Author: Philobiblon Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society
Author: Philobiblon Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The Philobiblon Society
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781901902143
Category : Bibliomania
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
A work about the history, members and activities of the Philobiblon Society.
The 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.
Bibliographical and Historical Miscellanies. (Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society.).
Author: Philobiblon Society (London)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
The Philobiblon Club
Author: The Love of Books
Author: Richard de BuryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher: William Clowes & Sons, Limited
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature
Author: William Thomas LowndesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
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