Bibliomania; or book madness: . a bibliographical romance, in six parts. Illustrated with cuts. by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin.
Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847)
Category
Books
Date
1811
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 3040180
Summary
Bibliographic description
ix,[3],782,[2]p . ill. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Loosely inserted: typed sheet headed "Key to names of characters".. Provenance: Early twentieth-century [?] book label lettered Cooke, Detling [as yet unidentified, but of Detling, Kent]. Affixed over earlier armorial bookplate (unidentified). Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on v.1 flyleaf in Norris's hand: Webster 19/2 48 Đ1-10.. Binding: Nineteenth-century diced full calf over boards; gilt fillets to form a border; gilt-rolled edges; spine gilt with title "Dibdin's Bibliomania"; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847)