[BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. [BRITISH LIBRARIES AND COLLECTIONS]. Repertorium Bibliographicum; or, Some Account of the Most Celebrated British Libraries. London: Wiliam Clarke, 1819. Thick 8vo. Illustrated throughout with engraved portraits or views. 673, [8, ?A Dialogue in the Shades?], [8, ?A Ballad Entitled Rare Doings at Roxburghe-Hall??] pp. Contemporary half brown calf over marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt, burgundy gilt morocco lettering label (rebacked, front board nearly detached, binding heavily worn, some apparent color correction to calf, hinges repaired, several gutters starting, some occasional foxing). Bookplate of Irene Reed Badgley signed by artist Raymond Weideman on fp. Good. FIRST EDITION, WITH THE RARE PAMPLETS, ?A DIALOGUE IN THE SHADES? AND ?A BALLAD ENTITLED RARE DOINGS?? With the rare unpaged leaf signed ?WW.? Measurements: 9 x 7 x 3?.