Author: DIBDIN, REV. T. F.
Title: The Library Companion; Or, the Young Man's Guide, and the Old Man's Comfort, in the Choice of a Library.
Description: Second Edition; 8vo; pp. lxix, 899; index; maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, pages water damaged, a good copy. London, Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, mdcccxxv, (1825). Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847) was an English bibliographer and the founder of the first English private publishing society. He took holy orders in 1805 and published an extensive range of bibliographical books, many with factual errors and lively anecdotes throughout. He coined the term bibliomania and sparked much interest in book collecting and old and rare books.
Keywords: books on books Thomas Frognall Dibdin bibliographer T. F. Dibdin book collecting boo
Title: The Library Companion; Or, the Young Man's Guide, and the Old Man's Comfort, in the Choice of a Library.
Description: Second Edition; 8vo; pp. lxix, 899; index; maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, pages water damaged, a good copy. London, Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, mdcccxxv, (1825). Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776-1847) was an English bibliographer and the founder of the first English private publishing society. He took holy orders in 1805 and published an extensive range of bibliographical books, many with factual errors and lively anecdotes throughout. He coined the term bibliomania and sparked much interest in book collecting and old and rare books.
Keywords: books on books Thomas Frognall Dibdin bibliographer T. F. Dibdin book collecting boo
Price: AUD 112.00 = appr. US$ 77.49 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 91884
- Book number: 91884