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Bibliotheca Spenceriana, or, A descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century and of many valuable first editions in the library of George John Earl Spencer / by Thomas Frognall Dibdin.

Accession number
PML 145685-88
Creator
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847.
Published
London : Printed for the author, by W. Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Press, and published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Co.; T. Payne; White & Cochrane; John Murray; and J. & A. Arch, 1814-15.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Illustrated throughout with relief cuts and engravings printed within the text; some pages printed in red and black.
Vol. 1: lii, 383 p.; v. 2: 503 p.; v. 3: 509, [3] p.; v. 4: 509, lxxvii, [1] p.
Includes indices in v. 4.
The entire Spencer collection (about 40,000 volumes) was purchased by Mrs. Rylands in 1892, and now forms part of the John Rylands library, Manchester.
Description
4 v. : ill., facsims. ; 27 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Dark maroon morocco tooled in gilt, by C. Smith; bound as a set with related publications by Dibdin concerning the library of George John Earl Spencer (PML 145685-91).
Classification
Department