26th Oct, 2022 9:30

Books & Works on Paper

 
  Lot 127
 

Dibdin (Charles).- Prince Albert’s Library

Dibdin (Charles).- Prince Albert’s Library

The Songs of Charles Dibdin…, First Edition, Prince Albert’s Library stamp to title page, engraved frontispiece, with a memoir by George Hogarth, full morocco, Albert’s coat of arms gilt-stamped on upper board, spine gilt-tooled, some rubbing to extremities, 1842;

[with]

The Musical Tour…, First Edition, 7 engraved plates, spotting and some staining, modern half calf gilt, for the author, Sheffield, 1788;

The Professional Life of Mr. Dibdin, written by himself…, 4 vols., First Edition, not including plate volume, the title pages do not call for the "sixty small prints taken from the subjects of the songs, and invented, etched, and prepared for the aqua tint by Miss Dibdin", but the prints are referred to in the indexes, presumably this is an earlier printing of the set before the prints were added; armorial bookplates, spotting, contemporary gilt-ruled calf, worn, slightly bowed, published by the Author, 1803;

The Songs of Charles Dibdin…, fifth edition, 2 vols., frontispiece, spotting, half calf gilt, worn, G.H. Davidson, 1847-48;

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