Main entry:

Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847.

Title & Author:

Aedes Althorpianae, or, An account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp : the residence of George John Earl Spencer, K.G. ; to which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana / by the Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin.

Publication:

London : Printed by W. Nicol, successor to W. Bulmer and Co., Shakspeare Press, and sold by Payne and Foss, Longman, Hurst and Co., J. and A. Arch, R.H. Evans, R. Triphook, and John Major, 1822.

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations (engravings, woodcuts), plan, portraits ; 28 cm

Notes:
Vol. 1: VIII, [4], lxii, 279, [1] p., [32] leaves of plates; v. 2: [6], 322 p., [1] leaf of plates.
Vol. 1 has 31 plates, including one double page plan.
Also issued as v. 5-6 of Bibliotheca Spenceriana, 1814-1823.
Vol. 2 has title: Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or A Descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, in the library of George John Earl Spencer ...
Includes views of Althorp engraved from drawings by the architect Edward Blore (1787-1879).
Some ornaments and illustrations printed in red and black.
With a cancel slip (reading "Bedford") on the plate illustrating a portrait of Colonel John Russell.
Signatures: v. 1: [a]⁶ b¹² ( -b12) c-d⁸ e⁴ [A]² B-Hh⁴ [chi]1 Ii-Mm⁴ Nn1. $1 signed; v. 2: [a]² [chi]1 B-Ss⁴ Tt1. $1 signed.
Signatures vary slightly in the large paper quarto issue i.e. v. 1, first sequence: [a]⁶ b-c⁶ ( -c6) d-h⁴.

Resources:
Library c. 2 donor bookplate

Subject:

Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834 Art collections.
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834 Library.
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834
Private libraries England Northhamptonshire History 19th century.
Country homes England Northhamptonshire.
Art Private collections
Libraries
Private libraries
Althorp (England)
England Althorp
England

Form/genre:

Catalogs.
Extra-illustrated books.
History

Added entries:

Blore, Edward, 1787-1879.
Bibliotheca Spenceriana.

Aedes Althorpianae
Account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp
Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana, or, A descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century in the library of George John Earl Spencer

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m harris 198928
Call No.: NA7625.A48 D5 1822
Copy: c. 2 v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m harris 198927
Call No.: NA7625.A48 D5 1822
Copy: c. 2 v. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library cage 198930
Call No.: NA7625.A48 D5 1822
Copy: c. 1 v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library cage 198929
Call No.: NA7625.A48 D5 1822
Copy: c. 1 v. 2
Status: Available