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DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall (1776–1847). A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland. London: Printed for the Author by C. Richards, 1838. 2 volumes, royal 8vo (235 x 146 mm). Titles with printer’s devices, 43 (of 44) engraved plates and tipped–in woodcuts (several folding) and facsimiles (pale foxing or offsetting, lacking plate no. 8, p. 213 in Vol. I), woodcut vignettes in text, with notes and corrections, lacking list of subscribers. Later half dark brown morocco over marbled boards, raised bands with gilt fillets, gilt titling and fillets in compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, stamp signed by J. Leighton Brewer. Provenance: Lord Ronald Gower, 1845–1916 (bookplate); Frank Hird (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of Dibdin’s last major work and the only edition of this title. Jackson 89; Windle & Pippin A65. From the private library of a prominent Chicago collector, part II.