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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... known to exist . Another rare volume is known to have existed about the same time . A copy , the only one known , of ' The Fabulous Tales of Esope the Phrygian ' by Robert Henryson , published at London in 1577 , was formerly in the ...
... known to exist . Another rare volume is known to have existed about the same time . A copy , the only one known , of ' The Fabulous Tales of Esope the Phrygian ' by Robert Henryson , published at London in 1577 , was formerly in the ...
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... known to exist . Other works there are as yet unseen by bibliographer , such as Markham's ' Thyrsis and Daphne , ' a poem printed in 1593 , and the 1609 and 1612 quartos of Ben Jonson's ' Epicone or the Silent Woman . ' This last was ...
... known to exist . Other works there are as yet unseen by bibliographer , such as Markham's ' Thyrsis and Daphne , ' a poem printed in 1593 , and the 1609 and 1612 quartos of Ben Jonson's ' Epicone or the Silent Woman . ' This last was ...
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... known to exist . Of the early editions of Shakespeare's plays alone , more than a dozen are known by solitary examples . Of such books Hazlitt remarks that he ' has met in the course of a lengthened career with treasures which would ...
... known to exist . Of the early editions of Shakespeare's plays alone , more than a dozen are known by solitary examples . Of such books Hazlitt remarks that he ' has met in the course of a lengthened career with treasures which would ...
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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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