The Book-hunter at HomeP. Allan, 1922 - 275 páginas I. Adventures among books.--II. The library.--III. Books which form the library.--IV. Chivalry and romance.--V-VI. The care of books.--VII. Books of the collector.--VIII-IX. A plea for specialism.--Index |
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... curious , and so for the most part they are dismissed in brief by the guide book . Yet there is many an aged ... curiously at the dwellers in this goblin town , as though expecting to find that they have pointed ears and narrow elfin ...
... curious , and so for the most part they are dismissed in brief by the guide book . Yet there is many an aged ... curiously at the dwellers in this goblin town , as though expecting to find that they have pointed ears and narrow elfin ...
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... curious party called the Girondins , et cetera . As to the causes which led up to the Revolution , the condition of the country and people , the ministry of Turgot , the characters of the King and Queen , Necker's policy , the Abbé ...
... curious party called the Girondins , et cetera . As to the causes which led up to the Revolution , the condition of the country and people , the ministry of Turgot , the characters of the King and Queen , Necker's policy , the Abbé ...
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... curious books on ' poysons ' as well as upon the commoner branches of surgery , and there are glorious editions of all the ancient Esculapians , such as Hippocrates , Dioscorides , Galen , and Avicenna . Herbals are doubtless collected ...
... curious books on ' poysons ' as well as upon the commoner branches of surgery , and there are glorious editions of all the ancient Esculapians , such as Hippocrates , Dioscorides , Galen , and Avicenna . Herbals are doubtless collected ...
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CONTENTS CHAP PAGE I ADVENTURES AMONG BOOKS I | 25 |
THE LIBRARY | 31 |
BOOKS WHICH FORM THE LIBRARY | 58 |
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