Author: DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall.
Title: 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, K.G. Vol.III: Collections of classics.
Description: London, Printed for the author, by W.Bulmer and Co., Shakspeare Press, 1814. Folio. 509, (5) pp. Rebacked halfcloth (boards worn; a bit loosening; a few pp.printed in red and black, numerous woodcuts in the text, uncut copy on large paper) - vol.3 of 4. The library of Lord Spencer was one of the finest collections ever. Spencer died in 1834, but his library remained in the house at Althorp until 1892. Mrs John Rylands aquired the library in that year and donated it to the city of Manchester, where it forms the nucleus of the John Rylands University Library.

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