DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall.

Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or a Descriptive Catalogue of the Books printed in the Fifteenth Century, and of Many Valuable First Editions, in the Library of George John Earl Spencer...

22 engraved plates on 23 leaves plus 4 engraved plates (see below), some printing in red, & facsimiles in the text. Four vols. Large 8vo, cont. calf (occasional spotting), double gilt fillet round sides, wide decorative gilt inner border, central panel with blind diamond design, suede doublures & endpapers, a.e.g. London: Printed for the Author, 1814-15. First edition and a very handsome set, in very handsome contemporary matching bindings, describing the library of Lord Spencer, "the finest private collection of books in Europe."­De Ricci, p. 76-(& see pp. 72-77 for a description of the formation of this library). Laid-in to this copy is a letter from Dibdin to the binder Herring of Leicester, dated 6 September 1815 (the letter has a hole in it obscuring two words). This copy has an extra four plates bound in Vol. IV; they are facsimiles of woodcuts of books described in the catalogue. Very fine set. Bookplate of John William Pease and Lord Wardington. Jackson 36.

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