Bibliomania, or, book-madness
by DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1809. FIRST EDITION. Title in black with red. Half calf over linen; preliminary and last leaves foxed, interior and text in generally excellent condition. First edition of this popular book which passed through many later editions. This work was inspired by another, published under the same title, by John Ferrier, M.D. Ferrier had extensive medical experience and did himself suffer from the disease which he named Biblio-Mania. His work, in verse, begins:
What wild desires, what restless torments seize
The hapless man, who feels the book-disease.
Dibdin was the originator and vice-president of the Roxburghe Club, founded in 1812, the first of the numerous book clubs which have done such service to literature.
What wild desires, what restless torments seize
The hapless man, who feels the book-disease.
Dibdin was the originator and vice-president of the Roxburghe Club, founded in 1812, the first of the numerous book clubs which have done such service to literature.
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Details
- Seller
- Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 12989
- Title
- Bibliomania, or, book-madness
- Author
- DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1809
- Keywords
- madness, bibliographical, literature, books, english imprints, 19th century
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
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Sherman Oaks, California
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...