English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts

English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts

Author: Seymour De Ricci

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-02-03

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0521156467

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This 1930 volume provides a historical study of English book and manuscript collectors from 1530 until the time of publication.


Books and Bookmen

Books and Bookmen

Author: Andrew Lang

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-05

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13:

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"Books and Bookmen" by Andrew Lang Andrew Lang was a prolific Scots man of letters, a poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. Though known for his folklore collections, this book is a series of essays written by Lang about the topic of literature and those who love it. The volume contains: Elzevirs, Ballade of the Real and Ideal, Curiosities of Parish Registers, The Rowfant Books, To F. L., Some Japanese Bogie-books, Ghosts in the Library, Literary Forgeries, Bibliomania in France, Old French Title-pages, A Bookman's Purgatory, Ballade of the Unattainable, and Lady Book-lovers.