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
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3040183
Summary
Bibliographic description
ix,[3],782,[2]p . ill. . 8vo. Imperfect: lacks half-title. Provenance: Nineteenth-century pen inscription on title: G. W. Lloyd A.M.; pencil inscription on front flyleaf: This book belonged to my friend Hugh Gatty, Fellow and Librarian of St. John's College, Cambridge, who died on March 18th 1948; further inscribed: R. W. Ketton-Cremer [Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century panelled calf, panel made up of blind rolls and fillets, gilt fillet on board edges, re-backed (20th century), five raised bands sewn on three cords, spine blind tooled and gilt lettered: Dibdin's Bibliomania. Red edges, marbled endpapers (replaced). Bookshoe.
Makers and roles
Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847)