Author: New York Public Library. Rare Book DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Reference tool for Rare Books Collection.
Dictionary Catalog of the Rare Book Division
Author: New York Public Library. Rare Book DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Reference tool for Rare Books Collection.
Catalog
Author: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library. Rare Book RoomPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rare books
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
The New York Times Review of Books
Author: Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
Author: Thomas PercyThe Philobiblon
Author: Richard De BuryPublisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486832465
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
"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.
El Vino Y la Viña
Author: P. T. H. UnwinPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415031206
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Provides an introduction to the historical geography of viticulture and the wine trade from prehistory to the present, considering wine as a symbol, rich in meaning and a commercial product of great economic importance to specific regions.
The Care of Books
Author: John Willis ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The Fable of the Bees : Or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits
Author: Bernard MandevillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charity-schools
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity
Author: Richard HookerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
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Author: Richard Hooker