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With 44 engr. plates incl. 2 frontispieces, text illus. and tipped-in woodcuts and facsimiles. XV pp., (5) leaves, 436 pp., XXX pp. index to the whole work; (2) leaves, pp. (439)-1090. Large 8vo. Red cloth. London, printed for the author by C. Richards, and sold by James Bohn (a.o.), 1838. First edition of Dibdin's account of his tour of libraries in England and Scotland, a companion to his "Tour in France and Germany" of 1821, "which have long ago experiences the favourable patronage of the public. In labour, anxiety, and cost, these volumes have greatly exceeded all that have gone before them ." (preface). Written for a wide readership with interests in bibliophily, Dibdin included anecdotes and personal observations; he also cared for his works to be well-produced and adorned with illustrations. - Ex library copy with perforated stamps to titles and plates; some foxing. - Brunet II, 686; Graesse II, 384. BIBLIOGRAPHY ;