Bibliomania, or, Book-madness : a bibliographical romance : illustrated with cuts /
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | [Extra illustrated]. |
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| Item Description: | New and improved edition orginally published in one volume: London : Chatto & Windus, MDCCCLXXVI [1876] Volume 2 includes reprinted title page from first edition, published in 1809. Pages [1]-63, following preliminaries, is reprinted from the first edition published in 1809. Frontispiece portrait of T.F. Dibdin "engraved by James Thomson from the original painting by T. Phillips, Esqr. R.A." "This edition of Dibdin's most notorious work has been painstakingly extra-illustrated with 150 additional plates in very good condition, many laid-in, and mostly portraits of individuals referenced in the text. The additional plates have largely been bound in to face the text in which they are referenced. A number of plates are unreferenced but many identify the subject, engraver, publisher and date of publication. Some of the unreferenced plates are identified as proofs, and in one case a private plate. The majority of dated plates are from the period 1800-1830. The earliest dated plate is from 1780, the latest 1840. Many carry no date of publication, but a number can be identified as pre-1780."--Bookseller. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes, plates : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |