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London, Printed for the author, by W.Bulmer and Co., Shakspeare Press, 1814. Folio. 509,(5) pp. Rebacked halfcloth (boards worn; a bit loosening; a few pp.printed in red and black, numerous woodcuts in the text, uncut copy on large paper) - vol.3 of 4. The library of Lord Spencer was one of the finest collections ever. Spencer died in 1834, but his library remained in the house at Althorp until 1892. Mrs John Rylands aquired the library in that year and donated it to the city of Manchester, where it forms the nucleus of the John Rylands University Library. boekwetenschap

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

W. Bulmer Shakspeare Press and Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees etc etc 1814, 1814,15, 22 and 23. Hardcover. Very Good. books in fine condition beautifull rebound in 19th c. from Brooklyn Public Library brought from the income of the Bardwell fund no library marking except the plate on the inside of front boards 3/4 leather with decorated boards pages almost unused

London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer Shakspeare Press and published by Longman, Hurst [etc.], 1814-15. 4 vols., 8vo, ix, lii, i, 383; 503; 509, [3]; vii, 509, lxxvii pp., with 22 plates including one double-page, as called for, and numerous additional woodcuts, some in red, in the text of all four volumes. These woodcut facsimiles are by the Byfield family. Full red morocco, gilt dentelles. Bookplate of Ross Winans on the front pastedown of vol. one. Some occasional spotting or foxing especially in vol. 4, upper joint of vol. 4 beginning to split at head, generally a very good set complete as issued. § First edition of Dibdin’s great work. Loosely inserted at the front of vol. 1 is a manuscript note from Dibdin: “Subscription for copy of the Bibliotheca Spenceriana herewith sent £8.8. T.F. Dibdin Mar. 31.” 500 copies were printed according to the prospectus and most nineteenth-century sources, though A.N.L. Munby states that there were 550 copies; the prospectus states 50 copies on… Read More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Co. Printed at the Shakespeare Press, 1814. First edition. Illustrated. Armorial frontispiece, numerous plates, text printed in red and black. 4 vols. 4to. Original boards, printed spine labels, uncut and unpressed. Minor wear and foxing. Bookplate of R.P. Kemp. Blue cloth slipcases. A remarkable survival. First edition. Illustrated. Armorial frontispiece, numerous plates, text printed in red and black. 4 vols. 4to. In boards, Uncut. Dibdin's elaborate catalogue of the library of the second Earl Spencer, one of the great book collectors of his or any time. T.F. Dibdin (1776-1847) was for many years Spencer's librarian and produced the four-volume catalogue in 1814-1815. Three subsequent supplementary voluems were issued in 1822-3 (not present). Jackson 36; Windle A25