Bibliotheca Spenceriana : or a descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, and of many valuable first editions, in the library of George John Spencer
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7 volumes : frontispieces (volumes 1, 5-6) illustrations, plates, portraits, maps, folded plan, facsimiles ; 27 cm
7951975
Title varies: v. 1-4, Bibliotheca Spenceriana or A descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, and of many valuable first editions in the library of George John, earl Spencer, K.G. [v.5-6], Aedes Althorpianae or An account of the mansion, books, and pictures at Althorp ... ; to which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana ... By the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin ... London, Printed W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, 1822
The entire Spencer collection (about 40,000 volumes)--was purchased by Mrs. Rylands in 1892, and now forms part of the John Rylands library, Manchester. A catalog, by Gordon-Duff, was issued in 1899 (3 v. 30 cm.)
Includes index