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DIBDIN, THOMAS FROGNALL. 1821 A Bibliographical . . . Tour in France and Germany. 3 vols. Extra-illustrated large-paper set with ALS
LARGE-PAPER SET, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, WITH A LETTER DIBDIN, THOMAS FROGNALL. A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany. 83 plates; numerous text illustrations, mostly mounted India-proofs. 3 volumes. 4to, 277x187 mm, contemporary black morocco gilt by Charles Lewis, Volume 1 rear joint starting; plates variously foxed, with some offsetting onto facing pages. (EHLS) London, 1821
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Notes: first edition. one of 100 large-paper sets, of an edition of 900. extra-illustrated with one of the 8 extra plates found in some sets (St. Catherine, facing page xxxv in the Volume 3 supplement), and with the complete suite of fifty-two mounted india-proof etched plates (numbered 1-60) from George Lewis''s 1823 A Series of Groups, illustrating the Physiognomy, Manners, and Character of the People of France and Germany, with the letterpress preliminaries and engraved dedication bound in. Jackson 48; Windle & Pippin A38a.
with an als from dibdin to an unnamed recipient tipped in Volume 1: "I enclose my half yearly payment with acknowledgement of thanks for all favours & forbearances. Consider me Even. Yours faithfully & obliged T. F. Didbin." One page, 4to. Np, 19 July 1823. - Condition: All items are offered for sale subject to Swann Galleries'' standard terms and conditions of sale, which are published in our catalogues.
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