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Lot 87
[Literature] Dibdin, Rev. Thomas Frognall. The Bibliomania; or Book-Madness... First Edition
Sale 2101 - Books and Manuscripts
Sep 10, 2024
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[Literature] Dibdin, Rev. Thomas Frognall. The Bibliomania; or Book-Madness; Containing Some Account of the History, Symptoms, and Cure of This Fatal Disease...
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809. First edition. Tall 8vo. iv, 87, (1) pp. Text printed in red and in black; woodcut vignette on title-page, after Sebastian Brandt. 20th-century three-quarter blue calf over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt; light wear on front paste-down from removed label; scattered soiling on title-page, tape repair on fore-edge verso of same; spotting to text. Windle & Pippin A11a