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The love of books : the Philobiblon of Richard de Bury / newly translated into English by E.C. Thomas.
LIBRA Vilain-Wieck Collection Misc 544
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Library at the Katz Center - Miniatures Stacks Z992 .D42 1903
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bury, Richard de, 1287-1345, author.
- Series:
- King's classics.
- King's classics
- Standardized Title:
- Philobiblon. English (Thomas)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book collecting.
- Books and reading.
- Genre:
- essays.
- Essays.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxi, [1], 148 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustration ; 15 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Manufacture:
- London : De La More Press
- Frome : Butler & Tanner
- Place of Publication:
- London : Alexander Moring, 1903.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- That the treasure of wisdom is chiefly contained in books
- The degree of affection that is properly due to books
- What we are to think of the price in the buying of books
- The complaint of books against the clergy already promoted
- The complaint of books against the possessioners
- The complaint of books against the mendicants
- The complaint of books against wars
- Of the numerous opportunities we have had of collecting a store of books
- How, although we preferred the works of the ancients, we have not condemned the studies of the moderns
- Of the gradual perfecting of books
- Why we have preferred books of liberal learning to books of law
- Why we have caused books of grammar to be so diligently prepared
- Why we have not wholly neglected the fables of the poets
- Who ought to be special lovers of books
- Of the advantages of the love of books
- That it is meritorious to write new books and to renew the old
- Of showing due propriety in the custody of books
- Showeth that we have collected so great store of books for the common benefit of scholars and not only for our own pleasure
- Of the manner of lending all our books to students
- An exhortation to scholars to requite us by pious prayers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Second edition, January 1903.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- Contains:
- Container of: Bury, Richard de, 1287-1345. Philobiblon English (Thomas)
- Translaion of: Bury, Richard de, 1287-1345. Philobiblon.
- OCLC:
- 62351987
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