The Bibliographical Decameron: Or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse Upon Illuminated Manuscripts, and Subjects Connected with Early Engraving, Typography,

by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

Book Overview

Bibliomania, the almost obsessive collecting of rare books and early editions by the aristocracy, which peaked in 1812 with the sale of the Valdarfer Boccaccio, was fuelled in no small part by the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108076513
• ISBN13: 9781108076517
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 684 Pages
• Weight: 2.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"