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The Bibliographical Decameron: or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts, and Subjects Connected with Early Engraving, Typography, and Bibliography.

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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

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London: Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and Co., Shakspeare Press, 1817.. Hardcover. Good. Tall octavo. Three volumes. I: [vi], vi, [ii], ccxxv, [i], 410, [2] pages; II: [iv], 535, [3] pages; III: [iv], 544, [4] pages. With half-title to each volume present. Quarter black calf over black cloth. Title label. Illustrated as follows: I: 16 plates facing pages xiii, xcii, cxii, cxii, cxiii, cxiv, cxv, cxxxviii, cxlii (not found in all copies, since it was not ready at publication & absent here), clxxi, clxxix, clxxx, cxcix, ccxi, ccxvi, 204-205 (double-page), textual engravings & woodcuts, and 15 prints on india paper at pages xiv, xcii, ci, cxxviii, cxlvii, cli, cliv, clxi, clxvii, clxxi, clxxii, clxxxii, ccii (etching in sepia), 44, & 340; II: 6 plates facing pages 27 (double-page), 108, 157, 175, 458, & 466, textual engravings & woodcuts, and 11 prints on india paper at pages 157, 172, 380, 395, 401,403, 417 (red pared calf with gold letterpress), 466 (two prints), 490 (etching in sepia), & 518; III: 16 plates facing pages 51, 199, 206, 249, 263, 281, 293, 302, 327, 344, 351, 368, 435, 440, 475, & 477, textual engravings & woodcuts, and 10 prints on india paper at pages 51, 177, 194 (sepia), 284, 361, 362, 364, 445, 456, & 466. Jackson 40; Bigmore & Wyman I, pp. 169-170; Lowndes II, p. 640; Windle & Pippin A28. Ex-library copy, with the library's perforated stamp on each title-page. Some browning. A very good copy.

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The Bibliographical Decameron: or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts, and Subjects Connected with Early Engraving, Typography, and Bibliography.
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Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
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London: Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and Co., Shakspeare Press, 1817.
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