. Square, tight and generally clean throughout save a few light and scattered spots. As is usual, off-setting to page opposite plates, even some of those with tissue guards. Some quite mild rubbing and edge-wear. A tiny scuff here and there. Laid in is the printed Grolier Club announcement of its December, 1935 meeting, ".devoted to Thomas Frognall Dibdin, the bibliographer and bibliophile, 1776-1847". The pamphlet includes an engraved portrait of Dibdin. A most handsome, collectable set. Please note: International and Priority orders will require additional postage.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.