Apr 19, 2007 - Sale 2110

Sale 2110 - Lot 30

Price Realized: $ 5,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
DIBDIN, THOMAS FROGNALL. Brief Remarks upon the Preface and Notes of G.A. Crapelet, attached to his Translation of the Thirtieth Letter of The Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour. [4], v, [1], 31, [3] pages, including half-title and final blank. 4to, 268x169 mm, contemporary citron morocco gilt by Charles Lewis. (EHLS) London, 1821

Additional Details

first edition, limited to only thirty-six copies, of a privately printed reply to the unfavorable response of a French bookseller to Dibdin's 1821 Tour. Jackson 51; Windle & Pippin A40. With the bookplate of Philip Hofer and his inscription: "To Eric H. L. Sexton, with warm regards from his fellow collector, 7 November '58. P.H."