BIB_ID
107327
Accession number
MA 22711
Creator
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847.
Display Date
Place not identified, 1826 November 12.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; 18.6 x 11.7 cm
Notes
Dibdin gives the place of writing as "E. V.," standing for Exning Vicarage, Newmarket.
Year of writing taken from the postmark.
Address panel with postmark: "W. Nicol Esq / Shakspeare [sic] Press / Cleveland Row." William Nichol was the son of the bookseller and publisher George Nichol and took over the business in 1825.
Year of writing taken from the postmark.
Address panel with postmark: "W. Nicol Esq / Shakspeare [sic] Press / Cleveland Row." William Nichol was the son of the bookseller and publisher George Nichol and took over the business in 1825.
Summary
Asking for fresh proofs; discussing the publication schedule for a new edition of his An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics; saying that he has talked the matter over with Evans and J. Payne, "and we all think and argue alike;" adding that another writer is planning to quote heavily from the edition in a catalogue that is due to be released soon, and it would be awkward if the edition itself had not yet been published; concluding "I believe there is nothing more in those volumes for myself to do. Describe me, simply, as D.D. F.R.S, member of the Royal Academy of Rouen, and of the Academy of Utrecht. A true bill."
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