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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Aedes Althorpianae: Or, an Account of the Mansion, Books, and Pictures, at Althorp, the Residence of George John Earl Spencer, K.G., to Wh.

Paperback / softback. New. Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847) was employed as librarian for life by the bibliophile aristocrat George Spencer (1758-1834), who amassed at Althorp the greatest private library in Europe. Published in 1822, these two volumes include additions to Bibliotheca Spenceriana (also reissued in this series) and detailed descriptions of the interiors of Althorp.

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London: Shakspeare Press, 1822. hardcover. very good. Volume I only. 30 engravings including 1 folding architectural plan all with tissue guards.Small 4to, full brown calf, inner dentelles, ornately gilt spine with gilt crest on covers; spine rubbed and hinges reinforced, the interior is fine. London: Shakespeare Press, 1822. Very good.<br/> <br/>

London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer and Co., (Later by W. Nicol, Successor to W. Bulmer) Shakspeare Press, 1814-23. First edition, 7 vols., complete, small 4to (263 x 165 mm). (I): [6], ix, [3], lii, 383, [1]pp., with half-title, 11 engraved plates on 12 leaves as called for, without the rarely found india paper print which was to be pasted into the text of p. 79, frontis., offset, occasional spotting and offsetting. (II): [6], 503, [1]pp., with half-title and fly-title, one engraved plate as called for; (III): [4], 509, [1], [6]pp., with half-title and fly-title, no plates called for; (IV): vii, [3], 587, [1], lxxvii, [3]pp., with half-title and fly-title, 10 engraved plates as called for, occasional spotting and offsetting; (V): viii, [4], lxii, 279, [1]pp., 32 engraved plates, half-title, frontis., offset, without the plate of the Marchioness Camden which Jackson describes as an 'added plate' present in some copies, offsetting from plates; (VI): [6], 322, [2]pp.,… Read More

London: printed by W. Nicol, successor to W. Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Press, 1822. First edition, this one of 55 large paper copies; 2 volumes, large 4to, pp. viii, [1], lxii, 279, [1]; [6], 322; volume II occasionally printed in red and with liberal use of gothic letter; engraved frontispieces in each volume, double-page plan, and 30 engraved plates on 29 sheets, plus 6 other engravings and 71 facsimiles in the text; beautiful copy in full brown morocco gilt extra by Bedford, a.e.g., gilt decorated spines, red morocco labels; fine and imressive. "The work is intended as a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana, forming vols. 5 and 6. It contains an account of the ancestors of Earl Spencer, a history of the mansion, with an account of the pictures, and 32 engravings of the most important in the gallery, a systematic catalogue of editions of the Scriptures, an account of the Aldine editions, not contained in the former volumes [and] a supplement to the works printed in the fifteenth century. An… Read More