Session begins in
July 11, 09:30 AM GMT
Estimate
300 - 400 GBP
Lot Details
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DIBDIN, THOMAS FROGNALL. A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland. London: C. Richards, 1838
FIRST ඣ(AND ONLY) EDITION of Dibdin's last major work.
First (and only) edition, 2 volumes, tall 8vo (254 x 153 mm). Roman and italic type. collation: (13 unsigned leaves at start) B-2E8 2F2 π8 G-3Z8 a-b8: 533 leaves (?lacking a preliminary blank). 44 full-page plates plus further tipped-in woodcuts and facs𒈔imiles.
binding: Contemporary red calf gilt (262 x 168 mm), gilt fillets and embossed cover✅ surrounds, spine with five raised bands, ornately stamped in gilt൩, top edges gilt, others uncut. (Spine of second volume and covers detached, extremities rubbed.)
provenance: Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate of Pepperrell family. references: Windle A65; Jackson no.89
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