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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... famous names one can add , without which no library worthy the name can be complete ! We are not all such sages as that great man Philip Melanchthon , whose library is said to have consisted of four authors only , namely , Plato , Pliny ...
... famous names one can add , without which no library worthy the name can be complete ! We are not all such sages as that great man Philip Melanchthon , whose library is said to have consisted of four authors only , namely , Plato , Pliny ...
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... famous last chapter in his cell at Jarrow , there lived in the ancient capital of Sampsiceramus , a holy man named Heliodorus . Now in his youth Heliodorus ( as is not uncommon with the young ) had turned his thoughts to worldly things ...
... famous last chapter in his cell at Jarrow , there lived in the ancient capital of Sampsiceramus , a holy man named Heliodorus . Now in his youth Heliodorus ( as is not uncommon with the young ) had turned his thoughts to worldly things ...
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... Famous Thief of England , ' was reprinted by Payne Collier . Mr. F. W. Chandler's two volumes on ' The Literature of Roguery , ' published in 1907 , will be of great assistance to you here ; whilst Payne Collier's ' Illustrations of ...
... Famous Thief of England , ' was reprinted by Payne Collier . Mr. F. W. Chandler's two volumes on ' The Literature of Roguery , ' published in 1907 , will be of great assistance to you here ; whilst Payne Collier's ' Illustrations of ...
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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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