Lot 9565 - ibid102 Books & Autographs – online only - Tuesday, 02. April 2019, 05.00 PM
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall.
Bibliomania; Or Book-Madness; A Bibliographical Romance. New and improved edition. Mit gest. Titelvignette, 1 gest. Frontispiz, zahlr. Textabb. u. Buchschmuck in Holzstich.
London, Henry G. Bohn, 1842. 4°. XIV, 618, 63 S., [17] Bll. Roter Maroquin-Einband d. Z. mit reicher Goldprägung und Kopfgoldschnitt (Nässespur an Fuss bzw. unteren Deckelkanten).
Bigmore/Wyman I, 170 - Lowndes II, 639: "The great value of the work is in the notes, which abound with anecdotes of Books and Book Collectors, and an account of the rarer articles in their collections, and the prices at which they were sold, extracted from the sale catalogues. This work has in a great degree given a stimulus to the collecting of our early literature, and bibliography in this country; on which subjects it will be always consulted as an authority." - Dritte, erweiterte Ausgabe. - Schmale Feuchtflecke in Oberrand und unterem Bug.
CHF 250 / 400 | (€ 260 / 410)
Sold for CHF 275 (including buyer’s premium)
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