Creator
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Title
Bibliotheca Spenceriana, or, A descriptive catalogue of the … library of George John, earl Spencer.
Coverage
London
Publisher
W. Bulmer, Shakspeare Press
Date
1814–1815.
Description
After nearly ten years in the service of Earl Spencer, Dibdin published his four-volume Bibliotheca Spenceriana, which scholar Seymour de Ricci called “the handsomest and most elaborate catalogue of a private library yet issued.” The Grolier Club copy of the catalogue includes an India proof portrait of the Earl by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727–1815), with a manuscript note in pencil signed by Dibdin.
Source
Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery.