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Aedes Althorpianae, or, An account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp, the residence of George John Earl Spencer : to which is added a Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana / by Thomas Frognall Dibdin.

Accession number
PML 145690-91
Creator
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847.
Published
London : Printed by W. Nicol, Shakspeare Press, and sold by Payne and Foss ..., 1822.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Vol. 2 has title: Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana, or, A descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century in the library of George John Earl Spencer.
Vol. 1: lxii, 279 p., [31] leaves of plates; v. 2: 322 p., [1] leaf plates.
Copy is 1 of 55 on large paper; with the textual engravings printed on india paper and mounted in place.
Description
2 v. : ill., facsims. (some col.), folded plan, ports. ; 28 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