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THE BIBLIOMANIA; OR BOOK MADNESS, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ROMANCE.
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
4 volumes.
Reprint of the 1842 edition, with the addition of an introduction by Richard Garnett and an essay by William P. Cutter. Limited to 489 copies. (Windle A11f; Jackson no.21; S-K 1523 for binding reference). . Contains the four Howard Pyle plates depicting four bibliophiles and printers each engraved by H.W. Bicknell. Incuded are: Caxton at his press, Erasmus reading to Colet and More, "Friar" Bacon in his Study, and "Izaak" Walton. Half-titles, plates, and titles pages finely printed on Japan vellum, text printed on specially watermarked Bibliophile Society paper. Volume 1 appears to be missing two pages before the contents page. Light cover soiling.
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THE WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF TRINITY COLLEGE...
by James, Montague Rhodes
A bibliography of the manuscripts in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge University. Those manuscripts are kept in three cases, designated B (theological), R (historical, miscellaneous and oriental), and O (a collection donated by Robert Gale in 1738). Volume 1 includes class B, entries 1-417; Volume 2, class R, entries 418-1024; Volume 3, class O, entries 1025-1506. Volume 4 includes a description of the plates, addenda to the manuscripts (Porson manuscripts in class C), general addenda and corrigenda, 17 black and white plates and a general index. Each volume includes a preface by the author, a table showing the numbering of the manuscripts in the Catalogi Manuscriptorum Angliae and the library's shelf-marks, a list of donors and corrigenda. All entries include descriptive information, the shelf-mark, and contents. Boards faded; front board of Volume 2 bumped. Text very lightly tanned.
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