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 (v.6-7)
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Type of record: Book
Title: 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 (v.6-7)
Other titles: Aedes Althorpianae; Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana
Classmark: BC Bibliography 3 DIB
Creator(s): Spencer, George John Spencer Earl (1758-1834)
Additional creator(s): Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847) (Other)
Publisher: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer, Shakespeare Press, and published by Longman, Hurst, Rees [etc.]
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1814-23
Language: English
Size and medium: 7 volumes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/311563
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991005891309705181
Description
Vol.5 has title: Aedes Althorpianae; or an account of the mansion, books and pictures at Althorp; the residence of George John Earl Spencer. To which is added, A supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana.
Vol.6 has title: Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana... [etc.].
Vol.7 has title: A descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, lately forming part of the library of the Duke di Cassano Serra, and now the property of George John Earl Spencer. With a general index of authors and editions contained in the present volume, and in the Bibliotheca Spenceriana and Aedes Althorpianae.
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).
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