[Calligraphic mss] Dibdin, Edward Rimbault. Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1599-1641. E-List 15 Putnam's Sons at The Knickerbocker

Putnam's Sons at The Knickerbocker Press (signed on the front and rear turn-ins) in full dark blue morocco in the Jansenist style

where he worked before coming to Weston Priory in 1970

Some very light rubbing and foxing to early pages

his first fine press book

Lily Glass Works

[Calligraphic mss] Dibdin, Edward Rimbault. Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1599-1641. E-List 15 Putnam's Sons at The KnickerbockerDibdin, Edward Rimbault. Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1599 1641. [Calligraphic manuscript]. Though this appears to be Dibdin's full notes for his lecture on Van Dyck, he is fashioned it into a striking manuscript in black & red pen. The illustrated title page and Arts & Crafts influenced opening initial are especially interesting, but a large amount of initials (of varying sizes & complexity) are included throughout, making this volume far more than mere