Thomas Frognall Dibdin letters4078699Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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 Summary

Letters written to Dibdin. All of the material is concerned with the execution of drawings, etched and or engraved plates and woodcuts for Dibdin, perhaps in preparation for his BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ANTIQUARIAN AND PICTURESQUE TOUR IN FRANCE AND GERMANY (1821). Chief among the correspondents are the English engravers James Mitan, George Hollis, and Frederick C. Lewis.

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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Thomas Frognall Dibdin letters; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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Accession number--M-59.

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English clergyman, bibliographer.

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Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.

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 Engravers -- England Wood-engraving, English Illustration of books Drawing -- England Engraving -- England Etching -- England France -- Description and travel Germany -- Description and travel Clergy Bibliographers Mitan, James, 1776-1822 Hollis, George Lewis, Frederick Christian, 1779-1856