Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society
Author : Philobiblon Society (Great Britain)
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Page : 398 pages
File Size : 27,69 MB
Release : 1857
Category : Bibliography
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Author : Philobiblon Society (Great Britain)
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Page : 398 pages
File Size : 27,69 MB
Release : 1857
Category : Bibliography
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Author : Philobiblon Society (Great Britain)
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Page : 566 pages
File Size : 46,75 MB
Release : 1868
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Includes list of members.
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Page : 554 pages
File Size : 48,48 MB
Release : 1854
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Author : Philobiblon Society (Great Britain)
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Page : 386 pages
File Size : 11,75 MB
Release : 1869
Category : Bibliography
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Author : Philobiblon Society (London)
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Page : 562 pages
File Size : 23,65 MB
Release : 1867
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Author : Philobiblon Society (Great Britain)
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Page : pages
File Size : 20,28 MB
Release : 1864
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Author : Philobiblon Society (Great Britain)
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Page : 464 pages
File Size : 11,33 MB
Release : 1864
Category : Bibliography
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Includes list of members.
Author : Philobiblon Society (Great Britain)
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Page : pages
File Size : 37,46 MB
Release : 1854
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Author : Richard De Bury
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 38,34 MB
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0486832465
"Will always hold an honorable place for bibliophiles." — The University of Chicago Press One of the earliest treatises on the value of preserving neglected manuscripts, building a library, and book collecting, Richard De Bury's The Philobiblon was written in 1345 and circulated widely in manuscript form for over a century. The first printed edition appeared in Cologne in 1473, and several others soon followed as the invention of the printing press spread throughout the late Medieval world. The chapter titles of this legendary work reflect its nature, combining the author's love for and commitment to the importance of books and the knowledge they contain with thoughts on collecting them, lending them, teaching with them, and simply enjoying them: "That the Treasure of Wisdom is chiefly contained in books," "What we are to think of the price in the buying of books," "Who ought to be special lovers of books," and "Of the manner of lending all our books to students." The Prologue ends with the following thought: "And this treatise (divided into twenty chapters) will clear the love we have had for books from the charge of excess, will expound the purpose of our intense devotion, and will narrate more clearly than light all the circumstances of our undertaking. And because it principally treats of the love of books, we have chose after the fashion of the ancient Romans fondly to name it by a Greek word, Philobiblon." This volume offers modern bibliophiles a splendid edition of one of the first books ever to study, define, and, above all, praise their passion: the all-encompassing love of books.
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Page : 158 pages
File Size : 33,49 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Bibliomania
ISBN : 9781901902143
A work about the history, members and activities of the Philobiblon Society.