Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847). The Bibliomania; or Book-Madness; Containing Some Account of the History, Symptoms, and Cure of This Fatal Disease... London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809.

Royal 8vo (222 x 140 mm). Title printed in red and black, title woodcut vignette of the “Foolish Bibliophile” from Sebastian Brandt’s Ship of Fools (1494). (Scattered soiling on title-page, old tape repair on fore-edge verso of same; light spotting to text.) Late 19th century half blue calf, marbled boards, UNCUT (light toning and rubbing to extremes, bookplate removal on front pastedown).

FIRST EDITION of Dibdin’s “first full flowering love affair with books” and an important work written in dialogue and conversations of well-known book collectors of the author’s acquaintance, with a copious number of footnotes going into account of book collectors’ rare articles and the prices for which they were sold, extracted from the original sale catalog. Jackson 16; Lowndes II, 639-40; Windle & Pippin A11a.

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Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847). The Bibliomania; or Book-Madness; Containing Some Account of the History, Symptoms, and Cure of This Fatal Disease... London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809.

Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847). The Bibliomania; or Book-Madness; Containing Some Account of the History, Symptoms, and Cure of This Fatal Disease... London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809.

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