Aedes Althorpianae . or, Account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp, the residence of George John, Earl Spencer, K.G.: to which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin... Librarian to his Lordship.
Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847)
Category
Books
Date
1822
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3068969
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . ill.. . 28cm.. Imperfect: v. I only; engraved text vignettes printed on india-paper. Title reads: "Aedes Althorpianae; or An account..." Provenance: Engraved bookplate: A. W. Clifford; pen inscription on front flyleaf: R. W. Ketton-Cremer Felbrigg 1955 [Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century red pebble morocco, gilt fillets, rolls and cornerpieces, gilt fillets on board edges, wide doublures with gilt rules and cornerpieces, gilt spine with five raised bands, gilt lettered: Aedes Althorpianae, yellow end-papers. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed.
Makers and roles
Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847)