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The Bibliographical Decameron;: Or Ten Days' Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts and subjects connected with early Engraving, Typography and Bibliography.
by DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co., 1817. A splendid copy First edition, and a splendid copy, of the book which defined a golden age of book collecting, epitomising an era of aristocratic collectors and great libraries, focused on black-letter and early printing, large paper and vellum copies. Dibdin's classic remains eminently readable and is held in high regard by modern collectors, even those collecting in areas alien to Dibdin. Three volumes, royal octavo (238 x 151 mm). Contemporary green straight-grain morocco, spines gilt in compartments, wide gilt border to covers, broad gilt turn-ins, pink endpapers, gilt edges. With 37 plates, as called for; an additional plate, "Presentation in the Temple" was not ready at time of publication and is, as usual, not present here. Scattered minor rubbing skilfully retouched, contents clean save for occasional light foxing, bound without terminal imprint leaf in vol. I. An excellent copy. Lowndes p. 640; Windle and Pippin, A28.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153987
- Title
- The Bibliographical Decameron;
- Author
- DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer and Co.
- Date Published
- 1817
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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