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DIBDIN (Rev. Th. Frognall). Voyage bibliographique, archéolo - Lot 425
DIBDIN (Rev. Th. Frognall). Voyage bibliographique, archéologique et pittoresque en France. Translated from the English, with notes, by Théod. Licquet. Paris, Renouard (impr. Crapelet), 1825.
4 vol. in-8, half bronze calf, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt title and tomaison (contemporary binding). XXIV-344, 374-(1)f., VIII-383-(1)f., 446-(1)f., woodcuts in text, 1 folding plate. Some foxing.
First French edition of this epistolary account of a trip by Anglican bibliophile Thomas Frognall Dibdin in 1818 to Dieppe, Caen, Rouen, Paris and Strasbourg, with descriptions of archaeological curiosities and public libraries.
"This translation by Licquet and Crapelet presents a host of curious notes designed to point out the errors of the English tourist" (Frère I, 361). Ex-libris J.M.
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