Apr 11, 2024 - Sale 2665

Sale 2665 - Lot 278

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847), Ames, Joseph (1689-1759), & Herbert, William (1718-1795)
Typographical Antiquities; or, the History of Printing.

London: William Savage for William Miller, 1810-1819.

First edition, four quarto volumes, half-titles present, title and section headings printed in red and black, with numerous text illustrations and a total of thirty-eight plates; rebound in 20th century quarter morocco and marbled boards; some offsetting , scattered foxing, a few large tears, some affecting text, pencil notes throughout; endpapers renewed; the set trimmed; boards detached and starting some quires loose; textblocks cracked in two volumes; 10 ½ x 8 ¼ in. (4)

Windle & Pippin A15.

From the Library of the late Stanley DeForest Scott, sold to benefit the Library of the Grolier Club.