The bibliographical decameron; . or, ten days pleasant discourse upon illuminated manuscripts, and subjects connected with early engraving, typography, and bibliography. By the Rev. T.F. Dibdin.
Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847)
Category
Books
Date
1817
Materials
Leather and paper
Measurements
261 x 173 mm; 54 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3040590.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1., plates . ill. . 8vo.. With small cutting ('Devises') pasted onto half-title verso. Provenance: manuscript inscription on half-title: W.C. Trevelyan [i.e. Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879)]. Twentieth-century pictorial armorial bookplate lettered: Charles & Mary Trevelyan [i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958), & Mary Katharine, (m.1904).]. Binding: Half morocco; marbled boards; gilt tooled and lettered on spine; gilt ruled on boards. Binder's stamp:Birdsall & Son Northampton.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Makers and roles
Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847)